What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 26, 2016
For many Americans this year, Easter offers a time for faith and reflection amidst a sea of troubles.
Public Content
Most Recent Releases
March 26, 2016
March 25, 2016
More Americans Will Attend Church This Easter
While Easter is not the most important holiday of the year for the majority of Americans, most plan on attending a church service to honor it.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of American Adults continue to regard Easter, the day Christians believe marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as one of our nation’s most important holidays. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 12% think it’s among the least important holidays, while 46% place it somewhere in between. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on March 22-23, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
March 25, 2016
Trump Change: Most Still See Trump on Track for Nomination
Despite Jeb Bush’s endorsement of Donald Trump’s last serious rival Ted Cruz this week, Republicans continue to believe overwhelmingly that “The Donald” is the GOP’s next likely presidential nominee.
March 25, 2016
Is ISIS Faithful to Islam? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"We are not at war with Islam," said John Kasich after the Brussels massacre, "We're at war with radical Islam."
Kasich's point raises a question: Does the Islamic faith in any way sanction or condone what those suicide bombers did?
March 25, 2016
A Vote for Kasich Is a Vote for Trump By Michael Barone
Perhaps the most important results of the March 22 Republican primary in Arizona and caucus in Utah were numbers that didn't appear on your television screen, no matter how late you stayed up for the poll closing times. Those were the numbers of votes cast for Marco Rubio in Arizona -- 70,587 of them at this writing.
March 24, 2016
Three Quarters of Americans Believe Jesus Rose From the Dead
Americans’ belief in Jesus Christ’s resurrection is even higher this Easter.
March 24, 2016
Americans Expect A Brussels-Like Attack At Home
Following the horrific bombings of an airport and metro station in Brussels earlier this week, a sizable number of Americans say they’ll be avoiding European travel in the near future and most expect a similar attack to happen on U.S. soil.
March 24, 2016
Assessing Trump’s Path to 1,237 By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
About a month ago, after Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary and all of its delegates, we headlined a piece “The Hour is Growing Late to Stop Trump.” Well, the hour has grown later, and we have to ask the question: Has Trump been stopped?
March 24, 2016
President Obama’s Approval Numbers Are Rising: What Gives?
Approval ratings for President Obama in our daily presidential tracking poll have noticeably improved over the past month. And it’s not just our polling - Real Clear Politics’ polling average indicates a clear uptick in the president’s ratings over the past couple of months.
March 23, 2016
Happy Birthday, Slurpee!
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Slurpee, the frozen carbonated beverage sold at 7-Eleven convenience stores worldwide, and Americans have fond feelings toward the sugary, icy drink.
March 23, 2016
Donald Trump Reveals Inner Statesman, Terrifies Naysayers By Charles Hurt
The race is over. Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States.
March 23, 2016
Voters Say Americans Are Overtaxed
Most voters believe Americans are overtaxed, but don’t expect any relief anytime soon.
March 23, 2016
Voters Rate Media Coverage of Election 2016
Television still reigns supreme when it comes to where voters turn for their political news, but the media get mixed reviews for their coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign so far.
March 23, 2016
Post-Jihad Gesture Theater: Je Suis Sick of It By Michelle Malkin
While homicidal, suicidal and genocidal jihadists are busy plotting the next soft-target terror attacks on the West, docile Westerners are busy shedding cartoon tears and doodling broken hearts on social media.
March 22, 2016
Black and White, Left and Right by Thomas Sowell
Much is made of the fact that liberals and conservatives see racial issues differently, which they do. But these differences have too often been seen as simply those on the right being racist and those on the left not.
March 22, 2016
76% of GOP Voters Rate Their Own Congress as Out of Touch
No wonder Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are winning the Republican primaries: GOP voters are more fed up than ever with their elected representatives in Washington, D.C.
March 22, 2016
The Rule-or-Ruin Republicans By Pat Buchanan
"Things reveal themselves passing away," wrote W. B. Yeats.
March 22, 2016
Donald Trump Has 37 percent. Hard to Get to 270 Electoral Votes By Michael Barone
Many Donald Trump supporters think he is a slam dunk to beat Hillary Clinton in the general election. The candidate himself certainly takes this view.
March 22, 2016
Voters Worry About Feds' Focus on Terror Here at Home
Even before what appears to be the latest major terrorist attack, this time in Brussels, more U.S. voters than ever have expressed concern about the U.S. government's vigilance on the home front.
