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                            September 1, 201580% Rate Illegal Immigration A Serious Problem
Voters remain seriously worried about illegal immigration and still think stricter border control is the best way to stop it. But slightly fewer voters believe providing a pathway to citizenship will encourage more illegal immigrants to come.
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on August 27 and 30, 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.

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                            August 31, 201526% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-six percent (26%) 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 August 27.

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                            August 29, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 29, 2015
The election is still well over a year away, but presidential politics are already in full play.

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                            August 28, 2015Trump Change: ‘The Donald’ Edges Higher
This week, Donald Trump made headlines with a political rally in a football stadium and his televised confrontation with Univision activist/commentator Jorge Ramos. Rasmussen Reports’ latest Trump Change survey shows belief that Trump will be the next Republican presidential nominee inching up among both GOP voters and voters in general.

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                            August 26, 2015No World-Class Schools Here at Home?
Voters still agree on the importance of a world-class education but also remain convinced that U.S. public schools don't provide one.

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                            August 24, 201527% 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 August 20.

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                            August 24, 2015Voters Still See Dismal Future For Health Care System
Voters are less satisfied with the health care they personally receive and remain pessimistic that the national health care law will make the system any better.

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                            August 22, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 22, 2015
Trump up, Hillary down?

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                            August 21, 2015Trump Change: Voters Rate His Chances
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has captured the public’s attention for better or worse, and his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, once seen as a pipe dream, is now a topic of serious discussion. So for the near future at least, Rasmussen Reports intends to track Trump’s race for the White House in a weekly Friday feature we’re calling Trump Change.

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                            August 18, 2015Hillary Meter Drops Dramatically
In the face of increasing legal questions about the safety of secrets on the private e-mail server she used as secretary of State and of a vigorous intraparty challenge from Bernie Sanders, belief that Hillary Clinton is likely to be next year's Democratic presidential nominee has dropped noticeably over the past month.

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                            August 17, 201528% 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 ending August 13.

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                            August 17, 2015Voters Remain Pessimistic About U.S. Anti-Terror Efforts
It’s been a whole year since the United States first launched airstrikes against the Islamic State group (ISIS) in Iraq, but voters still think terrorists have the winning edge.

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                            August 14, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 14, 2015
With Hillary Clinton facing increasing investigative scrutiny, are some big name Democrats poised to enter the race for the 2016 presidential nomination? Joe Biden? Al Gore?
Investigators confirmed this week that Clinton hosted top secret information on her private web server while serving as secretary of State. Most voters think Clinton’s use of a private, non-government provider for her State Department e-mail raises serious national security concerns.

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                            August 13, 2015More Voters Put Economy Ahead of Global Warming Worries
Despite President Obama’s recent announcement of an even more ambitious plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, voters still put job creation ahead of the fight against global warming and don’t blame their fellow Americans for worrying about the economy first.

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                            August 10, 201529% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 August 6.

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                            August 10, 2015How Do Democrats View Biden and Clinton?
While Democratic voters are closely divided over whether he should run for president, a sizable majority still likes Vice President Joe Biden.

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                            August 8, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 8, 2015
The presidential season is officially open with last Thursday night’s Republican debates, and for many GOP voters, at least, it couldn’t come too soon.
Ninety percent (90%) of Republicans told us they are likely to watch some of the GOP candidate debates, and if the early numbers are any indicator, a lot of them tuned in Thursday. Republicans are planning at least 11 debates in all.

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                            August 5, 2015Voters Favor Deportation More Than Government Does
President Obama's plan to exempt up to five million illegal immigrants from deportation remains tied up in court, but most voters still don’t think the United States is aggressive enough in deporting those who are here illegally.

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                            August 3, 201528% 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 ending July 30.

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                            August 3, 2015Obama’s Full-Month Approval Index Improves In July
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.