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                            May 10, 2025What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 10, 2025
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            May 9, 2025Voters Trust Democrats More on Social Security
Most voters remain confident that Social Security will pay out its promised benefits, and trust Democrats slightly more than Republicans to deal with the issue..

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                            May 9, 2025European Elites Destroy Democracy in Order to Save It By Michael Barone
If you are a graduate of Yale University, you can vote every spring for a member of the Yale Corporation, which selects the school's president. However, you can only participate if you vote for one of the two candidates nominated by the Alumni Fellow Nominating Committee, a group of university officials and graduates. There's no way to write in a name or, if you don't favor either candidate, to cast a blank ballot. You must vote for one of the insiders' choices or not vote at all.

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                            May 9, 2025Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Drops in May
Economic confidence decreased to 106.7 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, more than four points lower than April.
May 8, 2025Notes on the State of the Senate: The Post-Kemp Battlefield By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Republicans missed out on a top recruiting target earlier this week, as Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) decided not to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA).
— Georgia remains a Toss-up in our ratings even as Ossoff’s reelection path got clearer.
— Another place where Democrats are playing defense, Michigan, remains a Toss-up, while a couple of other open Democratic seats in Democratic-leaning states, Minnesota and New Hampshire, are developing better for Democrats than Republicans.
— While there have already been many key developments in the race for the Senate in 2026, history shows that key candidate decisions may still be months away in some places.
— Republicans remain favored to retain control of the Senate in 2026, and we are not changing any ratings in this update.

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                            May 8, 2025Better Off Now? Just 34% Say ‘Yes’
Although most voters give President Donald Trump credit for securing the border, only a third of them say their lives have gotten better since he returned to the White House.

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                            May 8, 202571% of Democrats Want Elon Musk in Prison
Since he agreed to lead President Donald Trump’s effort to reduce government waste, Elon Musk has become so hated by liberals that they would overwhelmingly favor a law to put the high-tech billionaire behind bars.

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                            May 7, 202548% Blame Trump for Dividing America
Most voters believe the nation has become more divided since President Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term in the White House, and nearly half say it’s his fault.
 
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                            May 7, 2025Useless Government By John Stossel
I have a conflict.
I don't much like Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's new Education Secretary. I sued her once.
She and her sleazy husband, Vince, owned a circus called World Wrestling Entertainment.
When I did a silly ABC news video on how the matches are staged, one of their 280-pound actors beat me up. A wrestler said Vince told him to do it.

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                            May 7, 2025COVID-19: Did the Experts Get It Right?
Five years after the COVID-19 virus emerged, Americans remain divided over whether health experts were right or wrong in their advice on dealing with the pandemic.

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                            May 6, 2025Voters See Civility Declining, Expect More Political Violence
The level of civility in American political life has declined, according to  a majority of voters, who expect political violence to increase in the next few years.

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                            May 6, 2025Trump's Rumble on Sesame Street By Daniel McCarthy
President Donald Trump has fought plenty of political heavyweights, but now he's up against a foe far tougher than Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris: Big Bird.

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                            May 6, 2025The New Surprising Trump Constituency By Brian C. Joondeph
Conventional wisdom, meaning corporate media, portrays President Donald Trump’s supporters as white supremacists, xenophobes, and racists. They are extras in the movie Deliverance, with two teeth and a below room temperature IQ.

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                            May 6, 2025Yes, Let's Attract the Best and the Brightest By Stephen Moore
Situated on the outskirts of Sacramento is California's largest master-planned community, McClellan Park. It has homes, offices, restaurants, a hotel and even a 2-mile-long runway that serves jets. But 30 years ago, the location was a starkly different story: an Air Force base that had just been shuttered, costing 11,600 jobs.

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                            May 5, 202569% Agree: Immigration System ‘Broken’
At a time when President Donald Trump’s policy of deporting illegal aliens is highly controversial, most voters still agree with an earlier president’s criticism of America’s immigration system.

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                            May 5, 202545% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-five percent (45%) 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 May 1, 2025.
 
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                            May 3, 2025What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 3, 2025
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            May 2, 2025AG Pam Bondi at 42% Favorability
Three months into her tenure as America’s top law enforcement official, Attorney General Pam Bondi has made a more favorable impression on voters than her predecessor.

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                            May 2, 2025Trump's Push for Equal Rights and Against Quotas By Michael Barone
   "It is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to avoid violating the Constitution, Federal civil rights laws, and basic American ideals."
May 1, 2025The Governors, Part Two: Familiar Battlegrounds Dot 2026 Map, but Watch for Upsets in Open Seats By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Many of 2024’s top presidential battlegrounds will feature high-profile gubernatorial elections in 2026.
— Arizona and Michigan start as the only two Toss-ups in our initial ratings.
— Be on the lookout for upsets thanks to the high number of open seats, perhaps coming from the long list of races that start rated as Likely for one side or the other.