What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 9, 2022
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Biden ended the polling week with a daily job approval of 41%.
- More than half of American voters say that President Joe Biden has been bad for the country’s future, and fewer than a third want him to be reelected in 2024.
- By more than a 3-to-1 margin, voters believe the U.S. economy has gotten worse since President Joe Biden took office, and a majority think either he or his Democratic allies in Congress are mostly to blame.
- An executive at Disney proudly boasted of the inclusion of gay and transgender characters in children’s programs, but Americans are not so enthusiastic about the entertainment giant’s agenda.
- After more than a year in office, Vice President Kamala Harris remains unpopular with voters.
- Most U.S voters say America’s violent crime problem is getting worse, and overwhelmingly expect the issue to be important in the congressional midterm elections this fall.
- Economic confidence rose to 109.1 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, more than 11 points higher than March.
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is wildly popular with American voters, who believe Ukrainians should not settle for anything less than complete victory over their country’s Russian invaders.
- The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of March 27-31, 2022, decreased to 91.4, down more than four points from 96.0 two weeks earlier.
- Thirty percent (30%)of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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