Thirty-one percent (31%) of voters say the U.S. economy is Good or Excellent. That is better than mid-October, but only 3 points up from the End of September. On the other hand, 41% rate it is Poor. Again, that is better than mid-October, but just 2 points below the end of September.

Most significantly, 44% of Mainstreet Voters* now say the economy is Poor.

Six-in-10 voters (61%) who support policies like President Trump's say the economy is Good or Excellent. That is up 11 points from the last survey. A scant 30% of Traditional GOP voters agree, though that is still up 6 points the from last survey.

On the left, over 81% of voters who support policies like those proposed by Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez say the economy is poor, along with 88% of Traditional Democratic voters.

Just 25% say the U.S. economy is getting better. That is up 5 points from the last survey but, again, only up 2 from Late September. The current economic pessimism rivals when President Biden left office.

Finally, 38% of voters say the country is in a recession right now. Like the other metrics, that is not as bad as mid October but little changed from late September.

*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, October 26-27, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.