A fresh poll from Rasmussen Reports shows that Americans want to see presidential candidates' medical records – and their tax returns.

Now, 59 percent of voters think candidates should release their most recent medical records, up from the 38 percent who believed this in May 2014 when Republican strategist Karl Rove suggested that Hillary Clinton's health would become a campaign issue.

Clinton suffered a concussion and subsequent blood clot in 2012. Rove hinted that Clinton might have brain damage, a rumor that still gets passed around, mostly by Donald Trump supporters, on the web.

A higher percentage of voters said they expected presidential candidates to release at least their last year's worth of tax returns – 67 percent – a figure that's actually down from the 73 percent who said the same thing a year ago. Twenty-three percent disagree.

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American voters increasingly want to see presidential candidates' - like Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump - medical records, while a smidgen fewer expect to see hopeful's tax returns

Both Clinton and Trump have previously released doctors' notes saying they are the pinnacle of health.

Clinton released hers over a year ago, in July 2015, which consisted of a letter signed by her longtime physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, who's been examining the politician since she became a U.S. senator in 2001.

'Mrs. Clinton is a healthy female with hypothyroidism and season allergies, on long-term anticoagulation,' the letter read.

'She participates in a healthy lifestyle and has had a full medical evaluation, which reveals no evidence of additional medical issues or cardiovascular disease. Her cancer screening evaluations are all negative,' it continued.

'She is in excellent physical condition and fit to serve as President of the United States,' Bardack concluded.

Trump's doctor's note didn't come for another five months and was perfectly Trumpian.

In it, his personal physician, Dr. Harold Bornstein calls Trump's blood pressure and lab results 'astonishingly excellent.'

'His physical strength and stamina are extraordinary,' the letter boasted.

'If elected, Mr Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,' Bornstein wrote.

In recent weeks, Trump fans and others on the right have drummed up theories about Clinton's health, with 'leaked' medical records floating around online that say she's showing early signs of dementia.

As the Washington Post points out, the documents lack the formatting and letterhead used by Clinton's doctor and get her title wrong.

Surprisingly though, Democrats are the most likely to believe that candidates should release their medical records, with 62 percent taking that stance.

Fifty-eight percent of Republican voters feel that way, along with 47 percent of those not affiliated with a political party.

As for tax returns, Trump hasn't released any over the course of his campaign, saying an audit is tying them up, but he'll put them out to the public after the election.

Clinton, who suspects there might be some good political ammunition within Trump's returns, is reportedly releasing her most recent return, for the year 2015, sometime this week.

The Clinton campaign will also put out 10 years of returns from Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, Clinton's running mate.

She's had surrogate Warren Buffett challenge Trump to release his taxes and is using the newest release to bring up the issue again.

Trump isn't expected to take the bait.

And while a majority of Republicans would like to see a candidate's most recent returns – 59 percent – 77 percent of Democrats are pushing for it, along with 63 percent of independents.



