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January 17, 2025

Football Fans Favor Buckeyes for National Title

Nearly half of college football fans expect Ohio State to defeat Notre Dame in Monday’s national championship game.

January 17, 2025

For Now, Trump Is Succeeding While His Opponents Fail By Michael Barone

"It is not enough in life that one succeed," the droll economist John Kenneth Galbraith is supposed to have said. "Others must fail."

January 17, 2025

Voters Concerned for Trump’s Safety at Inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump survived two assassination attempts during last year’s campaign, and a majority of voters are worried he won’t be safe at Monday’s inauguration.

January 16, 2025

L.A Residents Rate Mayor Worse Than Newsom on Wildfire Response

Many residents of Los Angeles County plan to move after the recent devastating wildfires, but most give California Gov. Gavin Newsom higher ratings than LA Mayor Karen Bass in terms of handling the emergency.

January 16, 2025

Nearly Half Still Blame Trump for Bad Media

President-elect Donald Trump’s hostile relationship with the news media hasn’t changed, and many voters still see it as mainly Trump’s fault.

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January 16, 2025

The 2024 Crossover House Seats: Overall Number Remains Low with Few Harris-District Republicans By Kyle Kondik

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Just 16 districts voted for one party for president and the other for House, which is the same historically-low total as 2020.

— But there are 13 Democrats in Donald Trump-won districts compared to just 3 Republicans in Kamala Harris-won districts.

January 15, 2025

54% Favor Legalizing Doctor-Assisted Suicide

As more states consider legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, just over half of Americans support such a law.

January 15, 2025

Ukraine: Biden Gets Low Ratings, 43% Think Trump Will Be Better

President Joe Biden has made the defense of Ukraine against Russia a central focus of his foreign policy, but most voters don’t think he’s handled it well.

January 15, 2025

Anarchists Versus Libertarians By John Stossel

        "Donald Trump will be a tyrant!"

January 14, 2025

Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Down Significantly

National unemployment was 8.4% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, down 0.7% from last month’s 9.1% last month but more than double the 4.1% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. 

January 14, 2025

Europe Takes a Bite Out of America's Apple By Stephen Moore

Envy is an ugly thing -- one of the seven deadly sins.

January 14, 2025

L.A. Wildfires: 77% of Democrats Blame Climate Change

A majority of voters – including more than three-quarters of Democrats – think climate change explains the wildfire that has devastated Southern California.

January 14, 2025

Democrats Aren't Democracy's Party By Daniel McCarthy

When Donald Trump is sworn in next week, America will have a president for the first time in four years.

January 13, 2025

29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 January 9, 2025.

January 13, 2025

GOP Voters Back Trump on Greenland, Panama Canal

President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestions of acquiring Greenland and taking over the Panama Canal are wildly popular with Republican voters, but less so with others.

January 11, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 11, 2025

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

January 10, 2025

Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Declines in January

Economic confidence decreased to 103.4 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, nearly four points lower than December.

January 10, 2025

54% Approve of Trump Transition

As he prepares for his second term in the White House, most voters think Donald Trump is doing a good job with the presidential transition.

January 10, 2025

Facebook Embraces Free Speech: The Masses Win, the Experts Lose By Michael Barone

        The times, they are a-changing. The balance of power in the perhaps

January 10, 2025

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Data From December 19-20, 2024

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for December increased to 92.4, up nearly two points from 90.6 in November.