What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Trump ended the polling week on Friday with a daily job approval of 42%.
- The exposure of widespread fraud in government programs has voters in a wrathful mood, and most don’t believe President Donald Trump’s administration is doing a good job of dealing with the problem.
- Voters are divided over a Supreme Court decision last week that struck down a congressional district map in Louisiana.
- The recent attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump has lessened the number of voters who disapprove of plans to build a large ballroom at the White House.
- Voters overwhelmingly see education as an important issue in this fall’s midterm elections, and the two major parties are nearly tied on the issue.
- Economic confidence decreased to 100.2 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, almost unchanged from April.
- National unemployment was 8.4% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, down from 9.3% last month and significantly more than the 4.3% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on May 8, 2026.
- More than a third of Americans live in gun-owning households, and say they feel safer because of it.
- Thirty-six percent (36%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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