Confidence in the direction of the country has jumped following the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on Obamacare and gay marriage.
Thirty-four percent (34%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending July 2.
For the first time in over four years, over half of U.S. voters believe that the United States is a more dangerous place than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Americans continue to rank Independence Day second only to Christmas as the nation’s most important holiday but also express increasing frustration with the government born that day.
The Declaration of Independence, the foundational document that Americans honor on the Fourth of July, says that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed, but just 25% believe that to be true of the federal government today.
When tracking President Obama’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 can be seen in the graphics below.
Twenty-six percent (26%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending June 25.
Most voters continue to believe the federal government is a supporter, not an opponent, of illegal immigration, and even more are in favor of imposing tougher sanctions on those who hire or rent property to those who are in this country illegally.
The shooting massacre at a black church by a young white supremacist in Charleston, South Carolina late last week was a tragic development in the nation’s ongoing conversation on race relations. Following the shooting, several prominent politicians - including Republican Governor Nikki Haley - called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the state’s capitol grounds.
Sixty percent (60%) of Likely U.S. Voters agree with this view and say the Confederate flag should not be flown at South Carolina’s statehouse. However, voters are more divided as to what the flag means: 43% say it symbolizes Southern heritage, while 39% say it symbolizes hatred. There’s a sharp difference of opinion between white and black voters on this question.
Fewer voters than ever now see marriage as a civil institution, and they’re still fairly torn on the issue of gay marriage.
Fewer voters than ever now see marriage as a civil institution, and they’re still fairly torn on the issue of gay marriage.
Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending June 18.
When it comes to health care reform, voters continue to think an overall reduction in costs is more important than guaranteeing that everyone has insurance -- but they would prefer that the government keep their hands off and leave it up to some healthy competition to solve the problem.
Another week, another wave of campaign launches for the crowded Republican field in 2016.
Voters say that economic growth is more important than economic fairness and they give a thumbs up to policies that expand the economy over policies that promote fairness.
Twenty-seven percent (27%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending June 11.
More voters than ever now say the terrorists are winning the War on Terror.
Some Americans think this checks-and-balances thing is overrated.
Thirty percent (30%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending June 4.
Congress’ performance ratings remain down in the dumps, but voters are slightly more likely these days to think Congress should be a little tougher on new legislation.
The race for president is getting so crowded that it seems like soon there may be more of them than there are of us.
President Obama recently told the graduating class of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy that denying global warming undermines U.S. national security Concern about global warming is up from recent months, but voters still aren’t totally convinced that humans are to blame.
