46% Say America's Best Days Are in the Past

46% Say America's Best Days Are in the Past

Americans remain pessimistic about the nation's future. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 34% of Likely U.S. Voters think America's best days are still to come, although that's up from 31% in October 2013,   the lowest level of optimism in two-and-a-half years.  Read More

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

With Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn's announcement this week that he will resign at the end of the current congressional session, 36 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats are now up for grabs in November's midterm congressional elections. Twenty-one are held by Democrats, 15 by Republicans. Read More

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: 47% Approve of Obama's Performance

49% of Investors Hold Positive View of Personal Finances

What America Thinks Problems for Christie on Road to White House?  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, often mentioned as a 2016 White House front-runner, is fighting allegations that his office deliberately caused several days of major traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge into New York City as retaliation against an elected official who refused to support his reelection. What does America think of the controversy that some are already dubbing "Bridgegate"?

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

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week's Key Polls So where does the nation stand just before we launch into a tempestuous congressional election year?Read More 49% Support U.S. Military Aid for Iraq The Obama administration has been quietly supplying the Iraqi military with missiles and drones to help fight an al-Qaeda led insurgency that is ratcheting up the violence in that country. Half of U.S. voters approve of that military aid, but they overwhelmingly oppose the return of U.S. troops to Iraq.  Read More  Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: 48% Approve of Obama's Job Performance 29% Say It's a Good Time to Sell a House In Their Area  Rasmussen Consumer Index: 31% Consumers Say U.S. Economy Getting Better What America Thinks   Reflecting on 2013: Obamacare's Disastrous Debut      The national health care law passed back in 2010 finally rolled out officially beginning October 1, and to say the transition was rocky would have been an understatement.  Coming Soon:    Sunday: 42% Favor Gay Marriage, 45% Oppose   Monday: Health Care Update     Advertise With Us

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

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week's Key Polls  Americans need a little holly jolly time as the year comes to an end. Just 26% of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction. A year ago, 37% felt that way. More voters than ever (66%) believe the economy is unfair to the middle class.  Read More  29% Have Favorable Opinion of Federal Government Unfavorable views of the federal government continue to climb. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 68% of Likely U.S. Voters now view the federal government at least somewhat unfavorably. Read More  Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: 46% Approve of Obama's Job Performance 42% Give Obama Poor Marks for Leadership What America Thinks: Reflecting on 2013: The Year in Foreign Policy What America Thinks   It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year      Christmas is less than a week away, and Rasmussen Reports has surveyed many Americans about how they celebrate, from shopping to worshipping.  Coming Soon:   Sunday: 64% Think Parents Should Have a Choice Between Traditional and 12-Month School Calendar Advertise With Us

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

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

For voters, it seems, you can't always get what you want. Only 12% of Likely U.S. Voters favor a federal budget that increases government spending, but that's just what the bipartisan budget deal passed by the House late this week does. It restores billions cut by the sequester on March 30 and puts off potential savings for several years. Read More

Just 31% Work A 40-Hour Week

Nearly-three-out-of-four working Americans now put in a minimum of 40 hours a week on the job, but most still think they have a good work-life balance. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 31% of Employed Americans work 40 hours a week. Forty percent (40%) now work more than 40 hours weekly, including nine percent (9%) who work more than 50 hours a week.  Read More

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: 47% Approve of Obama's Job Performance

23% Say Their Finances Are Improving

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What America Thinks 56% Want Long-Term Budget Deal That Cuts Spending    House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray unveiled a proposed bipartisan budget deal this week that would fund agencies through the fall of 2015. While the proposed deal includes compromises from both sides and has been approved by the House, many conservatives and liberals are voicing opposition. Even before the deal was announced, most voters said they wanted a long-term deal that cuts government spending but don't think they'll get it.

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