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October 15, 2024

47% Say Crime Has Increased

Despite claims that crime rates have declined, nearly half of Americans say crime is up where they live.

October 15, 2024

‘Are You Better Off?’ 56% Say No

By a 16-point margin, most voters answer “no” to a question famously asked by Ronald Reagan in 1980: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”

October 15, 2024

Election 2024: Trump +3 Over Harris

Former President Donald Trump has a three-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the daily tracking poll of the 2024 presidential election.

October 15, 2024

Kamala Harris Wants America to Have the World's Highest Death Tax By Stephen Moore

Here is something no one in the media is reporting as Vice President Kamala Harris continues to duck and weave like Muhammad Ali in the ring to avoid any questions about her economic plan.

October 14, 2024

Coming Tuesday: Election Tracking Poll Daily

Since July, Rasmussen Reports has provided weekly updates on the presidential election race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, with each week’s results providing a five-night sample of Likely Voters.

October 14, 2024

Election 2024: Trump Now +3 in Pennsylvania

Former President Donald Trump has opened a three-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania

October 14, 2024

35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-five percent (35%) 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 October 10, 2024.

October 14, 2024

Democrats OK With Spending FEMA Money for Immigrants

Most voters want the Federal Emergency Management Agency to concentrate on helping Americans, but most Democrats think it’s fine for FEMA funds to be spent helping immigrants.

October 12, 2024

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending Saturday, October 12, 2024

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

October 11, 2024

Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Up Slightly in October

Economic confidence increased to 100.6 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, nearly one point higher than September

October 11, 2024

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Data Ending September 22, 2024

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for September decreased to 91.7, up nearly seven points from 84.9 in August. 

October 11, 2024

Veeps: Vance More Popular Than Walz

After Democrat Tim Walz and Republican J.D. Vance met in their only televised debate, the GOP vice presidential candidate gets higher marks from voters.

October 11, 2024

What the Census Can Tell Us About Swing States By Michael Barone

Jonathan Draeger, reporter for RealClearPolitics, wrote Tuesday that "the 2024 presidential contest couldn't be tighter." Unless, of course, it turns out not to be nearly as close as this season's run of polls suggests it is.

October 10, 2024

Election 2024: Trump Keeps +2 Lead Over Harris

Less than a month until Election Day, there is no change in the race for the White House, as former President Donald Trump still holds a two-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris.

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October 10, 2024

Places to Watch, Part Two: The Sun Belt By J. Miles Coleman

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— In North Carolina, Kamala Harris seems likely to gain in suburban Cabarrus County but may have to watch rural counties like Wilson.

— While it is not the most likely case, two Georgia counties that have trended in the opposite direction, Fayette and Sumter, could both conceivably flip.

— While Phoenix’s Maricopa County dominates Arizona, raw vote margins in a trio of its other large counties have proved predictive.

— In Nevada, Las Vegas and Reno predominate.

October 9, 2024

Inflation: Americans Still Seeing Higher Grocery Prices

Four out of five Americans say they’re paying more at the grocery store, and most say inflation has changed how they eat.

October 9, 2024

The Cost of Free Money By John Stossel

Some politicians and activists are eager to give you "free" money.

October 9, 2024

More Gun Control? Most Voters Say ‘Yes’

A majority of voters want stricter gun control laws in America, including a ban on so-called “assault weapons.”

October 8, 2024

Climate Change Danger – Truth or Misinformation? By Brian C. Joondeph

Climate change continues to be a hot election issue, at least for Democrats.

At the recent vice-presidential debates, one of Republican J.D. Vance’s several debate opponents, CBS’s Norah O’Donnell, when asking about Hurricane Helen, started not with disaster relief, but the usual Democrat canard of climate change: “Scientists say climate change makes these hurricanes larger, stronger and more deadly because of the historic rainfall.”

Is this the important issue Democrats claim it to be?

Pew Research ranked climate change 10th on a list of 10 top issues for voters in the 2024 election.

October 8, 2024

Republicans Have Advantage on Corruption, Energy Issues

As Election Day nears, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on the issues of government corruption and energy policy.