Early Voting: Just 34% Will Wait Until Election Day
A majority of voters say they will vote early – either by mail or in person – in this year’s midterm elections.
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October 8, 2026
October 8, 2026
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...
October 8, 2026
Careful What You Wish For: Young Americans and Sharia Law By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
Young Americans take pride in being socially progressive.
October 8, 2026
Four Rating Changes, Headlined by Alaska Senate Moving to Leans Democratic By J. Miles Coleman and Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Of the Democrats’ red state Senate targets, Alaska may be the most promising, and we are moving the race from Toss-up to Leans Democratic.
— For the first time all cycle, Republicans now need to win more of our Toss-ups to hold the Senate than Democrats need to win in order to flip it.
— Other rating changes come in the Alaska and Oregon gubernatorial races, which both land in Leans Democratic from opposite directions, while South Carolina’s Senate election moves from Safe Republican to Likely Republican.
October 7, 2026
Evil Is Real, Most Americans Believe
As the “spooky season” of October arrives, more Americans say that satanic forces are at work in the world.
October 7, 2026
Democrats Gain Edge in Voter Enthusiasm
Most voters are excited about this fall’s midterm election, but Democrats now show a higher level of enthusiasm.
October 6, 2026
Why Are Americans So Pessimistic? By Stephen Moore
In nearly every way, Americans have more material wealth, better health, better housing and more of just about everything than ever before. Not just the rich, but nearly everyone.
October 6, 2026
Most Say Polls Don’t Affect Their Vote
Political polling isn’t very influential in terms of how people vote, but some pollsters are more trusted than others.
October 6, 2026
Latin America's Many Trumps By Daniel McCarthy
Latin America is turning right, and it's a vindication for President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
October 5, 2026
N.H. Senate: Lead Narrows for Democrat Pappas
Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas now leads by five points over former Republican Sen. John Sununu in the race to fill the New Hampshire Senate seat vacated by the retirement of Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
October 5, 2026
N.H. Senate: Lead Narrows for Democrat Pappas
Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas now leads by five points over former Republican Sen. John Sununu in the race to fill the New Hampshire Senate seat vacated by the retirement of Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
October 5, 2026
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 1, 2026.
October 5, 2026
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 1, 2026.
October 5, 2026
Voters Reject Hasan Piker’s Pro-Hamas Rhetoric
Left-wing commentator Hasan Piker isn’t familiar to many voters, but his support of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas is overwhelmingly rejected.
October 3, 2026
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
October 3, 2026
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 3, 2026
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
October 2, 2026
Iowa Senate: Democrat Turek Still Leads
Democrat state Rep. Josh Turek maintains a four-point lead over U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson in the race to fill the Iowa Senate seat vacated by the retirement of Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.
October 2, 2026
Iowa Senate: Democrat Turek Still Leads
Democrat state Rep. Josh Turek maintains a four-point lead over U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson in the race to fill the Iowa Senate seat vacated by the retirement of Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.
October 2, 2026
Sharia Law: 43% of Youngest Voters Like It
Younger voters view Islamic sharia law much more positively than do their elders, most of whom see sharia as a threat to America’s future.
