President Trump campaigned on the promise to "Make America Great Again" but U.S. voters tend to think he's more concerned with what's best for himself rather than the country. Voters are more likely to say his predecessor put the country first.
Most voters believe President Trump tried to shut down the probe of any connections between his associates and the Russians but are confident the FBI will thoroughly investigate the matter despite the firing of Director James Comey.
On behalf of Rasmussen Reports, I’d like to extend a warm welcome to all the attendees at this week’s annual public opinion research conference in New Orleans. This year’s conference theme, Embracing Change and Diversity in Public Opinion and Social Science Research, signals a new opinion research industry willingness “to welcome both the challenges and opportunities presented by a rapidly changing public opinion and research methodology landscape and an increasingly diverse population.”
In the wake of the international WannaCry cyberattack, voters say cyberattacks from other countries do greater economic damage than military attacks do and believe more strongly than ever that such attacks should be seen as an act of war.
Voters are even more worried about the safety of America’s computer network during the ongoing international WannaCry cyberattack, but most recognize, too, that attacks of this nature can’t be totally avoided.
Voters aren’t overly impressed with James Comey’s performance as FBI director, but just over half disagree with President Trump’s decision to fire him.
As tensions rise with North Korea and Russia, Americans suspect a nuclear war is coming, but they’re also more confident than they have been in years that the United States will still be the world’s dominant power at the end of the century.
Support for a single-payer health care system reached a new high despite voters’ views that it will increase health care costs and hurt the quality of care.
President Donald Trump this week signed an executive order that seeks to overturn the Johnson Amendment barring tax-exempt organizations like churches from participating in politics or political campaigns. Many worry this blurs the line between church and state, but most voters feel churches and other similar organizations should have a proverbial seat at the political table.
Voters tend to believe it’s the government job to make sure Americans have health care, even though they doubt the government will do it fairly and question whether taxpayers can afford it.
Voters are more convinced that outside forces cost Hillary Clinton the election, but despite the finger-pointing at FBI Director James Comey as one of those forces, Comey is more trusted than Clinton.
As the United States prepares to sit down with high-level Russian diplomats this week, disdain among U.S. voters for Russian leader Vladimir Putin has reached a new high.
Voters are not likely to say the average congressional representative shares their views. They’re not even convinced their own representative does.
Most voters don’t trust political polls and tend to think pollsters are out to stop President Trump’s agenda.
President Donald Trump last month ordered an unprecedented review of national monuments owned by the United States government. The federal government owns just over a quarter of the land in the United States, but voters continue to be divided over whether that’s too much.
With President Trump’s first 100 days in office a decidedly mixed bag, it begs the question: do voters miss his predecessor in the White House?
Voters strongly believe the nation’s stock of nuclear weapons is crucial to its national security, but they don’t feel the country needs to increase its nuclear stockpile.
Voters believe more strongly that President Trump is a conservative, but one hundred days into his presidency, Republicans in particular are much less confident that he will erase President Obama’s legacy.
North Korea has been high on the minds of Americans lately, dominating the news and the talk in Washington, D.C. But despite its notoriety, Americans aren’t convinced they actually know where the communist nation is.
Voters still tend to think cutting taxes is a good economic move but worry that President Trump and Congress may cut too much.
