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Thursday, October 29, 2020 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday, sponsored by Liberty Nation, Conservative News Where Truth Matters, shows that 52% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-seven percent (47%) disapprove. The latest figures include 40% who Strongly Approve of the job Trump is doing and 40% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of 0.

Forty-three percent (43%) 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 October 4. This is up three points from the previous week. This finding has been running in the 40s for most weeks this year after being in the mid- to upper 20s for much of 2016, President Obama's last full year in office.

Republican Donald Trump has a three-point lead in Rasmussen Reports’ White House Watch survey. Among voters who are certain how they will vote, Trump now has over 50% support. The latest national telephone and online survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows Trump leading Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton 45% to 42%. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson has four percent (4%) support, and Green Party hopeful Jill Stein picks up just one percent (1%). Two percent (2%) like another candidate, and four percent (4%) are still undecided. Clinton and Trump have been tied for the previous two days. Eighty-eight percent (88%) of voters...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: There are a couple of polls out here today, and they greatly conflict with each other. They are about Obama's approval numbers. Now, the first poll is from Reuters. It's a Reuters/Ipsos poll, and according to this poll, approval for Obama has crashed. He's down to 43% approval in the Reuters poll. The other poll that's out is from Rasmussen. The Rasmussen poll has Obama's approval at above 50%. Now, there was another poll. It was Gallup earlier this week that had Obama's approval number at 48%. It was the first time he was under 50% in...

National Survey of 1,000 Adults Conducted December 17-18, 2012 By Rasmussen Reports 1* How closely have you followed news stories about the recent shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut? 2* Does the United States need stricter gun control laws? 3*Does the United States need to take more action to identify and treat mental health issues? 4* Does the United States need to place limits on violent movies and video games? 5* Can schools ever be made completely safe against violence like the incident in Connecticut? 6* What will do the most to reduce the number of mass murders like...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 48% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns 45% of the vote. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided. These updates are from nightly interviews and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. As a result, virtually all of the interviews for today’s update were completed before the prime-time coverage of the Democratic National Convention last night

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 44% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 43%. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided. Today’s update matches the president’s lowest level of support since May. Yesterday was the lowest level of support for Romney since March. On a combined basis, today shows the lowest level of combined support for the two major party candidates since January 27. See daily tracking history.

In the lastest Rasmussen tracking poll, which has had no media coverage, Newt Gingrich is trailing Barack Obama by only 7 points nationally. Barack Obama is leading Mitt Romney by only 5 points in Florida. These poll results are being withheld by the RNC and the MSM, who want no positive news about Newt in circulation, especially the fact he is only behind Obama by 7 points nationally. The RNC establishment’s current strategy remains: Publish no poll numbers; spread the word that Romney is the nominee; have people vote based on blackout and misinformation expecting Romney to win big; then...

In a campaign defined by Republican reluctance to embrace Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum has emerged as the latest not-Romney candidate to surge ahead. While it's impossible to predict what will happen in this volatile election season, the data suggests that Santorum might be more of a challenge for Romney than earlier flavors of the month. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the GOP race shows that Rick Santorum leads Mitt Romney by 12 points, 39 percent to 27 percent. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are far behind. In and of itself, that's nothing new. The man from Massachusetts has at...

Deep blue state, profoundly unlikeable Democrat, heavy baggage from Hopenchange, Republican upstart uncomfortably close: This sounds familiar. Like Castellanos said — no one is safe. America looks forward to addressing her as “ma’am” again

Rassmussen Obama at 45% Approval, 53% disaapprove.

Seventy-seven percent (77%) of voters nationwide say John McCain's call for a series of ten Town Hall debates is a good idea. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 11% disagree and 12% are not sure. McCain has proposed that the candidates meet once a week in ten different cities around the country. The two men would answer questions from private citizens instead of reporters. Obama's home town newspaper has endorsed the concept as well. The Chicago Sun-Times wrote "forget about holding 10. Do 20 -- or more -- and get going." Ninety percent (90%) of Republicans support...

There’s a simple reason the immigration bill being debated by the U.S. Senate is unpopular with voters—the general public doesn’t believe it will reduce illegal immigration. And, in the minds of most voters, that’s what immigration reform is all about. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 16% of American voters believe illegal immigration will decline if the Senate bill is passed. Seventy-four percent (74%) disagree. That figure includes 41% who believe the Senate bill will actually lead to an increase in illegal immigration. If voters had a chance to improve the legislation, 75% would “make changes...

Republicans in Congress may have successfully distanced themselves from the President on the Dubai Ports issue. Forty-three percent (43%) of Americans say they generally trust Republicans more than Democrats on national security issues while 38% place more trust in the Democrats. That five point advantage for generic Republicans is fairly modest, but is better than the numbers the President has mustered. A separate survey found that 41% of Americans trust Democrats in Congress more than the President on national security issues. Forty percent (40%) have more trust in the President. Interest in the story remains very high. Seventy-two percent (72%)...

RICHMOND -- Democrats face an uphill battle in their attempt to unseat Virginia Sen. George Allen, a new statewide poll shows. So far, Northern Virginia businessman Harris Miller is the only announced Democrat to seek his party's nomination to challenge the Republican senator on the Nov. 7 ballot. If the election were held today, Mr. Allen would receive 57 percent of the vote, and Mr. Miller would get 27 percent, according to a telephone survey of 500 likely Virginia voters conducted last week by Rasmussen Reports. The poll, conducted after Mr. Miller filed his candidacy, showed 6 percent of voters...

Forty-six percent (46%) of American adults approve of the way George W. Bush is performing his role as President. Fifty-three percent (53%) of Americans Disapprove of the President's performance. This is the President's highest Job Approval Rating in over a month.

Saturday October 16, 2004--On Saturday morning, the latest Rasmussen Reports Presidential Tracking Poll shows President George W. Bush with 48% of the vote and Senator John Kerry with 46%. The Tracking Poll is updated daily by noon Eastern. Two-thirds of the interviews for today's Tracking Poll were conducted following Wednesday night's Presidential Debate.

"Friday October 15, 2004--The Presidential debates are over and the election is just two-and-a-half weeks away. The latest Rasmussen Reports Presidential Tracking Poll shows President George W. Bush with 49% of the vote and Senator John Kerry with 46%. The Tracking Poll is updated daily by noon Eastern. Voters surveyed last night declared the third and final debate a tie, with fans of each candidate thinking their man won. The number of voters who prefer Bush over Kerry on both national defense and the economy has returned to the levels that existed before the first debate" Posted by: Adrian Spidle...

September 6, 2004--We have been flooded with e-mails asking (in varying tones of politeness) why our poll results seem different from those released by Time and Newsweek. There are two basic explanations, one involving our polling data and one involving the newsmagazines. For those who need to know the answer before the explanation, the bottom line is that the President is ahead by 4 to 5 points at this time. That's a significant improvement over the past few weeks, but not a double digit lead. Our current poll (showing the President ahead by just over a point) includes a Saturday...

August 29, 2004--On the eve of the Republican National Convention, for the first time all year, George W. Bush moved ahead of John Kerry in the Rasmussen Reports Electoral College Projection. Neither man, however, can yet count on the 270 Electoral Votes needed for victory in November. The latest numbers show Bush leading in states with 213 Electoral Votes while Kerry is ahead in states with 207. There are 118 Electoral Votes in the Toss-Up column. Over this past weekend, Arkansas, Virginia and Missouri moved from Toss-Up to Leans Bush. Minnesota moved from Leans Kerry to Toss-Up. Maine and Michigan...