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                            April 16, 2026Evangelicals More Conservative on Sexual Morality
Evangelical Christians are more likely than other Americans – including Catholics – to consider extramarital sex and abortion to be morally wrong.

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                            April 16, 202670% of Republicans Want All Illegal Aliens Deported
More voters support amnesty for illegal immigrants than favor deportation, but Republicans overwhelmingly continue to support deporting foreigners who are in the United States illegally.

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                            April 16, 2026Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...
April 16, 2026The Places We’re Watching as Virginia Votes on a Pro-Democratic House Map By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Next week, Virginians will decide whether or not to scrap their current House map, where Democrats have a 6-5 advantage, in favor of one where Democrats could win up to 10 seats.
— The state Supreme Court will consider the legality of the ballot measure after the vote is held next week; Republicans are hoping that, if the measure passes, it is invalidated by the court.
— While the result may not be the type of sweeping affirmation that Democrats got in last year’s elections, it would still be a surprise if the vote fails.
— Last year’s attorney general contest may provide a template for the results, with key localities such as Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Stafford County standing out as places the “no” side will want to carry in order to spring an upset.
— If the voters approve the map, we would rate 4 seats that are currently held by Republicans as at least Leans Democratic.
— Aside from the Virginia vote, where Democrats stand to gain, there are a couple of shoes left to drop in the 2026 mid-decade redistricting saga that could benefit Republicans.

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                            April 15, 2026Little Kids, Big Government By John Stossel
   Child care got expensive -- more than $13,000 per child, per year.  

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                            April 15, 2026Ceasefire in Iran: Few Expect Lasting Peace
The current two-week ceasefire in the war against Iran probably won’t produce long-term peace, most voters say, but they also don’t want to see a renewal of U.S. attacks.
April 15, 2026Presidential Downballot Losses: An Updated History and a Look Ahead to Trump’s Second Term By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Since World War II, presidents have consistently presided over losses for their party in downballot offices—in the Senate, the House, governorships, and state legislatures. This is an indication of “thermostatic” public opinion, in which a decisive fraction of the electorate becomes disenchanted with the party in power and punishes them in down-ballot contests.
— President Joe Biden lost ground in the Senate, the House, and in state legislative seats. But unusually among postwar presidents, Biden escaped losses in governorships and state legislative chamber majorities controlled. In addition, Biden’s losses in the other three downballot categories were more modest than the postwar average.
— Biden’s pattern of modest down-ballot losses echoes the record of Donald Trump during his first term—setbacks, but muted ones. One possible reason: Intensifying partisan polarization, which has made voters less likely than in the past to consider voting for the other party, effectively dampening the potential for large downballot pendulum swings against the president’s party.
— Trump hasn’t faced a midterm election in his second term yet, but he has already experienced one gubernatorial flip and many flipped state legislative seats.

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                            April 14, 2026Tax Time: Many Racing to Beat IRS Deadline
On the eve of the April 15 federal income tax deadline, millions of Americans still haven’t finished filing with the Internal Revenue Service.

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                            April 14, 2026Pope vs. President Is a Fight Everyone Loses By Daniel McCarthy
        President Trump and Pope Leo are in a war of words right now -- when they should be allies, not enemies.

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                            April 14, 2026Prices Controls Will Deny Millions of Americans Credit Cards By Stephen Moore
        There's a famous scene in the movie "The Graduate" in which a young Dustin Hoffman receives this one-word bit of career advice from a businessman: "plastics."

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                            April 14, 202649% See More Corruption in Trump Administration
Although nearly half of voters believe President Donald Trump’s administration has more corruption than his predecessors, most aren’t sold on Democrats as the solution. 

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                            April 13, 202639% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-nine percent (39%) 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 9, 2026.

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                            April 13, 202639% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-nine percent (39%) 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 9, 2026.

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                            April 13, 2026Voters Want End to ‘Weaponization’ of Government
The use of government power to punish political enemies is a big problem for America, according to a majority of voters.

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                            April 11, 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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                            April 11, 2026What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 11, 2026
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            April 10, 2026Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Up Again
National unemployment was 9.3% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, up from 8.1% last month and significantly more than the 4.3% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on April 10, 2026.

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                            April 10, 2026Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Up Again
National unemployment was 9.3% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, up from 8.1% last month and significantly more than the 4.3% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on April 10, 2026.

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                            April 10, 2026Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Plunges in April
Economic confidence decreased to 100.4 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, nearly 10 points lower than March. The index hit a four-year high of 115.9 last July.

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                            April 10, 2026U.S. ‘Boots on the Ground’ in Iran War? Most Voters Expect It
A majority of voters consider America’s six-week bombing campaign against Iran a success, but also think the U.S. will eventually send ground troops to invade Iran.