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April 3, 2025
April 3, 2025
Time for Trump’s 3-Month Job Review By Brian C. Joondeph
President Donald Trump is 75 days into his second term, not yet three months. Many companies place new hires on probationary status for their first three months, during which a review is conducted to ensure that both the employee and employer are satisfied and ready to continue their working relationship.
April 2, 2025
Why Democrats Hate DOGE and Love Waste By Stephen Moore
If you haven't watched the Bret Baier interviews on Fox News with Elon Musk and the other executives who have given their time and expertise to exposing the rampant fraud and inefficiency of our federal government, I urge you to do so.
April 2, 2025
Hegseth Still Favored by GOP Voters
In the aftermath of the “Signal-gate” brouhaha, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth remains a favorite of Republican voters.
April 1, 2025
Americans See Decline in Economic Opportunity
So far at least, Americans aren’t feeling any boost in economic opportunity from having President Donald Trump back in the White House.
April 1, 2025
Trump Approval Holds Steady in March
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...
April 1, 2025
Democrats Divided Over Party’s Direction
In the aftermath of last year’s election defeat, Democratic voters are divided over which way their party should go in the future.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 59% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the Democratic Party needs to be more moderate, while 27% think Democrats need to be more liberal, and 15% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
April 1, 2025
Lawfare Isn't Beaten -- In France or America By Daniel McCarthy
Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom -- unless you're French, or, in this country, a liberal.
March 31, 2025
Anti-Musk Message Taking Its Toll
The effort by Democrats to demonize Elon Musk continues to erode the Tesla founder’s popularity, even though nearly two-thirds of voters agree with the cost-cutting mission of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
March 31, 2025
45% 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 March 27, 2025.
March 29, 2025
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 29, 2025
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
March 28, 2025
Mission to Mars? Most Think It Could Happen
Many Americans say the recent success of a SpaceX mission has made them more confident in the U.S. space program, and a majority think we could send men to Mars within a decade.
March 28, 2025
57% See Constitutional Crisis in Trump’s Conflict With Judges
With an unprecedented number of court injunctions against President Donald Trump’s policies, a majority of voters think the conflict between the executive and judiciary is a crisis, but blame is almost evenly divided.
March 28, 2025
Abundance Versus 'Everything Bagel' Liberalism By Michael Barone
"Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city," former President Barack Obama rhapsodized in April 2009. "No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes. Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a few steps to public transportation, and ending up just blocks from your destination."
March 27, 2025
Voters Give Trump Strong Ratings on Economy
His second term is barely two months old, but already President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy is rated significantly better than his predecessor.
March 27, 2025
Ten Findings from the Newly-Released JFK Assassination Records By UVA Center for Politics
Ten Highlights from the JFK Files
March 26, 2025
Stock Market Worries Most Americans
Although the stock market has rebounded from its recent decline, a majority of Americans are still worried – and think a major recession may be ahead.
March 26, 2025
Most Democratic Voters Still Support Chuck Schumer
Some liberals are calling for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer’s ouster as leader of Senate Democrats, but most of their own party’s voters disagree.
