What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 4, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Biden ended the polling week with a daily job approval of 43%.
- President Joe Biden may be optimistic about the U.S. economy, but most Americans fear the country is headed toward hard times.
- Voters overwhelmingly support a congressional investigation into how the COVID-19 virus originated.
- Most voters don’t think President Joe Biden will be impeached over his handling of classified documents, although nearly equal numbers believe he is as guilty as former President Donald Trump of criminal wrongdoing.
- A majority of voters think President Joe Biden’s son Hunter likely used classified documents in his foreign business deals, and nearly half think Biden is facing a major scandal.
- If President Joe Biden seeks reelection in 2024, should Vice President Kamala Harris also be on the ticket again? Most voters have their doubts.
- In the wake of the midterm elections, the Republican Party gets more trust from voters on two crucial policy issues.
- The president earned a monthly job approval of 45% in January, down two points from December.
- The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of January 22-26, 2023, increased to 89.2, up nearly three points from 86.3 two weeks earlier.
- Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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