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                            May 9, 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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                            May 8, 2026Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Down Slightly
National unemployment was 8.4% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, down from 9.3% last month and significantly more than the 4.3% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on May 8, 2026.

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                            May 8, 2026Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Down Slightly
National unemployment was 8.4% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, down from 9.3% last month and significantly more than the 4.3% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on May 8, 2026.

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                            May 8, 2026Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Stays Low in May
Economic confidence decreased to 100.2 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, almost unchanged from April. 

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                            May 8, 2026Trump's Churchillian Foreign Policy By Michael Barone
   Knowingly or not, President Donald Trump, in his decision to attack Iran, has embarked on a foreign policy that has been, on and off, both persistent and controversial in the great English-speaking nations. You can trace it back at least to the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89: the ouster of King James II of England and his replacement by his son-in-law and nephew William, Prince of Orange, and his daughter Mary, as William III and Mary II.

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                            May 8, 2026Education: 89% Say Issue Will Be Important in Midterms
Voters overwhelmingly see education as an important issue in this fall’s midterm elections, and the two major parties are nearly tied on the issue.

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                            May 8, 2026Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

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                            May 7, 2026Voters Angry About Fraud in Government Spending
The exposure of widespread fraud in government programs has voters in a wrathful mood, and most don’t believe President Donald Trump’s administration is doing a good job of dealing with the problem.
May 7, 2026House Rating Changes: 17 Shifts in Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Elsewhere By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In addition to formalizing nine ratings changes in Florida following the state adopting a new Republican gerrymander, we also are making eight other changes.
— These come in some states that were at the center of Tuesday night’s electoral action: Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, with others coming in Minnesota, North Carolina, and Texas.
— The Florida changes, on balance, help the GOP bottom line in the House, while the other changes benefit Democrats.
— Our overall House ratings show 213 districts rated as Safe, Likely, or Leans Democratic, 207 rated Safe, Likely, or Leans Republican, and 15 rated as Toss-ups.

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                            May 6, 202665% of America’s Gun Owners Feel Safer
More than a third of Americans live in gun-owning households, and say they feel safer because of it.

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                            May 6, 202640% Approve Supreme Court’s Ban on Racial Gerrymandering
Voters are divided over a Supreme Court decision last week that struck down a congressional district map in Louisiana. 

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                            May 6, 2026Data Center Freak-Out By John Stossel
   Data centers are big buildings full of machines that process what we do on our phones and computers.

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                            May 5, 2026Assassination Attempt Weakens Opposition to New White House Ballroom
The recent attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump has lessened the number of voters who disapprove of plans to build a large ballroom at the White House.

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                            May 5, 2026The Silenced Generation By Daniel McCarthy
        Are America's college students doing to themselves what the Chinese Communist state does to its citizens?

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                            May 5, 2026Time for Jerome Powell to Go Home By Stephen Moore
        The man just won't leave the stage.

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                            May 4, 202636% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 30, 2026.

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                            May 4, 202636% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 30, 2026.

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                            May 4, 202660% Suspect Media Influence in Trump Assassination Attempt
Most voters believe political violence is getting worse, and many think news media coverage helped inspire the latest attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump.

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                            May 2, 2026What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 2, 2026
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            May 1, 2026Trump Approval Down One Point in April
When tracking President Trump’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...