Twenty-nine percent (29%) of voters say the U.S. economy is Good or Excellent. That is down 1 point from last week but up 2 from a month ago. On the other hand, 39% rate it is Poor. That is down 3 points from 2 weeks ago and 2 from a month ago.

Sixty-four percent (64%) of voters who support policies like President Trump's say the economy is Good or Excellent, but just 25% of Traditional GOP voters agree. Nearly 6-in-10 voters who support policies like those proposed by Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez (55%) and Traditional Democratic voters (57%) say the economy is Poor.

Currently, 25% say the U.S. economy is getting better, down 2 points from 2 weeks ago but up a point from a month ago. Half (51%) say it is getting worse. The number of Mainstreet Voters who say the economy is getting better fell 6 points, while the number of Elite and Elite Adjecent* voters went up by 6 points. The large dip mentioned 2 weeks ago among Elite and Elite Adjecent voters proved to be a regression to the norm after the spike a month ago.

Finally, 36% of voters say the country is in a recession right now. That is down 5 points from 2 weeks ago but up 2 points from a month ago. Younger voters are more likely to say the country is in a recession than older voters.

*Elite voters are defined as those with a postgraduate degree, make more than $150,000 annually, and live in a densely populated urban area. Elite Adjacent voters have at least one of these characteristics. Main Street voters have none of these characteristics, and make up the largest portion of voters.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, August 31-September 1, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.