What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 20, 2023
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Biden ended the polling week with a daily job approval of 41%.
Less than a third of voters expect Congress to impeach President Joe Biden, even though a majority suspect Biden has committed impeachable offenses as president.
- Months ahead of the first 2024 primaries, former President Donald Trump leads his would-be challengers for the Republican presidential nomination by a substantial margin.
- America’s illegal immigration problem is getting worse, according to a majority of voters and, by a 3-to-1 margin, they say there is currently a crisis at the country’s southern border.
- A majority of voters think the multiple investigations of Donald Trump will eventually result in criminal charges against him, but far fewer expect the former president will be sent to prison.
- Most American voters have a negative opinion of liberal billionaire George Soros, and nearly half agree with Elon Musk’s words comparing Soros to a comic-book villain.
- By more than a 2-to-1 margin, voters say policies to encourage growth in the economy are more important than ensuring economic fairness.
- Almost anyone can get a job, according to an overwhelming majority of Americans, who believe that hard work is still the best way for people to escape poverty.
- Thirty percent (30%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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