Crime Issue Still Favors Republicans
Violent crime continues to be a major concern for voters, who trust Republicans more than Democrats by a nine-point margin on the issue.
 
                
            Violent crime continues to be a major concern for voters, who trust Republicans more than Democrats by a nine-point margin on the issue.
 
                
            The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...
 
                
            President Donald Trump’s project to add a new ballroom to the East Wing of the White House isn’t very popular with the electorate.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 40% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of the renovations to the East Wing of the White House, including 26% who Strongly Approve. However, a majority (52%) disapprove of the East Wing renovations, including 41% who Strongly Disapprove. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
 
                
            A majority of voters believe economic populism is what the country needs, and the issue favors Democrats.
 
                
            Food and energy prices continue to be the main worry for voters, as their rating of President Donald Trump’s performance on the economy has not improved.
 
                
            Thirty-nine percent (39%) 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 October 23, 2025.
 
                
            In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
 
                
            Most voters have taken advantage of the early in-person voting option before, but believe it should be limited to two weeks or less before Election Day.
 
                
            Voters seem to have a clear view about which of two scandals involving text messages – one affecting a Democratic candidate, the other involving Republicans – is worse.
 
                
            Voters are almost evenly divided over America’s immigration policy, and the division falls largely along party lines.
 
                
            A narrow majority of voters – including two-thirds of Democrats – are in favor of having the current government shutdown continue.
 
                
            Nine months into President Donald Trump’s second term, voters now have a slightly less favorable view of the Democratic Party than they do of Republicans.
 
                
            A solid majority of voters of every political persuasion are opposed to government subsidies for business.
 
                
            A plurality of voters believe the recent federal indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James are about getting revenge on enemies of President Donald Trump.
 
                
            At a time when a historic peace deal has ended the Gaza War, support for Israel has significantly declined among American voters
 
                
            Democrats continue to be more trusted on the health care issue, which is central to the current government shutdown.
 
                
            A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump could not deploy National Guard troops to defend offices of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, but a majority of voters back the president’s position.
 
                
            Less than a month before Election Day in New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill holds a six-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the closely-watched off-year contest to be governor of the Garden State.
 
                
            Less than half of voters favor the United States going to war in defense of Ukraine, Taiwan or Israel.
 
                
            Many voters – including some who voted for President Donald Trump last November – now think the country would be in a better situation if Kamala Harris had won.