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What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:

 - President Biden ended the polling week with a daily job approval of 45%.

- Vice President Kamala Harris has pushed into the lead over former President Donald Trump in the latest daily tracking poll of the 2024 presidential election.

- Although he is now the oldest candidate in presidential history, most voters don’t think former President Donald Trump is too old for the job.

 - Less than two weeks before Election Day, roughly half of voters expect violence when it’s over – no matter who wins the White House.

 - A majority of voters suspect that the expansion of mail-in voting has made it easier to cheat in elections.

 - A solid majority of Americans believe that the country’s homeless problem has gotten worse.

 - When asked to identify America’s biggest enemy, most voters don’t name a foreign country, and more than four-in-10 think we could be facing a civil war in the near future.

 - A majority of voters say it’s gotten harder to find political news they can trust, and a third now trust independent online sources the most.

 - Thirty-four percent (34%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction.

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