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July 1, 2024

Biden Approval Improves Again in June

When tracking President Biden’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...

July 1, 2024

Biden Approval Improves Again in June

When tracking President Biden’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...

June 29, 2024

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 29, 2024

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

June 28, 2024

Is DEI Causing Discrimination? Nearly Half Think So

Most Americans don’t think diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) programs are making companies better, and many suspect DEI is being used to justify discrimination against white males.

June 28, 2024

COVID-19: Another Fail-Safe Institution Proves Not So Safe By Michael Barone

Between 1998 and 2003, the budget of the National Institutes of Health was doubled. This was an extraordinary enterprise after the multi-year, post-Cold War decline in defense spending and at a time when government agency budgets tended to be increased marginally or carried over from previous years.

June 28, 2024

Abortion: Democrats’ Lead on Issue Thinner Than Ever

Although nearly half of voters identify as pro-choice on the abortion issue, the Democratic Party’s advantage has dwindled to statistical insignificance.

June 27, 2024

68% of Democrats Believe Biden Is a ‘Great’ President

More voters agree with a negative message about former President Donald Trump than with a positive message about President Joe Biden.

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June 27, 2024

The ‘Somewhats’ Election: Soft Biden Disapprovers Key for Both Candidates By Dan Guild

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Despite an overall job approval rating hovering around just 40% in polling averages, President Biden retains a path to victory.

— This is because of his unusual competitiveness among voters who just “somewhat” disapprove of his job performance, a group among whom Democrats performed relatively strongly in the 2022 midterm and where polling shows Biden holding up reasonably well in 2024.

— Relatively similar numbers of voters strongly disapprove of Biden’s job performance and hold a strongly unfavorable view of Donald Trump. Biden’s “strong” approval is fairly low, though, compared to recent incumbents who ran for reelection.

— The “somewhat disapprovers” skew younger and nonwhite, which presents Biden with both an opportunity and a challenge.

June 26, 2024

Quality Matters More Than Values to Most Consumers

For most Americans, quality is still their top priority when shopping.

June 26, 2024

A Candidate Who Cares About Freedom By John Stossel

   Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Libertarian Party convention, asking delegates to vote for him, promising, "I will put a libertarian in my Cabinet!"

June 26, 2024

Climate Change Movement Goes to Court -- Will Judges Ban Fossil Fuels? By Stephen Moore

   Things aren't going well at all for the global warming crusaders. Despite hundreds of billions of tax dollars spent on green energy over the past decade, the world and America used more fossil fuels than ever before in history last year.

June 26, 2024

80% Say Trump’s VP Pick Doesn’t Matter

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the favorite to be former President Donald Trump’s vice-presidential running mate, but for most voters, the VP choice doesn’t really matter.

June 25, 2024

Separate Sexual Identity and State By Daniel McCarthy

A new crime wave has gripped the country, and this time progressives are calling for harsh penalties, even charging teenagers with felonies.

June 25, 2024

Social Security: Most Expect to Get All Their Benefits

Confidence that Social Security will pay out its promised benefits remains high, and voters trust Republicans slightly more than Democrats to deal with the issue.

June 24, 2024

The Question Trump Needs to Ask Repeatedly Until November 5 By Brian Joondeph

The upcoming election is unique in that both current candidates have a record to run on. Not as a senator or governor, but as the U.S. President, each having served a term in the White House.

June 24, 2024

Trump Favored to Win Thursday’s Debate

With the earliest-ever presidential debate scheduled for Thursday, former President Donald Trump is favored over incumbent President Joe Biden as the debate winner by a 10-point margin. 

June 22, 2024

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 22, 2024

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

June 21, 2024

The Numbers Show Voters Don't Want an Eight-Year Presidency By Michael Barone

Four weeks after former President Donald Trump's conviction in a much-criticized Manhattan prosecution and a week before the first and earliest-ever scheduled post-primary presidential debate, it's a good time to look at how these two unusually elderly and oft-reviled candidates stand in the contest.

June 21, 2024

33% Agree COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Is Killing Large Numbers of People’

Nearly a quarter of those who got vaccinated against COVID-19 regret it, and a third agree with a medical expert’s condemnation of the vaccine as deadly.

June 20, 2024

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Data Ending June 20, 2024

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for June decreased to 90.8, down slightly from 91.1 in May.