Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Continues Decline in June
Economic confidence decreased to 89.9 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, slightly lower than May.
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June 7, 2024
June 7, 2024
Voters Remain Sour on Biden’s Handling of China
Most voters view China as an enemy of the United States, and a plurality still rate President Joe Biden as doing a poor job dealing with the Asian superpower.
June 6, 2024
North Carolina Voters Want Stronger Immigration Enforcement
A majority of North Carolina voters want stricter immigration enforcement and favor former President Donald Trump in this year’s presidential election by a significant margin.
June 6, 2024
Transgender Agenda Remains Unpopular
Years of transgender activism have still not convinced most Americans that there are more than two genders, and a majority don’t want teachers going behind parents’ backs on the subject.
June 6, 2024
President vs. Senate: What to Watch in the Polls, and What History Suggests By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— A persistent finding in swing state polls is that Democrats are doing better in Senate races than Joe Biden is doing in the presidential race.
— At the topline, 2016 and 2020 produced hardly any split presidential and Senate results, suggesting that perhaps the presidential and Senate polling should converge.
— However, even in those years, there still was variation from state to state between the presidential and Senate margins.
— Focusing on the Senate races in the presidential swing states distracts from the races that will truly decide the Senate majority: red state seats with Democratic incumbents, Montana and Ohio.
June 6, 2024
‘Elections? Forget About It’: 78% of Democrats Agree With De Niro
Nearly half of voters – and an overwhelming majority of Democrats – agree with controversial remarks by actor Robert De Niro, but are not generally enthusiastic about celebrities talking politics.
June 5, 2024
63% of Democrats Want Trump Sentenced to Prison
In the wake of Donald Trump’s conviction in the so-called “hush money” trial, a majority of Democrats want Judge Juan Merchan to sentence the former president to prison.
June 5, 2024
Freedom Under Trump By John Stossel
Donald Trump recently spoke at the Libertarian National Convention.
June 4, 2024
Hey Joe: Where Are All the EV Charging Stations? By Stephen Moore
The Biden administration has spent tens of billions of dollars on green energy, yet last year the U.S. and the world used record amounts of fossil fuels.
June 4, 2024
Virginia Turns Toward Trump By Daniel McCarthy
Donald Trump became president by flipping states no Republican nominee had won in nearly 20 years.
June 4, 2024
49% Plan on Summer Vacation
June is here and nearly half of Americans are planning a vacation this summer.
June 4, 2024
Election 2024: Trump +5 Over Biden
Former President Donald Trump continues to lead President Joe Biden, although the margin has shrunk in the past month – perhaps reflecting the impact of Trump’s recent trial in New York City.
June 3, 2024
33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-three percent (33%) 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 May 30, 2024.
June 3, 2024
Biden Approval Improves Slightly in May
When tracking President Biden’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...
June 1, 2024
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 1, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
May 31, 2024
Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Data Ending May 23, 2024
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for May increased to 91.1, up more than four points from 86.6 in April.
May 31, 2024
Why Doesn't the Biden White House Ditch Its Unpopular Border Policy? By Michael Barone
For three and a half years, the Biden White House has seemed remarkably leakproof. Even amid popular backlash to administration policies -- the spending splurge in 2021 that was followed by sharp inflation in 2022 and 2023, the changes in enforcement of immigration laws that have produced numbers of incoming illegal immigrants unmatched even in border boom periods in the 1980s and '90s, and the endorsement of policies allowing biological men to compete in women's sports -- top officials have stuck to talking points and avoided finger-pointing.
May 31, 2024
Most Americans Support NFL Kicker Harrison Butker
A firestorm of controversy was unleashed this month when Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker gave a graduation speech at a Catholic college, expressing traditional Catholic beliefs about marriage and family life. Most Americans aren’t offended, however
May 30, 2024
Forget the National Polls – It’s the Battleground State Polls that Count! By Brian Joondeph
Election season is well underway. President Joe Biden is mumbling and stumbling his way toward his party’s nomination for a second term, the final nail in the coffin of American greatness and exceptionalism.
May 30, 2024
Districts of Change, Part Three: When Each District Was Most Democratic (and Most Republican) By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
—Using data from Dave’s Redistricting App, we are looking at when each district has leaned most Democratic and most Republican, compared to the national popular vote, since 2008.
—By this metric, Biden’s 2020 performance represented the best Democratic showing since 2008 in a plurality of districts (145 of 435).
—Though his result was less impressive in raw terms, when adjusting for the national popular vote, John McCain was the best-performing recent Republican in 143 districts, the most on the GOP side.
—Some familiar trends, such as Mitt Romney’s strength in white collar areas and Hillary Clinton’s support from Hispanics, show up when comparing district voting across the years.
