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June 18, 2026If Democrats Get a 2006-Style Senate Result, It May be Because Trump Has a 2006-Style Approval Rating By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— While the 2018 midterm was generally a “blue wave,” Republicans still held the Senate. If Democrats want to flip the Senate, they’ll need a year that’s more like 2006.
— The Senate map was in some ways completely different heading into the 2006 election as opposed to the Senate map we have now, and it was less tied to presidential partisanship.
— However, there are some commonalities between the top Democratic Senate targets in 2006 and in 2026, although the comparisons require some stretching.
— But more important is President Trump’s approval rating, which probably needs to be more like George W. Bush’s in 2006 than Trump’s own approval in 2018 in order for Democrats to flip the Senate.

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                            June 17, 2026Summer Vacation Time: 34% Plan Theme Park Visit
Nearly half of Americans are planning to take a vacation this summer, but barely a third expect to take a theme park trip.

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                            June 17, 2026Iran War: Just 35% Favored ‘Regime Change’ Goal
Most voters don’t consider the Iran war a success, but barely a third wanted the United States to continue until the regime in Tehran was overturned. 

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                            June 17, 2026Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

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                            June 17, 2026Magic Medicine? By John Stossel
        People are excited about peptides.

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                            June 16, 2026The Great Escape -- Let Young Workers Out of Social Security By Stephen Moore
   What cruel irony that we learned last week that Social Security is going broke even sooner than we thought. The Social Security trust fund will be exhausted in 2032, according to the latest Trustees Report. How odd that it is even referred to as a "trust fund," because there is no trust, and there is no fund.

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                            June 16, 2026University Professors Against Academic Freedom By Daniel McCarthy
        Does academic freedom have a greater enemy than the American Association of University Professors?

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                            June 16, 2026Midterms Look Rough for Incumbents
A majority of voters plan to vote against incumbents in this fall’s midterm election and, if they had the chance, would send the entire Congress home.

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                            June 15, 202634% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-four percent (34%) 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 June 11, 2026.

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                            June 15, 202634% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-four percent (34%) 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 June 11, 2026.

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                            June 15, 2026Most Voters Undecided About Platner Accusations
Accusations that the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine abused an ex-girlfriend have not convinced most voters nationwide.

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                            June 13, 2026What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            June 13, 2026What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 13, 2026
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            June 12, 202651% Want Votes Counted Within 24 Hours
The month-long vote count in California’s recent primary doesn’t pass the sniff test with a majority of American voters

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                            June 12, 2026Gordon Wood and the Historians Who Told the Real Story of the Founders By Michael Barone
   The sudden death of the historian Gordon Wood, just weeks before the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, is one more mark of the closure of a golden age of the historiography of the Revolutionary era. It's an occasion to reflect on the uniqueness, indeed the idiosyncrasy, of the emergence of the primacy of this United States among the nations of the world.

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                            June 11, 2026Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Declines Again in June
Economic confidence decreased to 97.9 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, down more than two points from May. The index hit a four-year high of 115.9 last July.

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                            June 11, 2026Support for H-1B Program Remains High
The federal H-1B visa program continues to be approved by most voters, even though many are angry about how many foreign workers are hired. 
June 11, 2026The Senate: The Race for the Majority is Not a Toss-up, But the Races That Will Decide It Are By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— We are making three Senate rating changes this week, all in favor of Democrats. North Carolina moves to Leans Democratic, and Alaska and Ohio are now Toss-ups.
— This makes the Democrats’ path to the majority clearer, but we still favor Republicans in the overall race for the Senate.
— Democrats need to win all four of our Toss-ups to get to a majority, while Republicans need just one to preserve a nominal 50-50 majority because they hold the vice presidential tiebreaker.
— Democrats also have their work cut out for them in the four Toss-ups, albeit for different reasons. In Maine and Michigan, there are questions about the quality of the Democratic candidates. In Alaska and Ohio, meanwhile, the questions are more about Democrats’ ability to overcome each state’s pronounced GOP lean.

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                            June 10, 2026Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Up Slightly
National unemployment was 8.8% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, up slightly from 8.4% last month and significantly more than the 4.3% rate officially reported by the  Bureau of Labor Statistics on June 10, 2026.

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                            June 10, 2026Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Up Slightly
National unemployment was 8.8% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, up slightly from 8.4% last month and significantly more than the 4.3% rate officially reported by the  Bureau of Labor Statistics on June 10, 2026.