One of the puzzles in this year's surprising and unpredicted (including by me) off-year election results is why the Republicans' 51% to 47% win in the popular vote for House of Representatives did not produce a majority bigger than the apparent 221-214 result. (All numbers here are subject to revision in line with final returns.)
The result of this year’s midterm election is likely to be more partisanship in Washington, most voters believe.
— The looming Georgia Senate runoff is both the final race of 2022 and the first race of 2024, a Senate cycle in which Democrats are playing a lot of defense.
— The Democrats could run the Senate more smoothly if they can get a “real” majority of 51.
— But the primary importance of the runoff is electoral: Democrats could really use an extra buffer seat as they try to hang on in a couple of years.
Former President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will seek the White House again in 2024, but most voters don’t think he should and have a more favorable view of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
More Americans report their applications for credit have been turned down recently, a potential indicator of an economic downturn.
Politicians praise electric cars. If everyone buys them, they say, solar and wind power will replace our need for oil.
The popularity of “Drag Queen Story Hour” doesn’t include the parents of school-age children, who overwhelmingly oppose the phenomenon in which men dressed as women perform for children.
The one promise that President Joe Biden has faithfully kept is his pledge to "close down" fossil fuels. We get two-thirds of our energy in America from fossil fuels, and almost one-third of our power comes from coal. That's quadruple the amount of energy we get from wind and solar, which are niche forms of energy.
Twenty-eight percent (28%) 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 November 10, 2022.
Most voters believe cheating may have influenced this year’s elections, and think voting by mail makes it easier to cheat.
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
Economic confidence increased to 86.3 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, half-a-point higher than October.
Today is Veterans Day, and the number of Americans who believe it is one of America’s most important holidays is at an all-time high.
One way to look at this election is as a repudiation of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Support for the death penalty has declined significantly in the past decade, and less than half of Americans still favor capital punishment.
Less than half of voters think the news media did a good job covering the midterm campaign, and nearly half believe the coverage was biased in favor of Democrats.
The Good: We have divided government. Since Democrats no longer control Congress, they can't bankrupt America quite so fast!
With the balance of power in Congress still undecided, voters clearly dislike delayed reporting of election results.
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of October 30-November 3, 2022, remained at 92.1, unchanged from two weeks earlier.
More than five years after he left office, former President Barack Obama’s endorsement is still more valuable than either of his successors.
