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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 1, 2025
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May 1, 2025: The state with the longest-running trifecta is Utah. In the Utah state government, Republicans have held the trifecta since 1985. In the United States, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 15 Democratic trifectas, and 12 divided governments. The state with the longest running Democratic trifecta is Delaware, which has had its trifecta since 2009.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- April 30, 2025-64% of voters say it should be illegal for members of Congress to buy and sell stocks and bonds while they are in office
- April 29, 2025-80 years ago, the liberation of Dachau occurred
- April 28, 2025-62% of voters believe that the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests
- April 25, 2025-50% of voters approve of the way the Supreme Court is performing its job
- April 24, 2025-Two states have a 60% threshold for all constitutional amendments
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