A majority of voters are against proposals to have reparation payments for slavery funded by U.S. taxpayers, but think such payments are likely to be enacted now that Joe Biden has been elected President and Democrats control Congress.
Most Voters Want Congress to Work With Biden
Friday, January 08, 2021
Americans don’t expect the new Congress to be better than the last one, but most say it would be better for Congress to work with President-elect Joe Biden than to oppose him.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 53% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it will be better for the country if Congress works with Biden most of the time. Thirty-five percent (35%) say it would be better if Congress opposes the president most of the time, while 12% are not sure.
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GOP Voters Strongly Support Senators Challenging Bidenâs Election
Wednesday, January 06, 2021
More than a dozen senators say they will challenge Joe Bidenâs election when Congress meets today to certify the results, and Republican voters overwhelmingly support the challenge.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 55% of Likely U.S. Voters believe Biden won the election fairly, but 69% of Republican voters disagree.
Seventy-three percent (73%) of GOP voters support the Senate effort challenging Bidenâs election, compared to just 22% of Republicans who oppose the Senate challenge. Democrat voters oppose the Senate challenge even more strongly (75% to 21%) than GOP voters support it. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Trump Approval Index Month-by-Month
Wednesday, January 06, 2021
When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
The president earned a monthly job approval of 47% in December, his final full month in office, down three points from November, when his 50% approval tied his high for 2020, first reached in September. Fifty-one percent (51%) disapproved of the president’s job performance in December, up three points from the month before.