What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 6, 2017
The unemployment rate on Friday fell to a 10-year low, but Americans still suspect there’s more to be done.
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May 6, 2017
May 2, 2017
Trump’s Approval Slips Slightly in April
When tracking President Trump’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. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
May 1, 2017
38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-eight percent (38%) 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.
April 29, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 29, 2017
Today marks the 100th day of Donald Trump’s presidency. It’s an unofficial and somewhat arbitrary marker held over from the FDR presidency, but one the media and presidential administrations fixate on nonetheless.
April 24, 2017
42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-two percent (42%) 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.
April 22, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 22, 2017
America First was high on the Trump administration’s agenda this past week.
April 17, 2017
41% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-one percent (41%) 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 13.
April 15, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 15, 2017
Foreign policy dominated the news cycle for the second straight week, thanks to the chilling relations between the United States and Russia, escalating tensions with North Korea and the U.S. decision to drop the biggest ever conventional bomb on an ISIS enclave in eastern Afghanistan.
April 10, 2017
36% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 6.
April 8, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 8, 2017
President Trump ended the week with a bang – first with an airstrike against a Syrian military airfield suspected of launching a chemical weapons attack and then with the confirmation of his first U.S. Supreme Court nominee.
April 4, 2017
Voters Now Put Much More Emphasis on Global Warming Over Jobs
President Trump recently proposed cutting the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by nearly a third while dismantling many Obama-era climate change policies, but voters are now nearly divided over which is more important in the battle between stopping global warming and creating jobs.
April 3, 2017
35% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-five percent (35%) 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 March 30.
April 3, 2017
Trump’s Full-Month Approval Takes a Hit in March
When tracking President Trump’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. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
April 1, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 1, 2017
Americans are still sounding more confident than they did for much of the Obama presidency, but how long will it stay that way?
March 31, 2017
Voters See More Partisanship Coming in D.C.
Congressional Democrats already say they will oppose everything that President Trump attempts, but most voters think the Republican-Democrat divide is going to get even worse.
March 30, 2017
57% Say Trump Too Confrontational
Republicans give President Trump high marks for leadership so far. Democrats and unaffiliated voters don’t and think he’s too confrontational.
March 29, 2017
Voters Like Ryan Less Now
The early clashes on Capitol Hill have hurt House Speaker Paul Ryan's popularity and made the Democrats' most visible congressional leader, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, more liked and more disliked.
March 28, 2017
42% Think U.S. Winning War on Terror
Confidence that the United States has the edge in the war on terror remains higher than it has been in several years, while concern about the dangers of domestic Islamic terrorism is down.
March 27, 2017
38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-eight percent (38%) 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 March 23.
March 25, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 25, 2017
Business executive Donald Trump is used to making decisions. President Trump is learning politics is a more collaborative process.
