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April 9, 2025

Big, Beautiful Tax Cuts Should Offset Any Tariff Increases By Stephen Moore

   President Donald Trump has predicted that his tariffs could raise as much as $6 trillion over the next decade in federal tax collections. These include up to 104% tariffs on China, plus the combination of reciprocal tariffs -- we charge them whatever they charge us. Also, don't forget the protectionist tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos, lumber, etc.

April 8, 2025

Tariffs Are a Reason to Cut Taxes and Red Tape By Daniel McCarthy

   If there's one thing supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump's tariffs should agree on, it's the need to unchain prosperity at home while international trade is in flux.

April 8, 2025

Tariffs: Voters Favor Protecting U.S. Business

Even as President Donald Trump’s tariff policy sparks controversy, the underlying goal – protecting American manufacturing – is a big winner with voters. 

April 7, 2025

‘Signal-Gate’? 48% See Serious Scandal

Nearly half of voters say the accidental leak of top Trump administration figures discussing military plans on the Signal messaging app is a serious scandal.. 

April 7, 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 April, 2025.

 

 

April 5, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 5, 2025

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

April 4, 2025

Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Up Slightly

National unemployment was 8.6% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, it went up almost a point from 8.2% last month and double the 4.6% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. 

April 4, 2025

Stephen A. Smith For President? ESPN Commentator’s Numbers for 2028 Don’t Look Bad

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith could potentially be a real contender as a presidential candidate for Democrats in 2028.

April 4, 2025

Trump Seems Bent on Political Self-Harm By Michael Barone

        Is President Donald Trump bent on political self-harm? It often seems that way. His overall job approval rating still hovers within a point or two of the 50% popular vote he received last November. But he is losing support on the economy and inflation, the No. 1 issue last year, while his overwhelming success in reducing illegal immigration has reduced the salience of what was the No. 2 issue.

April 3, 2025

49% View J.D. Vance Favorably

Voters like J.D. Vance more than they liked his predecessor as Vice President of the United States. 

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

Lawn Gone Liberty: The Update By John Stossel

It's finally spring.

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.