What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 10, 2024
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Biden ended the polling week with a daily job approval of 44%.
- Less than a quarter of voters think Harris would do a better job on the economy than Biden, who isn’t considered very successful on the issue.
- Support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign has declined, and many voters think Kennedy should quit the race.
- Although public opinion of teachers’ unions have improved in the past four years, half of Americans still think the unions care less about education than about protecting their members’ jobs.
- A majority of Americans still support requiring school children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily.
- Former President Donald Trump has maintained his lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, and support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent campaign continues to decline.
- Despite the recent stock market dip, optimism about the economy has increased in the past year.
- Controversy over so-called DEI (“diversity, equity and inclusion”) policies has intruded on this year’s presidential campaign, with some critics accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of being a “DEI hire.”
- Economic confidence decreased to 100.9 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, more than four points lower than July.
- Thirty-three percent (33%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction
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