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April 23, 2025

Voters Rate Trump Economy Barely Better Than Biden

President Donald Trump’s handling of key economic issues isn’t much better than his White House predecessor’s, according to voters. 

April 23, 2025

Living Hell? By John Stossel

"Climate change will make earth a living hell!" claims popular astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

April 23, 2025

Is the Bloom Fading from Trump’s Rose? By Brian C. Joondeph

Rasmussen Reports released a concerning poll last week, revealing that at the three-month mark in President Donald Trump’s second term, a slim majority of voters are unhappy with the results thus far.

April 22, 2025

Earth Day: Just 33% Think It’s Helping

Today is Earth Day, but only a third of Americans see it making a difference for the environment.

April 22, 2025

After Francis, Catholics Need a Populist Pope By Daniel McCarthy

Pope Francis was meant to be a pontiff for the age of globalization.

April 22, 2025

Sorry, Fannie Mae: We Won't Get Fooled Again

Anyone remember back in 2008 when the housing market collapsed and the stock market crashed, with many tens of millions of Americans seeing their lifetime savings nearly wiped out?

April 21, 2025

66% Agree: Deport Illegals to ‘Liberate’ America

Despite criticism and court orders, President Donald Trump’s policy of deporting foreign criminals remains overwhelmingly popular with voters. 

April 21, 2025

46% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-six percent (46%) 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 April 17, 2025.

 

 

April 19, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 19, 2025

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

April 18, 2025

COVID-19: 48% Suspect Deliberate Release

Now that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has concluded that the COVID-19 virus came from a Chinese laboratory, nearly half of voters think the pandemic outbreak was not accidental. 

April 18, 2025

Why Does Union Membership Keep Declining? By Michael Barone

It hardly qualifies as news anymore, but according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, union membership declined from 2023 to 2024, going from 10% to 9.9% of wage and salary workers. Some 32% of public employees are union members compared to only 5.9% of private-sector workers, down from 6% in 2023.

April 17, 2025

Most Don’t Blame Rachel Zegler for ‘Snow White’ Flop

Disney’s live-action remake of “Snow White” has been a bomb at the box office, but most Americans don’t think the film’s outspoken star is mostly to blame.

April 17, 2025

Is This What You Voted For? 51% Say ‘No’

Less than three months since President Donald Trump took office for his second term, a majority of voters aren’t happy with the result. 

April 16, 2025

42% Rate Trump ‘Poor’ on Trade

Although many voters don’t like how President Donald Trump is handling trade policy, a majority agree he needs to “reset” international trade. 

April 16, 2025

Washington's Latest Tax Assault on Economic Success By Stephen Moore

The PE and VC track records in funding small businesses and turning them into the future gazelles is almost a uniquely American success story.

April 16, 2025

Climate Myths By John Stossel

I guess United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres didn't think his hyping global warming risks brought him enough attention, so now he says, "The era of global boiling has arrived!"

April 15, 2025

51% Say Lawsuits Drive Up Costs

Most Americans believe they’re paying more for goods and services because of the costs imposed by lawsuits.

April 15, 2025

Election Integrity: 64% Favor SAVE Act

Voters overwhelmingly consider it important to keep illegal aliens from voting in American elections, and nearly two-thirds support legislation to require proof of citizenship for voting. 

April 15, 2025

Is Luigi Mangione the Left's Donald Trump? By Daniel McCarthy

On CNN, approving of murder is hardly any worse than voting for Donald Trump.

April 14, 2025

Voters Rate Congressional Democrats Lower

Democrats in Congress get lower ratings from voters than do their Republican colleagues, and even many Democratic voters don’t care much for their own party’s congressional members.