Voters Leery of Tillerson and His Ties to Russia
Voters still have a lot to learn about the man President-elect Trump has named to the most important Cabinet post, but they worry that his ties to Russia will be bad for the United States.
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December 19, 2016
December 19, 2016
Voters Don’t Expect Trump To Improve Situation in Syria
In keeping with his “America First” approach to foreign policy, President-elect Donald Trump has opposed further U.S. involvement in Syria beyond establishing safe zones to protect civilians there. Voters are still reluctant to get more involved in Syria despite the recent carnage in Aleppo but also aren’t convinced Trump will make the situation any better.
December 16, 2016
Trump Breaks Even in Job Approval
It’s a 47-47 nation, according to Rasmussen Reports’ first job approval survey on President-elect Donald Trump.
December 16, 2016
Fewer Voters Say Russia Is America’s Friend In Fighting ISIS
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly cast Russia as potential ally in the fight against the radical Islamic State group (ISIS), contrary to the Obama administration's view that the Russians are an obstacle to its hopes of overturning the regime of Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad. U.S. voters are showing a bit more skepticism these days about which side Russia is really on.
December 15, 2016
Voters More Supportive of Pulling Troops Out of Europe
Voters still think the United States needs to spend more on defense, but they’re also more inclined to pull U.S. troops out of Europe if the countries there don't meet their fair share of the costs.
December 15, 2016
39% Blame Outside Factors for Clinton's Loss
In the aftermath of one of the most stunning electoral upsets in U.S. history, Democrats have been searching for reasons why their candidate Hillary Clinton lost to Republican Donald Trump. Most voters agree it was the candidates themselves who decided the election, but a sizable number blame Clinton's loss on outside factors, primarily the FBI’s pre-election announcement that it was reopening its investigation of her.
December 15, 2016
Voters Forecast Less Business for Trump
Even his fellow Republicans aren’t buying. It looks right now like Donald Trump’s organization is likely to lose business because of his election as the next president of the United States.
December 14, 2016
Democrats See Russia as Election Culprit, Others Don’t
Democrats, still searching for a reason for Hillary Clinton’s surprise defeat, now blame the Russians, but other voters don’t see it that way.
December 13, 2016
Should Trump Be Forced to Sell All His Businesses?
President-elect Donald Trump has announced that his two older children will run his businesses while he is in the White House, but voters suspect Trump will still be involved. They stop short, however, of demanding that he sell all of his businesses to prevent any conflict of interest.
December 12, 2016
Will Trump Try To Make Money in the White House?
Most voters believe Donald Trump is likely to do things as president to make himself more money but still think he is no more unethical than other politicians.
December 12, 2016
Most Approve of Former General Heading Defense Department
Some Trump opponents have questioned the president-elect’s decision to include several former top military officers in his Cabinet including one as secretary of Defense, but most voters don’t have a problem with that call.
December 9, 2016
Republicans Like Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Democrats Don't
Democrats dislike President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks to date, but Republicans are pretty happy with them. One of his more high-profile picks, former Republican primary rival Ben Carson, is much more familiar to voters now than he was in the early days of the presidential campaign.
December 9, 2016
Sorry, Joe, Most Democrats Want A New Face in 2020
Vice President Joe Biden flirted this week with the possibility of running for president in 2020. But while his fellow Democrats like Biden a lot, they strongly feel their party needs to run a newcomer for the White House next time around.
December 8, 2016
Should Trump Scrap The Iran Deal?
President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly promised during his campaign that he would dismantle the “disastrous” nuclear deal the Obama administration negotiated with Iran last year. Voters doubt Iran will hold up its end of the bargain but are closely divided as to whether the new president should keep the deal or renegotiate it.
December 7, 2016
Politics Colors Views of New First Lady
Partisan politics even invade attitudes about the president's wife as our first survey about incoming first lady Melania Trump shows.
December 7, 2016
Will Trump, GOP Congress Do What’s Best for America?
Republicans will soon control both Congress and the White House, and GOP voters strongly believe the country will be better off. Most Democrats and unaffiliated voters don’t share that confidence.
December 6, 2016
Most GOP Voters Want a Border Wall in Trump’s First Year
Republican support for building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border right away remains strong, but other voters are growing even less enthusiastic. With it or without it, voters are closely divided over whether President-elect Trump and the GOP Congress can stop illegal immigration into this country.
December 5, 2016
Rasmussen Reports Calls It Right
Rasmussen Reports told you all along that it was a much closer race than most other pollsters predicted. We weren’t surprised Election Night. They were. Now Real Clear Politics has posted the final results, and look who came in second out of 11 top pollsters who surveyed the four-way race.
December 5, 2016
Voters Say Trump Better for Small Business, Too Close to Big Business
Voters see President-elect Donald Trump as an improvement over President Obama when it comes to the handling of small business issues but are worried that he’ll be too chummy with big business.
December 5, 2016
Voters Expect Trump to Move Supreme Court to the Right
Voters put a lot of stock in the selection of the next U.S. Supreme Court justice this election cycle , and most believe President-elect Donald Trump will nominate justices who are strict constitutionalists. They are more divided as to whether Trump’s nominees will be too conservative or about right politically.
