Voters View Trump More Favorably
Voters have a more positive opinion of president-elect Donald Trump following his unexpected victory than they did throughout his campaign.
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November 23, 2016
November 22, 2016
Voters More Comfortable With One-Party Rule Compared to 2008
More than half of voters feel comfortable with the prospect of one party controlling both the Executive and Legislative branches of government, as Republicans will do when Donald Trump enters the White House in January. Democratic voters have changed their tune on this arrangement following Election Day.
November 22, 2016
Do Voters Worry Trump Will Bring Too Much or Too Little Change?
He may have been the outsider candidate elected on a promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington, DC, but voters are more concerned president-elect Donald Trump will try to make too many changes than too few.
November 21, 2016
Voters Show Stronger Support for ‘Kate’s Law’ Sentencing For Illegal Immigrant Felons
Voters appear to be strongly on board with two policies president-elect Donald Trump is calling for when he enters the White House: deporting illegal immigrants convicted of major felonies and mandatory prison sentences for those who try to return.
November 18, 2016
Democrats See A Future for Hillary But Want Party to Follow Bernie
Following Hillary Clinton's surprise loss to Donald Trump, most voters think it's time for her to quit the public arena, but her fellow Democrats disagree. Still, Democratic voters now believe their party should go more in the direction of Clinton's primary opponent, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
November 17, 2016
Do Voters Want to Crack Down on Sanctuary Cities?
Voters still support punitive action against so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce immigration laws, although Democrats and unaffiliated voters are more protective of these cities than they have been in the past.
November 17, 2016
Few Think Government Has Their Best Interest In Mind
The outsider candidate may have won this year’s presidential election, but most voters still don't expect the government to be looking out what's best for them. Republicans are more hopeful than other voters, though.
November 16, 2016
Voters Don’t See Anti-Trump Protests Going Anywhere
Voters are closely divided over whether the street protests against Donald Trump’s election are the product of genuine concern or just being staged by troublemakers. But most agree the protests won’t achieve anything good.
November 16, 2016
Should Trump Still Investigate Clinton?
President-elect Donald Trump in a TV interview Sunday night appeared to back away from a campaign vow to name a special prosecutor to investigate defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for her handling of classified information while secretary of State. Most voters think he should drop the idea, but a sizable majority of Republicans disagree.
November 15, 2016
How We Did
Rasmussen Reports’ final White House Watch daily tracking poll survey was posted Monday morning. It showed Democrat Hillary Clinton with a two-point advantage over Republican Donald Trump – 45% to 43%. To be precise, it was Clinton 44.8% to Trump 43.1%, a difference of 1.7%.
November 15, 2016
So Far, So Good, Voters Say of Obama-Trump Truce
Most voters like the way President Obama has responded to the election of Donald Trump but don’t think the early public peace between the two men says much about the future.
November 15, 2016
Most Democrats Don’t Want Their Party To Work With Trump
Most voters think Democrats should work with Donald Trump once he’s in the White House, but Democrats strongly disagree. Still, voters are more hopeful about the parties cooperating than they’ve been since President Obama’s inauguration in 2009.
November 14, 2016
Democrats More Dubious Than Others About Election Results
Most voters are confident in the outcome of last week's election, but few trust the media coverage that led up to it.
November 14, 2016
What Should Trump Do First?
President-elect Donald Trump in a “60 Minutes” interview on CBS last night made it clear that Obamacare and the U.S. Supreme Court are high on his list of action items, and voters think that’s a good place to start.
November 11, 2016
Did Voters Vote for Trump or Against Clinton?
Maybe it was lucky for Donald Trump that he was running against Hillary Clinton or he wouldn't be president-elect today.
November 11, 2016
Most Say Trump, Clinton Set Right Post-Election Tone
Most voters are reassured by the first post-election speeches President-elect Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton gave, but Democrats are apparently in a less forgiving mood.
November 11, 2016
Wrapping Up Some Related State Surveys
Pulse Opinion Research conducts the field work and provides the methodology for all Rasmussen Reports surveys. Pulse did a number of state tracking surveys during the presidential election season for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Entertainment Software Association.
Here’s the Auto Alliance’s analysis of those survey results.
November 11, 2016
Most Voters Want To Eliminate Electoral College
With Hillary Clinton holding a 0.9% lead over Donald Trump in the popular vote, 2016 appears to be the fourth time in U.S. history that the president-elect lost the overall vote but won the Electoral College to take the White House. Even before the election results came in, a majority of voters said the Electoral College needs to go.
November 10, 2016
More Voters Support Legalizing Recreational Pot
California, Massachusetts and Nevada are the latest states to legalize recreational use of pot, and nearly half of voters favor such a law where they live.
November 10, 2016
Voters Criticize This Year’s Election Media Coverage
Voters are pretty critical of the news coverage they got this election cycle, particularly those who relied on social media.
