What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 5, 2015
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December 5, 2015
December 4, 2015
Trump Change: Trump’s Chances Continue To Improve
Donald Trump’s message still appears to resonate with Republican voters with his perceived chances to clinch the GOP presidential nomination up for the second straight survey. Belief among all voters that he will be the nominee is also up to its highest level since mid-October.
December 3, 2015
Congress Still Ranks Low in the Public's Eyes
Congress never comes close to ranking on Americans’ list of favorites, and this month is no different.
December 2, 2015
Obama’s Full-Month Approval Hits New 2015 Low
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.
December 1, 2015
Voters Still Want Changes in Obamacare
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate is set to vote this week on whether to repeal the national health care law, but voters tend to think a piecemeal approach to fixing Obamacare is a better route than scrapping it altogether.
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on November 29, 2015 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
November 30, 2015
28% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
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 of Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 28, 2015
The Thanksgiving weekend gives us all a needed break to catch our breath from the world’s pressing events and to remind us what we are really thankful for. But Americans are also increasingly aware that some folks out there aren’t all that thankful for America.
November 23, 2015
25% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Confidence in the direction of the country has fallen back in the first full-week survey since the terror attacks in Paris.
Twenty-five percent (25%) 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 November 20.
November 21, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 21, 2015
President Obama is at odds with the American people again this week.
November 20, 2015
Trump Change: Trump’s Chances Up Again
Has Donald Trump's tough response to the massacres in Paris helped him regain some lost ground?
November 18, 2015
Hillary Meter: Clinton’s Chances Jump After Second Debate
Democratic voters are more convinced than they have been in months that Hillary Clinton will represent their party in next year’s presidential election.
November 16, 2015
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 survey for the week ending November 12.
November 16, 2015
Voters Already Worry They’re Not Safe From Terrorism
Voters remain less confident in their safety here at home than they have ever been, and that’s before the horrific weekend massacres by radical Islamic terrorists in Paris.
November 14, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 14, 2015
The Democratic presidential hopefuls face off again this weekend, but their debate isn’t likely to impact the race anymore than the latest Republican one did.
November 13, 2015
Trump Change: Trump Nomination Seen As Less Inevitable
Is Donald Trump starting to look less like a sure thing in the race for the Republican presidential nomination?
November 9, 2015
27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-seven percent (27%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending November 5.
November 9, 2015
Support Grows for State Enforcement of Immigration Laws
Most voters continue to believe the federal government is not interested in stopping illegal immigration, and support for state rather than federal enforcement of immigration laws is now at its highest level in several years.
November 7, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 7, 2015
No matter what some elected officials tell them, Americans just aren’t buying the need for a lot more gun control.
November 6, 2015
Trump Change: Most GOP Voters Still See Trump As Likely Nominee
It still looks like a “Donald” world as far as most Republican voters are concerned.
The latest Rasmussen Reports weekly Trump Change survey finds that 64% of Likely Republican Voters think Donald Trump is likely to be the GOP presidential nominee next year, but 33% still consider that outcome unlikely. This includes 19% who say a Trump nomination is Very Likely and 10% who consider it Not At All Likely. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
November 2, 2015
27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
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 October 29.
