In the aftermath of last year’s election defeat, Democratic voters are divided over which way their party should go in the future.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 59% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the Democratic Party needs to be more moderate, while 27% think Democrats need to be more liberal, and 15% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The effort by Democrats to demonize Elon Musk continues to erode the Tesla founder’s popularity, even though nearly two-thirds of voters agree with the cost-cutting mission of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
With an unprecedented number of court injunctions against President Donald Trump’s policies, a majority of voters think the conflict between the executive and judiciary is a crisis, but blame is almost evenly divided.
His second term is barely two months old, but already President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy is rated significantly better than his predecessor.
Some liberals are calling for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer’s ouster as leader of Senate Democrats, but most of their own party’s voters disagree.
Nearly two-thirds of voters back President Donald Trump’s effort to deport members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, and about half want to impeach the federal judge who ordered a halt to the deportations.
A majority of voters suspect Joe Biden’s White House staffers used the “autopen” device without his permission and nearly half agree with President Donald Trump’s declaration that Biden’s pardons are illegitimate.
By a six-point margin, voters have a more favorable opinion of Republicans than they do of Democrats – in part because many Democratic voters are disaffected with their own party.
The Trump administration’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a student from Syria who led anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, has sparked widely diverging reactions among Democrats and Republicans.
A majority of voters reject the wave of vandalism that has emerged since President Donald Trump appointed Tesla CEO Elon Musk to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
A majority of American voters maintain a positive view of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as President Donald Trump pressures Europe to increase their military contributions to the alliance.
President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress last week, and his speech was significantly more popular with voters than the way Democrats reacted.
One day before a deadline for Congress to approve a new spending agreement, a majority of voters expect a shutdown of the federal government.
Voters overwhelmingly favor legislation to make English the official language of the United States, following President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.
As President Donald Trump wages trade wars with Canada and China, nearly half of voters believe raising tariffs on imports would hurt America’s economy.
March is Women’s History Month, and perhaps because of Kamala Harris’s defeat in last year’s election, voters are less confident that women’s leadership will increase – at least in the short term.
Most voters view Volodymyr Zelenskyy favorably, and only a third blame the Ukrainian president for his recent dispute with President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump’s repeated call to “drain the swamp” of bureaucracy in the nation’s capital continues to resonate with voters.
President Donald Trump has talked of Canada becoming the 51st state, and half of American voters would be OK with it if any of our northern neighbor’s provinces wanted to leave Canada.
President Donald Trump’s suggestion to replace an existing visa program for foreign investors with a $5 million “gold card” visa hasn’t won majority support.
