{"id":2964,"date":"2023-01-01T03:43:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T09:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2023-03-13T02:48:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T07:48:35","slug":"what-they-told-us-reviewing-last-weeks-key-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=2964","title":{"rendered":"<strong>What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week\u2019s Key Polls<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 President Biden ended the polling week with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/biden_administration\/prez_track_dec31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">daily job approval<\/a>\u00a0of 50%.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0An increasing number of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/lifestyle\/general_lifestyle\/march_2023\/more_americans_see_economic_fairness_for_women\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans believe the U.S. economy is fair to women<\/a>, and most see careers and family life as equally important for women.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/archive\/mood_of_america_archive\/congressional_performance\/rate_congress_mar08\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">28% of Likely U.S. Voters rate Congress\u2019 performance<\/a>\u00a0as good or excellent, up from 25% in\u00a0December\u00a0and the highest approval in\u00a0more than 15 years\u00a0of polling this question.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0Recent reports confirming that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/biden_administration\/covid_19_cover_up_67_not_surprised_by_lab_leak_confirmation\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 virus probably came from a Chinese lab don\u2019t surprise most voters<\/a>, who suspect U.S. officials may have been involved in a cover-up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0Crime has emerged as a major political issue, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/biden_administration\/public_safety_matters_in_bail_decisions_voters_say\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">voters overwhelmingly disagree with controversial \u201cbail reform\u201d measures<\/a>\u00a0that return criminals to the streets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0Although half of voters still have a favorable opinion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, most agree with a whistleblower\u2019s description of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/biden_administration\/has_the_fbi_been_weaponized_by_politics\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">agency as having been \u201cpolitically weaponized\u201d by its leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/business\/consumer_spending_update\/consumer_spending_update_economic_confidence_booms_in_march\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Economic confidence increased to 97.4 in this month\u2019s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index<\/a>, more than seven points higher than February.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Although few Americans think 2022 was one of the best years ever, they rated it better than last year, and they have\u00a0higher expectations for 2023.<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0More voters now believe\u00a0Ukraine is winning its war\u00a0against Russia\u2019s invasion, and give President Joe Biden higher ratings for his handling of the issue.<br \/>\n&#8211; Asked to identify\u00a0America\u2019s greatest enemy, nearly 40% of voters don\u2019t choose a foreign power, but instead name domestic political parties.<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0Thirty-seven percent (37%)\u00a0of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the\u00a0right direction.<br \/>\nVisit the\u00a0Rasmussen Reports home page\u00a0for the latest current polling coverage of events in the news. The page is updated several times each day.<br \/>\nRemember, if it&#8217;s in the news, it&#8217;s in our polls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/weekly_updates\/what_they_told_us_mar11\">Rasmussenreports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports: &#8211;\u00a0 President Biden ended the polling week with a\u00a0daily job approval\u00a0of 50%.\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0An increasing number of\u00a0Americans believe the U.S. economy is fair to women, and most see careers and family life as equally important for women. &#8211;\u00a0A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2893,3103,1169,1167,3004,3165,1305],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-american-economy","tag-approval-ratings","tag-biden","tag-poll","tag-polls","tag-voting","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2964"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7338,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions\/7338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}