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May 4, 2023

Abortion: More Voters Trust Democrats on Issue

Most voters expect abortion to be an important issue in next year’s election, and Democrats have a narrow advantage on the issue.

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May 4, 2023

Leaning Into State Trends: The Midwest and Interior West By J. Miles Coleman

The two regions have four Biden-won states that will be key in 2024

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Both the Midwest and Interior West have states that Joe Biden carried by less than his popular vote margin in 2020.

— In the Midwest, Michigan and Wisconsin will likely be prime battlegrounds states next year, although Michigan seems a harder lift for Republicans.

— In the Interior West, Arizona’s Republican lean has been eroding in elections since 2008 — this allowed Biden to carry it in 2020, but Democrats will also have to work to keep neighboring Nevada in their column.

May 3, 2023

Better Together: Trump-DeSantis Ticket Would Beat Biden-Harris

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is viewed as a rival to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination, but as a vice-presidential running mate, DeSantis would significantly boost Trump’s chances of winning.

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May 3, 2023

Moochers and Looters By John Stossel

There's a socialist wave in Latin America. Mexico, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil recently elected leftists.

May 2, 2023

Who Turned the Lights Out? Joe Biden By Stephen Moore

  Does the radical climate change agenda know no end? Earlier this year, it was gas stoves -- and then lightbulbs.

May 2, 2023

Impeach Blinken? Voters Want Consequences in ‘Laptop From Hell’ Scandal

A majority of voters believe Secretary of State Anthony Blinken should be impeached for his reported role in helping suppress news about Hunter Biden’s laptop during the 2020 presidential campaign.

May 1, 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 April 27, 2023.

May 1, 2023

Biden Approval Up Again in April

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...

April 28, 2023

Tucker Carlson Is More Popular Than Fox News

After being ousted from his prime-time show at Fox News Channel, commentator Tucker Carlson is more popular than the network that fired him – especially among conservatives and Republican voters.

April 28, 2023

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 29, 2023

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

April 28, 2023

How to Stop Lies Begetting Lies By Michael Barone

Lies beget lies. That's one way to summarize nearly the past decade of presidential politics, as well as the potentially dismal presidential race underway.

April 27, 2023

Class of ’23 Faces Tough Job Market, Most Believe

With college graduation season approaching, a majority of Americans think new grads will have trouble finding jobs.

April 27, 2023

Drill, Baby, Drill: Voters Prioritize Energy Production Over Climate Change Concerns

Voters remain concerned about high fuel prices and overwhelmingly support policies to increase U.S. oil and gas production.

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April 27, 2023

How the Other Half Votes: Manchin and Tester’s Challenge By Kyle Kondik

Democratic Senate coalitions in red presidential states Montana and West Virginia.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Jon Tester (D-MT) are outliers in Congress — no other Senate or House member holds a state/district that is more hostile to his or her party at the presidential level than this pair.

— Montana and especially West Virginia are deeply Republican at the presidential level, and while Manchin and Tester have clearly run way ahead of Democratic presidential performance in recent years, changes at the presidential level are reflected in their own coalitions.

April 26, 2023

Hunter Biden IRS Problems Are Serious Scandal, Most Voters Say

Accusations that President Joe Biden’s son got “preferential treatment” from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are a serious scandal, according to a majority of voters, but few expect the president to be impeached over it.

April 26, 2023

Marxian Education By John Stossel

Some schools are ditching traditional grading.

April 25, 2023

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index - Week Ending April 20, 2023

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of April 16-20, 2023, decreased to 91.2, down one point from 92.2 two weeks earlier.

April 25, 2023

Real Patriots Cut Taxes, Not Raise Them By Stephen Moore

   On Tax Day this year, about a dozen left-wing millionaires joined with some of the most liberal Democrats in Congress for a Washington, D.C., press conference.

April 25, 2023

Surveillance State? Voters Fear U.S. Government Almost as Much as Foreign Spies

A majority of voters are worried that their government is spying on Americans – almost as much as they fear spying from foreigners.

April 24, 2023

37% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-seven percent (37%) 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 20, 2023.