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February 19, 2025

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows...

February 19, 2025

Trump 2028? Many Think He Could Win a Third Term

More than a third of voters favor altering the Constitution to allow President Donald Trump to run for re-election again – and a majority think he could win in 2028.

February 18, 2025

Many Think Federal Judges Are Abusing Their Authority

Most voters agree with a Republican congressman’s complaint about federal judges blocking President Donald Trump’s policies.

February 17, 2025

46% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-six percent (46%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending February 13, 2025.

February 15, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

February 14, 2025

Trump’s Leadership Scores Higher in Second Term

Although he’s still widely seen as too confrontational, President Donald Trump’s leadership is now rated much better than it was during his first term in the White House.

February 13, 2025

55% Approve of Elon Musk Running DOGE

Most voters like President Donald Trump’s decision to put Elon Musk in charge of his cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). And they like the new agency’s mission even more than they like Musk – or Trump, for that matter.

February 13, 2025

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for January increased to 96.6, up more than four points from 92.4 in December. 

February 12, 2025

Birthright Citizenship: Majority Want Limits

Amid talk of limiting so-called “birthright citizenship,” there is a clear majority for some limits on the practice of granting automatic citizenship for the U.S.-born children of foreigners.

February 11, 2025

79% of Republican Voters Say Trump Has Been Good for GOP

Voters have differing opinions of President Donald Trump, but Republicans overwhelmingly view him as beneficial to their party.

February 10, 2025

Democrats Should Work With Trump, Most Voters Say

Many Democrats in Congress appear committed to totally opposing President Donald Trump, but most voters think cooperation would be better.

February 7, 2025

Voters Rate Trump More Aggressive on Trade Policy

After the Trump administration moved swiftly to put tariffs on foreign goods, voters are divided over the policy, but most agree that Donald Trump is more aggressive on trade issues than most of his predecessors.

February 6, 2025

54% Still Agree Media Are the ‘Enemy of the People’

Six years after he first said it, most voters still agree with President Donald Trump’s harshest condemnation of the news media.

February 5, 2025

Most Voters Support Trump’s Military Transgender Ban

By a 13-point margin, more voters approve than disapprove of President Donald’s Trump policy of removing transgender people from the U.S. military.

February 4, 2025

Trump’s Back-to-Work Order Popular With Voters

Two-thirds of voters support President Donald Trump’s order that federal employees return to their offices, ending the work-from-home arrangements that have prevailed since the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly five years ago.

February 3, 2025

Election Integrity: 77% Favor Voter ID

An election integrity measure favored by President Donald Trump is also overwhelmingly popular with voters.

January 31, 2025

43% Approve of Biden’s Pardon of Dr. Fauci

Former President Joe Biden’s decision to give Dr. Anthony Fauci a “full and unconditional” pardon for any crimes he may have committed dating back to 2014 remains controversial.

January 30, 2025

57% Approve of Immigration Raids

By an 18-point margin, more voters approve than disapprove of the immigration enforcement raids launched since Donald Trump became president.

January 29, 2025

Fewer See America as Fair

Less than half of Americans believe they live in a country characterized by fairness and decency, a sharp decline from previous surveys.

January 29, 2025

Republicans Trust Trump a Lot; Other Voters, Not So Much

Who is more trustworthy, President Donald Trump, the news media, or the Federal Bureau of Investigation? For Republican voters, questions like this are easy.