36% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 16, 2023.
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March 20, 2023
March 20, 2023
Two-Thirds Expect SVB Bailout to Cost Taxpayers
While administration officials insist the rescue of Silicon Valley Bank is not a “bailout,” most voters think taxpayers will be on the hook and wealthy investors will benefit.
March 18, 2023
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 18, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
March 17, 2023
St. Patrick’s Day: More Americans Will Celebrate With a Drink
This year’s celebration of St. Patrick’s Day may be extra festive, as more Americans say they’ll have a drink for the holiday.
March 17, 2023
Most Arizona Voters Believe Election ‘Irregularities’ Affected Outcome
The razor-thin outcome of last year’s Arizona gubernatorial election has made most voters in the state suspicious of the result.
March 17, 2023
'Woke' Silicon Valley -- Sand Hill Road and Stanford Law -- Get Off Scot-free By Michael Barone
As one who has spent pleasant time on Sand Hill Road and the Stanford campus, I'm dismayed by the demands for special treatment coming from the denizens of one of America's most privileged and affluent precincts.
March 16, 2023
41% Have Already Filed Their Taxes
Americans are running slightly behind last year’s pace when it comes to filing with the Internal Revenue Service, and fewer expect a refund this year.
March 16, 2023
GOP Voters Still See Trump as Party Leader
Former President Donald Trump remains more popular among Republican voters than GOP congressional leaders, and a majority of all voters think Trump’s 2020 campaign was sabotaged by D.C. politicians.
March 16, 2023
A First Look at 2024 State Supreme Court Contests By Carah Ong Whaley
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The fate of Wisconsin’s state supreme court will be decided next month.
— About two-thirds of the states will have supreme court elections next year.
— Key states with supreme court elections to watch in 2024 include Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, and Ohio.
March 15, 2023
69% Want Terrorist Designation for Mexican Drug Cartels
Voters overwhelmingly believe America is threatened by Mexican drug cartels, and support proposals to designate the cartels as terrorist organizations.
March 14, 2023
Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index- Week Ending March 9, 2023
The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of March 5-9, 2023, decreased to 90.2, down slightly from 90.6 two weeks earlier.
March 14, 2023
Is Climate Change a False Religion?
A majority of voters agree with a Republican presidential candidate’s criticism of climate change as a “religion” that isn’t really about the climate at all.
March 14, 2023
Death Taxes Are Immoral. Even Worse, They Don't Work. By Stephen Moore
"I have no respect for the passion of equality," Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., one of America's great jurists, once declared, "which seems to me merely idealizing envy."
March 13, 2023
39% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-nine percent (39%) 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 9, 2023.
March 13, 2023
Derailed: 51% Want Buttigieg to Resign
In the wake of the Ohio train derailment disaster, a majority of voters believe Transportation Secretary Peter Buttigieg should resign.
March 11, 2023
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 11, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
March 10, 2023
Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Booms in March
Economic confidence increased to 97.4 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, more than seven points higher than February.
March 10, 2023
Has the FBI Been ‘Weaponized’ by Politics?
Although half of voters still have a favorable opinion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, most agree with a whistleblower’s description of the agency as having been “politically weaponized” by its leadership.
March 10, 2023
COVID-19 Lab Leak: Another Conspiracy Theory Come True By Brian C. Joondeph
Where did COVID-19 come from? Was it a lab leak or from a Chinese wet market? Any scientist or researcher suggesting the former, that COVID-19 originated in or was released from a lab, was ridiculed as a conspiracy theorist. The lab in question is the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the “largest BSL4 lab in the world” the type of facility where such research would be conducted.
