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                            June 4, 2025GOP House Speaker Remains Most Popular Congressional Leader
Rep. Mike Johnson’s tenure as Speaker of the House of Representatives has seen its share of controversy, but he is still viewed more favorably than other leaders in Congress.

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                            June 3, 202584% Side With Trump on Stopping Iran’s Nuclear Program
While many of President Donald Trump’s initiatives have been controversial, his vow to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons is supported by a landslide majority of voters.

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                            May 30, 2025Trump Rated Better on Crime Issues
Voters rate President Donald Trump significantly better than his predecessor in terms of how he’s dealing with America’s crime problem.

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                            May 29, 202557% Favor U.S. Military Action Against Iran’s Nukes
Voters are overwhelmingly concerned about Iran’s nuclear weapons program, and a majority would support an American military strike to end the threat.
 
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                            May 28, 2025Murder of Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Is Terrorism, Most Voters Say
About two-thirds of voters believe the recent fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers should be viewed as an act of terrorism.

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                            May 27, 2025‘Chemtrails’? 60% Support Laws to Ban ‘Weather Modification’
The belief that so-called “chemtrails” are secretly being used to change the weather is widely regarded as a conspiracy theory. But most voters favor legislation against such “geoengineering,” just in case.

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                            May 27, 202563% Suspect Biden Had Cancer Long Before Diagnosis Announced
The recent announcement that former President Joe Biden has advanced prostate cancer has many voters suspecting a cover-up.

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                            May 23, 2025Trump Rated Better on National Security
Voters rate President Donald Trump’s handling of national security issues much higher than they rated the previous White House occupant.

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                            May 21, 202572% Say Cover-Up of Biden Decline a ‘Serious’ Scandal
Efforts by White House officials to conceal former President Joe Biden’s cognitive impairment constitute a serious scandal, according to a majority of voters who also believe the news media were part of the cover-up.
 
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                            May 20, 2025Ukraine: 50% Expect Trump to Get Peace Deal
Voters are almost evenly divided over how President Donald Trump is handling the war between Russia and Ukraine, with half saying he’s likely to succeed in getting a peace deal to end the war.

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                            May 19, 2025‘Preserve, Protect and Defend’: How’s Trump Doing?
Like every president before him, President Donald Trump took an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," and most voters think he’s doing it.

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                            May 16, 2025Records on Election Fraud, Epstein Scandal Should Be Released, Voters Say
A majority of voters think it’s important for President Donald Trump to keep his promises of releasing records about convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and about allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
 
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                            May 15, 2025Despite U.K. Trade Deal, 50% Rate Trump Policy Failure
Most voters approve of the recently announced trade deal with the United Kingdom (U.K.), but overall, half still consider President Donald Trump’s tariff policy to be a failure.

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                            May 14, 2025GOP Leads on National Security, But Tied on Taxes
Voters still trust the Republican Party more to deal with national security, but on the issue of taxes, Democrats are now tied with the GOP in terms of voter trust.

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                            May 13, 2025Artificial Intelligence: 72% of Voters Are Concerned
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a significantly more important part of the U.S. economy and society, more than three-quarters of voters would support legislation to protect against AI’s potential threats to constitutional rights.

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                            May 12, 2025Can’t Hate the Media Enough, Most Republicans Say
Nearly half of voters believe the news media are biased in favor of Democrats, and most Republicans think it’s impossible to hate the media too much.

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                            May 12, 202571% of Voters Reject Socialism
American voters overwhelmingly prefer the free-market economy to socialism, although younger voters are significantly less enthusiastic about the capitalist system.

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                            May 9, 2025Voters Trust Democrats More on Social Security
Most voters remain confident that Social Security will pay out its promised benefits, and trust Democrats slightly more than Republicans to deal with the issue..

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                            May 8, 2025Better Off Now? Just 34% Say ‘Yes’
Although most voters give President Donald Trump credit for securing the border, only a third of them say their lives have gotten better since he returned to the White House.

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                            May 8, 202571% of Democrats Want Elon Musk in Prison
Since he agreed to lead President Donald Trump’s effort to reduce government waste, Elon Musk has become so hated by liberals that they would overwhelmingly favor a law to put the high-tech billionaire behind bars.