35% Say the U.S. Economy Is Good or Excellent

Publication Date: 10/25/2025 5:00 AM CST

35% Say the U.S. Economy Is Good or Excellent

Publication: 10/25/2025 5:00 AM CST

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Thirty-five percent (35%) of registered voters rate the economy as Good or Excellent, while 33% rate it as Poor.
- The Good or Excellent rating is up 3 points from 2 weeks ago, but the Poor rating has also gone up 1 point in these last 2 weeks.
- As is expected with the party who controls the White House, a majority of Republicans (57%) say the economy is Good or Excellent, and only 14% say Poor.
- Democrat's views are not as optimistic: just 17% say the economy is Good or Excellent, while 51% say it is Poor.
- 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 30% and 33% since mid July, but was up to 40% in mid April.
- On the economy, men are always more optimistic. This week, 44% of men rated the economy as Good or Excellent, but only 27% of women gave the same rating.
Thirty-three percent (33%) of voters say the economy is getting better, while 47% say it is getting worse.
- The optimistic number has gone up 2 points from 2 weeks ago, when 31% said the economy was getting better.
- Fifty-six percent (56%) of Republicans say it is getting better, while 39% say it is getting worse.
- Only 11% of Democrats say the economy is getting better, while 74% of Democrats say it is getting worse.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, October 20-21, 2025. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.