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                            September 2, 2025Trump Approval Holds Steady in August
When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture...

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                            September 2, 2025Republicans Feel Less Represented in Congress
By a 10-point margin, Democrats are more likely than Republicans to believe that their own party’s members of Congress agree with them.

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                            September 2, 2025Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

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                            September 1, 202545% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-five percent (45%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending August 28, 2025.
 
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                            August 30, 2025What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            August 29, 2025Trump More Accessible to Media Than Biden, Most Voters Say
After four years of Joe Biden dodging media scrutiny, a majority of voters recognize that President Donald Trump is more available to questions from the press.

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                            August 28, 2025Trump’s Revenge? 48% See John Bolton as Victim
In the aftermath of FBI raids on former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s home and office, most voters don’t believe it was about national security.

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                            August 27, 202539% Support Eliminating Senate’s Filibuster Rule
Opposition to ending the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule has softened, now that Republicans hold the majority in the upper chamber of Congress.

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                            August 26, 2025Election Integrity: 53% Say In-Person Voting Is More Secure Than Mail-in Ballots
One of President Donald Trump’s proposals to protect election integrity appears to have majority support.

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                            August 25, 2025Trump’s Diplomacy Gets Mixed Reviews
After President Donald Trump met with European leaders and the heads of both Russia and Ukraine, voters are divided over whether this diplomacy will be effective.

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                            August 22, 2025Support Still High to ‘Drain the Swamp’ in D.C.
Nearly two-thirds of voters still favor President Donald Trump’s call to “drain the swamp” of bureaucracy in the nation’s capital, but are divided on how he’s doing so far.

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                            August 21, 2025Voters Favor Action to Stop ‘Debanking’
The practice of “debanking” ought to be illegal, most voters believe, and they support action by Congress and President Donald Trump to stop it.

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                            August 20, 2025Can Trump Fix D.C.’s Crime Problem?
Half of voters expect crime in the nation’s capital to be reduced by President Donald Trump’s action to increase federal law enforcement in Washington, D.C..

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                            August 19, 2025Partisan Gerrymandering Undermines Democracy, Voters Say
Voters overwhelmingly condemn the practice of drawing district lines to favor one party, whichever party does it.

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                            August 18, 2025Majority Back Trump’s Call for a New Census
President Donald Trump has ordered a new census after errors were found in the 2020 numbers, and most voters agree with the president that illegal immigrants shouldn’t be included in census counts.

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                            August 15, 202546% Think Trump Can Get Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal
As President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin, less than half of American voters expect a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

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                            August 14, 2025Democrats More Worried Now About First Amendment
After years of Republicans complaining about censorship, Democrats now have more concern about protecting First Amendment rights.

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                            August 13, 2025Many Voters Distrust Most Major Media
Major news media organizations are widely distrusted by Republican and independent voters.

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                            August 12, 2025J.D. 2028? Vance Emerges as Early GOP Frontrunner
Vice President J.D. Vance has a wide lead over other potential contenders for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination.

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                            August 11, 2025Is Trump Keeping His Promises? Voters Divided
When it comes to keeping his campaign promises, President Donald Trump is rated better than his predecessor, but many voters still have their doubts.