Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for January 30, 2026
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January 30, 2026: Two hundred and twenty-nine (229) executive orders were issued by President Trump in the first year of his second term. This is the most in a single year since Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued 568 in 1933. The month with the highest number of orders issued was January 2025, with 46. The category with the highest number of orders issued was foreign policy, with 61.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc. and founder of the Napolitan Institute.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- January 29, 2026-50% of voters say America is still the land of opportunity
- January 28, 2026-111 years ago, the William P. Frye was destroyed by the Germans
- January 27, 2026-17% of voters say most federal spending is waste and fraud
- January 26, 2026-61% of voters favor President Trump’s credit card interest rate cap
- January 23, 2026-42 years ago, Hulk Hogan defeated the Iron Sheik for the World Wrestling Federation Championship
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