32% Still Rate the U.S. Economy as Good or Excellent

Publication Date: 10/09/2025 6:00 AM CST

32% Still Rate the U.S. Economy as Good or Excellent

Publication: 10/09/2025 6:00 AM CST

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Thirty-two percent (32%) of registered voters rate the economy as Good or Excellent, while 32% rate it as Poor.
- The Good or Excellent rating is unchanged from 2 weeks ago, but the Poor rating has gone up 2 points since that survey.
- As is expected with the party who controls the White House, 46% of Republicans say the economy is Good or Excellent, and only 14% say Poor.
- Democrat's views are not as optimistic: just 21% say the economy is Good or Excellent, while 46% say it is Poor.
- Forty-four percent (44%) of Elite and Elite Adjacent voters* agree that the economy is Good or Excellent.
- At least 30% of voters have rated the economy as Good or Excellent since May. (In May, only 28% gave it that rating.)
- A rating of Poor has hovered between 28% and 32% since mid June, but was up to 40% in mid April.
- On the economy, men are always more optimistic, as shown this week. Forty-one percent (41%) of men rated the economy as Good or Excellent, but only 25% of women gave the same rating.
Thirty-one percent (31%) of voters say the economy is getting better, while 46% say it is getting worse.
- The optimistic number has gone up 1 point from 2 weeks ago, when 30% said the economy was getting better. But it's gone down 2 points from a month ago, when it was 33%.
- Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republicans say it is getting better.
- Only 17% of Democrats say the economy is getting better, while 69% of Democrats say it is getting worse.

The most recent data cited is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, October 6-7, 2025. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.