A series of polls conducted after Charlie Kirk’s assassination reveal a sobering truth. Most Americans now believe that the way our leaders and pundits discuss politics is not only divisive but also genuinely dangerous.
Last week’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has increased concerns about further political violence in America.
When I was a kid, childhood meant playing on the street, riding my bike, hanging out with friends.
Anyone old enough to have lived through the mayhem and economic decline of the 1970s probably will recall the tax cut heard round the world. That was the famous California ballot initiative Proposition 13, which slashed property taxes by more than 25% and then screwed a tight cap on future rate increases.
Most Americans think businesses should be focused on quality rather than trying to promote political causes.
Most voters give President Donald Trump credit for securing America’s border.
Is Great Britain on the brink of a Trump revolution?
Using the military against foreign drug traffickers has majority approval among American voters.
Forty-two percent (42%) 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 September 11, 2025.
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
Economic confidence decreased to 109.4 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, more than two points lower than August.
The stabbing death of a young Ukrainian refugee on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, has drawn nationwide attention to America’s violent crime problem.
What a difference half a decade makes. This summer's prevailing ethos, zeitgeist, vibe -- call it any fancy name you want -- was sharply different from the summer, just five years ago, of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
Rasmussen Report’s new survey of voters under 40 paints a stark picture. Most believe the economy is unfair to them, and a majority would even support a law to confiscate Americans’ “excess wealth” (second homes, luxury cars, boats) to help young people buy a first home. Fifty-five percent endorse that idea, but just 38% oppose it. Only 29% of individuals under 40 are homeowners, and many feel “stuck,” lonely, or in crisis.
More than half of voters think COVID-19 vaccines may have killed many people, and back Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s criticism of government health officials.
— In most cases, state supreme court elections get little attention, but they can have important impacts on policy.
— There will be one state with closely watched state supreme court elections in 2025: Pennsylvania. Then, in 2026, elections are currently scheduled for 31 states, although that number could change depending on retirements or deaths.
— In addition to the 2025 races in Pennsylvania, the 2026 contests likely to attract attention are in Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, and possibly Alabama and Kentucky.
More than two-thirds of Americans say racism continues to be a problem in the country.
Nearly two-thirds of voters suspect electronic voting machines may be vulnerable to online manipulation.
President Donald Trump has done an admirable job at defanging the IRS, which was converted into a weaponized agency targeting Democrats' political enemies.
The federal government owns about a third of America.
