31 Facts About Rasmussen Reports

Rasmussen Reports engages in political commentary and the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.

Rasmussen Reports conducts nightly tracking, at national and state levels, of elections, politics, current events, consumer confidence, business topics, and the United States president's job approval ratings.

In 2018, Rasmussen Reports predicted that Republicans would win the generic ballot by 1 percentage point while the actual election results had Democrats winning by nearly 9 percentage points.

Rasmussen Reports pushed back against critics after their miss, claiming that "the midterm result was relatively poor for Democrats compared to other midterms" despite the Democrats having scored a historic margin in the popular vote.

Rasmussen Reports generates revenue by selling advertising and subscriptions to its polling survey data.

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Rasmussen Reports was founded in 2003 by Scott Rasmussen, who served as the company's president from its founding until July 2013, when he left to found the digital media company Styrk.

Rasmussen Reports engages in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information, tracking the political world, current events, consumer confidence, business topics, and the president's job approval ratings.

Rasmussen Reports conducts nightly national tracking polls and scheduled state surveys.

Rasmussen Reports provides commentary and political analysis through a daily email newsletter.

Rasmussen Reports is not a member of the National Council on Public Polls or a supporter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research's Transparency Initiative.

Rasmussen Reports conducts a daily Presidential Tracking Poll which measures the president's job approval rating.

In March 2009, a Rasmussen Reports poll was the first to show President Barack Obama's approval rating falling.

Rasmussen Reports polls are often viewed as outliers due to their favorable Donald Trump approval ratings.

In 2009, Rasmussen Reports produced the first poll that showed Democrats trailing on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the 2010 midterm elections.

Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became law in March 2010, Rasmussen Reports consistently measured double-digit support for repeal of the law in 100 polls taken from March 2010 to July 2012.

Rasmussen Reports conducts a weekly tracking poll that asks voters whether they think the country is heading in the right direction or is on the wrong track.

Rasmussen Reports provides regular updates on topics including global warming and energy issues, housing, the war on terror, the mood of America, Congress and the Supreme Court, importance of issues, partisan trust, and trends in public opinion.

In July 2012, a Rasmussen Reports poll found that over two-thirds of Americans would fire every member of Congress.

In January 2013, a Rasmussen Reports poll found record low levels of support for the Tea Party movement.

Rasmussen Reports predicted Obama winning Nevada and New Hampshire, tying Romney in Ohio and Wisconsin, and losing in the other five swing states, including North Carolina.

In December 2009, Alan Abramowitz wrote that if Rasmussen Reports's data was accurate, Republicans would gain 62 seats in the House during the 2010 midterm elections.

In 2010, Rasmussen Reports was the first to show Republican Scott Brown had a chance to defeat Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate race.

In 2018, Rasmussen Reports predicted that Republicans would win the generic ballot by 1 percentage point while the actual election results had Democrats winning by nearly 9 percentage points.

Rasmussen Reports pushed back against critics after their miss, claiming that "the midterm result was relatively poor for Democrats compared to other midterms" despite the Democrats having scored a historic margin in the popular vote.

The broad trends are similar to measures produced by the Conference Board and University of Michigan, but Rasmussen Reports is the only consumer confidence measure updated daily.

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Founder Scott Rasmussen Reports is the author of the book In Search of Self-Governance and was a featured guest on a cruise by the conservative media outlet National Review.

Accuracy of Rasmussen Reports's polling has varied considerably in recent US presidential elections.

However, after the election, they concluded that Rasmussen Reports's polls were among the most accurate in the 2004 presidential election.

Jonathan Chait of the New Republic said that Rasmussen Reports is perceived in the "conservative world" as "the gold standard" and suggested the polling company asks the questions specifically to show public support for the conservative position.

Rasmussen Reports has received criticism over the wording in its polls.

Cillizza did note in the same piece that Rasmussen Reports was one of the more accurate polling organizations during the 2016 United States presidential election.