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Few Voters Favor Keeping Health Care Law As Is

Obamacare remains the law of the land, but most voters still want to make major changes in it or dump it completely.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 23, 2015

Are U.S. troops headed back to Iraq? If so, voters don’t like it.

Voters Say They Aren't Getting Their Money's Worth From Schools

Even though few voters actually know how much the United States spends on education each year, they still don’t think they’re getting a good return on their investment.

29% Think 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 May 14.

More Voters See Need for U.S. To Be World's Top Cop

In his first major foreign policy speech since announcing his run for president, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida echoed the views of some of his Republican competitors that America must renew its military and moral leadership but stopped short of saying it should be the world’s policeman. More voters than ever think the U.S. military is overstretched these days, but slightly more also think America has a responsibility to maintain order globally.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 16, 2015

Proposals on how to deal with the nation’s illegal immigration problem come in a variety of forms.

28% Think 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 May 7.

Most Voters Oppose Obamacare’s Insurance Requirement

Opposition to Obamacare’s requirement that every American have health insurance is over 50% for the first time in months, even as more voters report that someone in their family has purchased health insurance through one of the exchanges established under the new law.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 9, 2015

As the Rolling Stones once told us, you can’t always get what you want. Voters know exactly what that means.

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 38%, Democrats 38%

Republicans and Democrats are now tied on the latest Generic Congressional Ballot.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending May 7 finds that 38% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for the Republican candidate in their district's congressional race if the election were held today, while another 38% would choose the Democrat instead. Twenty-four percent (24%) prefer a third-party candidate or are undecided.

Voters Like Their Own Congressmen More

Congress’s ratings are still nothing to celebrate, but voters have a slightly more favorable opinion of their local representative.

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 April 30.

Support for More Border Control Hits Four-Year High

A growing number of voters consider illegal immigration a serious problem and believe controlling the border is the most important thing the government can do, even if using the military is necessary.

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 2, 2015

Hillary Clinton finally has an official opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.

Longtime Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-proclaimed socialist, is jumping into the race. Sanders earned just seven percent (7%) support among Likely Democratic Voters when we asked in early March, but that was before the politicking began. We’ll test Sanders with voters nationwide early next week.

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 40%, Democrats 38%

Republicans hold a two-point lead on the latest Generic Congressional Ballot.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending April 30 finds that 40% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for the Republican candidate in their district's congressional race if the election were held today, while 38% would choose the Democrat instead. Twenty-three percent (23%) prefer a third-party candidate or are undecided.

Obama’s Full-Month Approval Dips a Point in April

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.

Voters Still Don't Like Congress' Top Leaders

They've all been reelected several times, but the four top congressional leaders remain an unpopular choice among voters nationwide.

Voters Are Less Supportive of Raising Eligibility Age For Medicare

Voters continue to doubt they’ll receive all their promised Medicare benefits, but they're less willing to raise the eligibility age to keep the program afloat.

26% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

The number of voters who think the country is heading in the right direction has fallen to its lowest level since mid-December. 

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 April 23. 

This finding is down six points from 32% the week before and down from 29% for the three weeks prior to that. The previous low for the year was 27% in mid-March. In January and February, 30% or more of voters said the country was heading in the right direction after generally being in the mid- to high 20s since mid-June 2013.

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The national telephone survey of 2,500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports from April 19-23, 2015. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 2 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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Voters Call for More Insurance Options Than Health Care Law Allows

Most voters still don’t like Obamacare and want more freedom in their health insurance choices than the law currently gives them.

Fifty-four percent (54%) of Likely U.S. Voters view the national health care law unfavorably, with 37% who have a Very Unfavorable opinion of it. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 42% regard the law favorably, including 19% with a Very Favorable view. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on April 23 and 26, 2015 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3.0 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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