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                            August 16, 2016Most Think Hillary Likely to Have Done Favors At State for Clinton Foundation Donors
Following news reports that federal investigators are taking a deeper look at the charitable foundation established by Bill and Hillary Clinton, voters are even more suspicious that the Democratic presidential nominee traded favors to donors while she was secretary of State. 
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on August 11 and 14, 2016 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 16, 2016Most Like the NRA But Aren't Moved by Its Endorsement
Most voters share a favorable opinion of the National Rifle Association and say their Second Amendment constitutional right to own a gun is important to their vote in the coming elections. But even among voters who rate the second Amendment highly, the NRA's endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump isn't critical to how they will vote.

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                            August 15, 2016Most Still Don’t Trust Clinton or Trump
Democrats trust Hillary Clinton more than Republicans trust Donald Trump, but most unaffiliated voters don’t trust either one of them.

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                            August 15, 2016Voters Are Much More Eager to Vote This Year
Are the stakes higher this election season? Voters seem to think so.

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                            August 12, 2016Most Still Question Iran Nuclear Deal
Opponents of the Iran nuclear deal reached last year are accusing the Obama administration of paying a secret ransom to Iran after it was revealed that the United States sent $400 million in cash on the same day four U.S. detainees were released by the Iranian government. The president denies the ransom allegations, saying the payment was related to an older dispute, but most voters continue to express pessimism about the nuclear deal.

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                            August 12, 2016Even More Voters Now See America As A Divided Nation
Voters don’t share President Obama’s upbeat assessment of the nation and strongly believe the United States is coming apart. Even the majority of his fellow Democrats share that gloomy assessment.

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                            August 11, 2016Most Say No to Unemployment Benefits For Striking Union Workers
New Jersey last week moved a step closer to making striking union workers eligible for unemployment benefits, but most voters don't welcome that idea where they live.

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                            August 11, 2016Most Want to See Clinton, Trump Tax Returns, Medical Records
Republicans are again asking questions about Hillary Clinton's health, while Democrats continue to insist that Donald Trump release his tax returns. Most voters still believe major White House hopefuls should make public recent tax returns, but now most also think they should release their medical records, too.
[Rasmussen Reports analysts Amy Holmes  and Fran Coombs are available for interested media. Please call 732-776-9777 ext. 205 for interviews.]

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                            August 10, 2016Most Say Union Leaders Out of Touch With Members
Most voters – including those who are now or have been union members - believe the majority of union leaders are out of touch with their membership nationwide.

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                            August 10, 2016Voters See Trump As His Own Worst Enemy
Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan wrote earlier this year that the only person who can beat Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is Trump himself, and so far voters think that's exactly what he's doing.

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                            August 9, 2016Most Still Oppose Government Prosecution of Global Warming Critics
Attorneys general in 15 states are attempting to prosecute corporations and individuals that they believe are misleading the public about global warming. Their action which critics claim is a violation of freedom of speech has prompted a congressional investigation. Most voters continue to believe the scientific debate about global warming is not over and oppose government action against those who question it.

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                            August 9, 2016GOPers Favor Ryan’s Reelection But Think Party Should Be More Like Trump
Republicans still prefer a party that’s more like Donald Trump but hope nevertheless that House Speaker Paul Ryan defeats his anti-establishment opponent in today’s Wisconsin GOP primary.

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                            August 8, 2016Pence vs. Kaine, and the Winner Is …
If the presidential contest suddenly boiled down to a battle between the two vice presidential candidates, Republicans have the edge.

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                            August 8, 2016Democrats, Republicans Driven By Different Issues This Election
The economy remains the number one issue for all voters this election cycle, but Republicans are a lot more worried about national security than Democrats and unaffiliated voters are.

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                            August 5, 2016Most Still Say U.S. At War With Radical Islamic Terrorism
President Obama and Hillary Clinton still won't say it, but most voters continue to believe the United States is at war with radical Islamic terrorism.

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                            August 5, 2016If Trump’s ‘Unfit to Serve,’ What About Clinton?
President Obama earlier this week denounced Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as “unfit to serve” and “woefully unprepared to do this job.” Nearly half of voters agree, but they’re not so sure about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton either.

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                            August 4, 2016Democrats More Protective of Private E-Mails Than Other Voters
Voters are more confident in the federal government these days to protect its secrets, but many, particularly Democrats, think the media shouldn’t publish the private e-mails of public officials even if they’re leaked to them.

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                            August 3, 2016Most Say Clinton Hiding Something in Deleted E-mails, Don’t Balk at Russia’s Help
Voters are very suspicious about the 30,000 e-mails Hillary Clinton and her staff chose to delete and not turn over to the FBI and aren’t all together sure it would be a bad thing if Russia returned those e-mails to investigators here.

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                            August 2, 2016Fewer Voters Plan to Sit Out Clinton-Trump Contest
So how many voters still plan to sit this election out now that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the official major party presidential nominees?

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                            August 1, 2016Voters See Conventions As More of Plus for Clinton Than Trump
Voters followed both national political conventions with equal interest over the last couple weeks but think Hillary Clinton benefited more from hers than Donald Trump did from his.