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September 21, 2016

Nevada Senate: Heck (R) 44%, Cortez Masto (D) 40%

Republican Joe Heck has pulled slightly further ahead of Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto in the race to replace retiring U.S. Senator Harry Reid in Nevada.

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September 20, 2016

Nevada: Trump 42%, Clinton 39%, Johnson 11%

The race remains tight in Nevada, but Donald Trump has once again edged into the lead.

September 19, 2016

31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-one percent (31%) 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 September 15.

September 15, 2016

White House Watch: Trump 42%, Clinton 40%, Johnson 7%, Stein 2%

Are concerns over Hillary Clinton’s health changing the equation? Donald Trump has once again edged ahead of Clinton after trailing her by four points a week ago.

September 12, 2016

30% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty percent (30%) 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 September 8.

September 10, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 10, 2016

Tomorrow marks the 15th anniversary of the Islamic terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 that killed 3,000 Americans and injured another 6,000. How quickly we forget. Or did we learn anything to begin with?

September 8, 2016

White House Watch: Clinton 43%, Trump 39%, Johnson 9%, Stein 2%

The seesaw battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump finds the Democratic nominee back in the lead.

September 6, 2016

Obama’s Approval Rating Up Again in August

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.

The president earned a monthly job approval of 50% in August, up one point from July and tying the recent high he earned in April, May and June. In 2015, the president’s full-month approval ranged from 46% to 49%. Since 2013, the president's monthly job approval rating has typically improved slightly at the beginning of each year and then fallen back. That hasn’t been the case in the final year of his presidency. Obama's monthly approval hit a recent low of 45% in November 2013 during the troubled rollout of the national health care law.

September 5, 2016

28% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-eight percent (28%) 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 September 1.

September 3, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 3, 2016

Many may feel they’ve already endured enough of the presidential campaign. But the race begins in earnest on Tuesday with the end of the Labor Day weekend, and the candidates are dead even.

September 1, 2016

Most Think U.S. Military Is Overstretched

Most voters continue to believe the U.S. military should only be used when America’s national security is at stake and think it’s being overused right now. Trump voters are more emphatic about this than Clinton supporters are.

September 1, 2016

White House Watch: Trump 40%, Clinton 39%, Johnson 7%, Stein 3%

Hillary Clinton’s post-convention lead has disappeared, putting her behind Donald Trump for the first time nationally since mid-July.

August 31, 2016

Support Jumps for Legalizing Those Here Illegally

Voter support for legalizing the millions of illegal immigrants in this country has risen to its highest level in regular polling since 2008.

August 29, 2016

31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-one percent (31%) 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 August 25.

August 27, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton says the Trump campaign is built on prejudice and paranoia, but at a time when only 29% of U.S. voters think the country is headed in the right direction, it’s hard to conclude that things are going well. 

August 25, 2016

White House Watch: Clinton 42%, Trump 38%, Johnson 9%, Stein 2%

The e-mail scandal and new accusations about the Clinton Foundation may be bedeviling Hillary Clinton, but Donald Trump appears unable to capitalize on them.

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August 22, 2016

29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 August 18.

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August 20, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 20, 2016

Media coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign has focused more on its personalities and controversies than actual policy issues, and this week proved to be no different.

August 18, 2016

White House Watch: Clinton 41%, Trump 39%, Johnson 9%, Stein 3%

The race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton continues to tighten as it moves further from the conventions, but both candidates are still struggling to close the deal.