Voters Rate Obamacare as Obama's Defining Moment
Voters are conflicted over outgoing President Barack Obama's place in history, but they agree the passage of Obamacare will be the defining marker of his presidency.
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January 18, 2017
January 17, 2017
Only 32% Say America Safer After Obama Years
Confidence that the War on Terror is going America’s way has jumped to its highest level in over four years, but most voters don’t think this country is a safer place than it was eight years ago when President Obama took office.
January 17, 2017
Reagan and Trump: American Nationalists By Patrick J. Buchanan
Since World War II, the two men who have most terrified this city by winning the presidency are Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.
January 17, 2017
Voters Say Trump More to Blame for Bad Media
Most voters blame President-elect Donald Trump for his problems with the media and think he ought to do something about them.
January 16, 2017
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 January 12.
January 16, 2017
Most Say Trump’s Businesses Still His Priority
Most voters think Donald Trump is likely to put his businesses first even when he is president.
January 16, 2017
Is Trump's Use of Twitter the Wave of the Future?
Voters tend to disapprove of President-elect Donald Trump's frequent use of Twitter but are evenly divided over whether future presidents will follow in his footsteps.
January 15, 2017
Daily Obama Tracking Poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 62% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Obama's job performance. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disapprove.
The latest figures include 41% of who Strongly Approve of the way Obama is performing as president and 29% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of +12 (see trends).
Blacks (70%) are twice as likely as whites (37%) and other minority voters (37%) to Strongly Approve of the job the president is doing.
These are the final approval numbers we will post for Obama. Because Rasmussen Reports’ daily Presidential Tracking Poll is based on three days of surveying, we will not post new numbers again until Friday when we will begin tracking President Trump’s job approval.
Regular updates are posted Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update).
January 14, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 14, 2017
Americans got a taste of the continuing combative relationship between Donald Trump and the media this past week, a radical departure from the love affair most reporters have had with outgoing President Barack Obama.
January 13, 2017
Trump Pleases GOP Voters At Press Conference But Not Others
Voters who watched or followed news reports about President-elect Donald Trump’s first press conference are almost evenly divided over how he did. Republicans liked it; Democrats and unaffiliated voters didn’t.
January 13, 2017
Trump's Enemies See an Opening By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Fake news!" roared Donald Trump, the work of "sick people."
January 13, 2017
Voters See Russia As Bigger Threat Than China
Voters aren’t very optimistic about the future of U.S. relations with either Russia or China but tend to see the former as a more serious concern for the United States. Political party makes a difference, though: Republicans see China as the bigger danger, while Democrats are more worried about Russia.
January 13, 2017
The Intelligence Community, Russia and Trump by Michael Barone
On Wednesday, in his first news conference as president-elect, Donald Trump came out swinging -- against some of the media (while praising others), against the policies and performance of the Obama administration, and against the intelligence community.
January 12, 2017
Voters Suspect U.S.-China Relations Will Get Worse
Most voters think the U.S. government gives China a pass for its bad behavior because of its economic clout, but many think the U.S.-China relationship is about to change for the worse.
January 12, 2017
2018 Governors: Overextended Republicans Seek to Thwart History By Kyle Kondik
When President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office eight days from now, he will be completing a remarkable journey, going from private citizen to the highest elected office in the nation without any elected stop in between. But while Trump is, to put it mildly, a unique figure in presidential politics, his journey is one that is we are increasingly seeing on a smaller scale at the gubernatorial level.
January 12, 2017
GOP Voters More Hopeful Than Democrats About U.S.-Russia Relations
A sizable number of voters continue to view Russia as an enemy of the United States, but President-elect Donald Trump hopes to improve that relationship. Republicans are more confident than others that he'll succeed.
January 11, 2017
Few See Hollywood Celebs As Good Role Models
Following Meryl Streep's Golden Globes speech criticizing incoming President Donald Trump, most Americans see Hollywood celebrities as politically to the left of them and dismiss the stars as poor role models.
January 11, 2017
Worst of Times by John Stossel
Now that I no longer do a weekly TV show, I have more time to read my local paper. Sadly, that's The New York Times.
January 11, 2017
Voters Debate Senate’s Role in Cabinet Selection
Voters are closely divided over whether the U.S. Senate should rubber stamp a president’s Cabinet nominees or pick and choose the ones it likes best. As usual these days, a voter’s political affiliation makes a world of difference.
January 11, 2017
At Sessions’ Hearing, Dems Live Up to the Party’s Tradition of Racism By Charles Hurt
Like tired old racists clinging to their discredited past and divisive politics, Democrats wheezed exhaustively on their racial dogwhistles Tuesday in their increasingly futile bid to derail Sen. Jeff Sessions’ nomination to become the next attorney general.
