35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-five percent (35%) 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 October 24.
Public Content
Most Recent Releases
October 28, 2019
October 28, 2019
17% of Democrats Identify More With Trump
Most Republicans continue to identify a lot more with President Trump than with the GOP Congress, while Democrats still strongly agree with their congressional representatives. But nearly one-in-five Democrats are now more likely to agree with Trump.
October 26, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 26, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
October 26, 2019
Generation X Faces a Bleak, Impoverished Old Age By Ted Rall
In 1991, demographers Neil Howe and William Strauss published their awkwardly titled tome "13th Gen," about Generation X -- the Americans born between 1961 and 1981. If Xers had paid attention, they would have committed suicide.
October 25, 2019
For Voters, More Government Is A Problem, Not A Solution
Voters aren’t nearly as convinced as the candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination that more government is the answer.
October 25, 2019
Most Say Foreign Aid Not Worth It for Taxpayers
While foreign aid to Ukraine is dominating the headlines, most voters continue to view U.S. government dollars sent to other countries as a bad deal for taxpayers.
October 25, 2019
Imperial Capital but America-First Nation By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand," said President Donald Trump in an impassioned defense of his decision to cut ties to the Syrian Kurds, withdraw and end these "endless wars."
Are our troops in Syria, then, on their way home? Well, not exactly.
October 25, 2019
The Perils of Downscale Political Parties By Michael Barone
Political parties, and their travails, have been much on my mind recently as I've been speaking to radio and television interviewers about my new book, "How America's Political Parties Change (And How They Don't)."
October 24, 2019
Most Don’t See Drug Companies As Main Bad Guy in Opioid Crisis
Drug companies are being forced to pay millions to settle opioid lawsuits, but most Americans don’t blame them first for the opioid drug crisis in the country.
October 24, 2019
The Trade War’s Risks for Trump By Louis Jacobson
Agriculture and manufacturing are significant industries in 2020’s most important states.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Farmers and manufacturers account for a particularly large share of the economy in key battleground states, including ones that President Donald Trump won in 2016 and would need to win again in 2020 to secure a second term.
— However, the farm and factory sectors are facing economic strains from Trump’s trade policies. Agricultural output declined between 2017 and 2018 in all but one battleground state, and while manufacturing output increased in these states across the board between 2017 and 2018, it showed signs of slowing in most states during the first quarter of 2019.
— That said, anecdotal evidence suggests that cultural issues are outweighing economic factors, with these solidly Republican demographic groups sticking with the GOP, at least for now.
October 23, 2019
67% Say Most Are Not Informed Voters
Voters remain highly suspicious of how much their fellow voters know when they go to the polls.
October 23, 2019
GOP Remains Trump’s, Not Romney’s, Party
Mitt Romney continues to be perhaps the most vocal Republican critic of President Trump, but GOP voters still side with the president and think Romney is hurting their party.
October 23, 2019
Laura Loomer: Disrupter for Congress By Michelle Malkin
The Beltway swamp is clogged with miserable crapweasels: smug incumbents, status quo lemmings, Constitution infringers of all flavors, Silicon Valley lackeys, jihad apologists, open borders freaks and, oh, that Trump-deranged lurker, Mitt "Pierre Delecto" Romney.
October 22, 2019
42% Think Pelosi Worse Than Most House Speakers
A sizable number of voters think Nancy Pelosi doesn’t measure up to most of her predecessors as speaker of the House, but Democrats are enthusiastic supporters.
October 22, 2019
Is Democracy a Dying Species? By Patrick J. Buchanan
What happens when democracy fails to deliver? What happens when people give up on democracy?
October 22, 2019
Washington Subsidies Not Helping the Wind Industry By Stephen Moore
Last week, the lobbying arm of the wind energy industry made an unsurprising, though somewhat embarrassing, announcement. It wants a longer lifeline with federal subsidies. So much for wind being the low-cost energy source of the future.
October 21, 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 October 17.
October 21, 2019
Pollsters Push Sketchy Polls Again By Brian C. Joondeph
Pollsters are at it again, pushing sketchy polls, not to reflect public opinion, but to shape it. This is called propaganda, a popular tool for dictators who want to control the information flow from an all-powerful government to their subjects, the people.
October 21, 2019
Biden Holds His Lead Nationally Among Democrats
Despite his lukewarm performance at the most recent Democratic presidential debate, Joe Biden holds a near two-to-one lead over Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren among his fellow Democrats nationally.
