If it's in the News, it's in our Polls. Public opinion polling since 2003.

Public Content

Most Recent Releases

November 30, 2019

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 30, 2019

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

November 29, 2019

Are Democrats Losing Interest in the Impeachment Hearings?

A lot of voters say they’re following the House impeachment hearings, but Democrats don’t seem as interested as they were when the hearings first started.

White letter R on blue background
November 29, 2019

Give Thanks for America's Increasing Fairness By Michael Barone

It's Thanksgiving week in a country whose warring political tribes are not much inclined to giving thanks. But any American with a reasonable historic perspective can easily find reasons to do so.

November 28, 2019

83% Give Thanks This Thanksgiving

The vast majority of Americans feel thankful this time of year.

November 27, 2019

Voters Are Less Hopeful Congress Will Approve Trade Deal to Replace NAFTA

The new trade deal the Trump administration has negotiated with Canada and Mexico is languishing in the House of Representatives. While voters still regard it as an improvement over the much-maligned NAFTA, they’re a lot less confident that Congress will approve it.

White letter R on blue background
November 27, 2019

Fight for the Freedom to Question Vaccines By Michelle Malkin

Thank you, Rob Schneider. Thank you.

White letter R on blue background
November 27, 2019

Thanks, Private Property! By John Stossel

Families will argue this Thanksgiving.

November 26, 2019

Strong Voter Support for Second Amendment Doesn’t Extend to Assault Rifles

Voters strongly defend Americans’ right to a gun but still tend to feel a ban on assault rifles isn’t a bad idea.

White letter R on blue background
November 26, 2019

How America Can Still Win the Race to 5G Wireless Technology By Stephen Moore

The Federal Communications Commission has thrown a curveball into the global race for deployment of 5G -- the much-anticipated fifth generation of cellular and wireless technology. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced his support for a government-run auction of an underutilized 500-megahertz space on the electronic spectrum that cellphone carriers like AT&T and Verizon need to deliver 5G wireless services.

White letter R on blue background
November 26, 2019

Is Macron Right? Is NATO, 70, Brain Dead? By Patrick J. Buchanan

A week from now, the 29 member states of "the most successful alliance in history" will meet to celebrate its 70th anniversary. Yet all is not well within NATO.

November 25, 2019

38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-eight percent (38%) 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 21.

Aaron-Schwartz / Shutterstock.com; Paul Boucher / Shutterstock.com
November 25, 2019

Democrats, Young Voters Attracted By Socialism

Democrats are far less convinced than Republicans and unaffiliated voters that a free-market system is superior to a socialist one and are much more willing to vote for a socialist candidate. Those under 40 are a lot more responsive to the siren call of socialism than older voters are.

November 23, 2019

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 23, 2019

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

a katz / Shutterstock.com
November 22, 2019

Most Say Trump Uses Cabinet Less Than Other Presidents

President Trump’s Cabinet seems to have a revolving door at times, but then most voters agree this president doesn’t depend on his Cabinet like the majority of his predecessors.

November 22, 2019

61% Say Most Politicians Intent on Dividing Us

Come together? Not likely, voters say, if most politicians have their way.

White letter R on blue background
November 22, 2019

The Impeachment Pseudo-Event By Michael Barone

"The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America" is the title of a 1960s book by historian and librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Pseudo-events, he wrote, are staged solely to generate news media coverage. Real events involve independent actors and have unpredictable outcomes. Pseudo-events are shows.

White letter R on blue background
November 22, 2019

Let the People Decide Trump's Fate By Patrick J. Buchanan

Was there linkage between the withholding of U.S. military aid and the U.S. demand for a Ukrainian state investigation of the Bidens?

November 21, 2019

Voters Fear Violence From Trump’s Foes More Than His Supporters

Voters see a bigger threat from President Trump’s opponents over policy issues than from his supporters if Democrats succeed in removing him from office. One-in-three still see the threat of civil war in the near future.

White letter R on blue background
November 21, 2019

2020 House: Assessing the Open Seats So Far By Kyle Kondik

Openings won’t match the volume of 2018, but Democrats may once again benefit more than Republicans.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Of 28 open House seats, Republicans are defending 20 while Democrats are defending only eight.

— Of eight the Crystal Ball rates as competitive, Republicans are defending all but one.

— Open seats, along with pending redistricting in North Carolina, give Democrats a small buffer as they defend their majority.