As we lit sparklers and grilled burgers this Fourth of July, a new Rasmussen Reports poll provided a sobering dose of reality. Only 36% of Americans believe the Founding Fathers would see today’s America as a success. Forty-one percent (41%) think they’d view it as a failure, and the rest aren’t sure.
Nearly half of voters approve of President Donald Trump’s signature “Big Beautiful Bill,” but many aren’t sure about its effect on federal taxes and spending.
The Big Beautiful Bill -- a massive package of tax relief, more funding for immigration enforcement, and savings from entitlement reforms -- is now law, and it's a triumph not only for President Donald Trump but for the whole Republican Party.
Everyone knows that the "big, beautiful" tax bill signed into law on the Fourth of July lowers tax burdens for families and businesses. It also averts a $4 trillion tax increase starting next year. That's enough reason to heartily celebrate.
Fewer homeowners are now optimistic about the resale value of their homes.
Half of voters approve of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that limits lower courts from blocking federal policy, although most Democrats don’t like it.
Most voters still see domestic terrorism as a greater threat than foreign terrorism, but worry the threat is higher after the Israel-Iran war.
Forty-four percent (44%) 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 July 2, 2025.
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
Not many people today remember the exhilaration so many Americans felt after Israel's victory in the Six-Day War in June 1967. The liberal folks around me at work and law school then had been frustrated and puzzled at the lack of progress being made in Vietnam by the 448,000 U.S. troops stationed there, and the sudden and astonishing success of the Israel Defense Forces, symbolized by the eye-patched Gen. Moshe Dayan, was a refreshing contrast. No talk then of Israelis as colonialist settler oppressors.
As Americans celebrate Independence Day, many don’t believe the men who founded the United States would be pleased by the current situation.
Although a majority of voters believe Democrats should find a different presidential candidate for 2028, former Vice President Kamala Harris still leads among Democratic primary voters.
— The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, tell us something about how it is trending.
— Though 2004 and 2024 produced similar topline national results, there has been some significant change in how individual states vote relative to the country.
— By this measure, Kamala Harris held up relatively well in Sun Belt Toss-up states, while it has been several cycles since the Rust Belt Toss-ups were at their most Democratic.
Despite concerns that tariffs might reduce sales of consumer fireworks this year, one-third of Americans expect they’ll be lighting some for the Fourth of July.
A majority of voters think the ceasefire between Israel and Iran probably won’t result in peace, but give President Donald Trump credit for his handling of the situation.
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...
Zohran Mamdani is the latest sign establishment Democrats don't know how to handle a populist challenge.
President Donald Trump recently called for a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 election, and nearly half of voters favor the idea.
