What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:
- President Trump ended the polling week on Friday with a daily job approval of 51%.
- 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.
- Nearly half of voters agree with a top Trump administration figure on the reason for the current government shutdown.
- More voters now believe that a peace deal to end the Gaza war could be close, and President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy gets better grades than his predecessor.
- After a United Nations speech in which President Donald Trump condemned the international body for sponsoring an “invasion” of migrants, most U.S. voters agree with him.
- Less than half of voters favor the United States going to war in defense of Ukraine, Taiwan or Israel.
- Economic confidence decreased to 105.9 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, more than three points lower than September.
- Halloween is more than just one night of trick-or-treating, according. to most Americans who are decorating their homes to celebrate this month.
- Forty-one percent (41%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.
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