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June 24, 2026

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

June 24, 2026

Minimum Wage Fail By John Stossel

        Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work.

June 23, 2026

Most Expect Fireworks for America’s 250th Anniversary

More than half of Americans expect to watch a fireworks show this 4th of July, and nearly a third plan to shoot their own fireworks to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 

June 23, 2026

Democrats Gain Lead on Energy Policy

More voters now trust Democrats to handle energy policy, an issue that favored Republicans just a few months ago.

June 23, 2026

Democrats Declare War on School Choice By Stephen Moore

   Why are Democrats and their teachers union masters trying to shoot down parental choice in education even when we now have so many examples of these programs working?

June 23, 2026

Can Anyone Govern Britain -- or America? By Daniel McCarthy

As Britain gets ready for its seventh prime minister in just 10 years, it's time to ask whether the parliamentary system itself is broken.

June 22, 2026

39% 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 June 18, 2026.

June 22, 2026

39% 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 June 18, 2026.

June 22, 2026

53% Approve of ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ With Iran

A tentative agreement to end the war with Iran is more popular with American voters than was the war itself.

June 20, 2026

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 20, 2026

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

June 20, 2026

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls

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

June 19, 2026

Juneteenth: 68% Approve of Official Holiday

Five years after Congress made June 19th a national holiday, Americans overwhelmingly approve of officially commemorating the end of slavery. 

June 19, 2026

Not Following the Example of President James K. Polk By Michael Barone

        A president orders the onset of hostilities -- war -- without authorization of Congress and without much in the way of making a case with the public. His troops win important victories and decapitate large parts of the government of the enemy. But in the enemy capital, no one surrenders or will even negotiate seriously.

June 19, 2026

GOP Lead on National Security Shrinks

Republicans’ advantage on national security issues has nearly disappeared since February, with the midterm elections fast less than five months away.

June 19, 2026

America’s 250th Birthday and the Crisis of American Confidence By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday next month, a surprising number of Americans are looking elsewhere. A new Elon University poll found that while most Americans would still choose the United States over any other country, a majority of Democrats say they would rather live somewhere else.

June 18, 2026

Taxes: Democrats Now Hold Edge on Issue

The question of which party is more trusted to handle taxes now slightly favors Democrats, less than five months ahead of the midterm elections.

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June 18, 2026

If 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.

June 17, 2026

Summer 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.

June 17, 2026

Iran 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. 

June 17, 2026

Magic Medicine? By John Stossel

        People are excited about peptides.