Twenty-eight percent (28%) of voters say the U.S. economy is Good or Excellent. That is down 3 points from from last week and down 1 from a month ago. On the other hand, 43% rate it is Poor. That is up 5 point from 2 weeks ago and 4 from from a month ago.
Most significantly, 46% of Mainstreet Voters* now say the economy is Poor, up 5 points from 2 weeks and a month ago. Thirty-six percent (36%) of Elite or Elite Adjecent Voters agree, up 3 from 2 weeks ago and 1 from a month ago.
Sixty percent (60%) of voters who support policies like President Trump's say the economy is Good or Excellent, but just 25% of Traditional GOP voters agree. As Scott Rasmussen notes, Traditional GOP voters are a big liability for Republicans in November.
On the left, 63% of voters who support policies like those proposed by Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez and 58% of Traditional Democratic voters say the economy is Poor.
Currently, just 23% say the U.S. economy is getting better. That is up down 9 points from 2 weeks ago and down 2 from a month ago. Fifty-six percent (56%) say it is getting worse. Again, Mainstreet Voters are the pessimists; just 20% say it is getting better. Meanwhile, 62% say it is getting worse, up 8 points from 2 weeks and a month ago.
Finally, 39% of voters say the country is in a recession right now. That is down 1 point from 2 weeks ago but up 3 points from a month ago. Nearly as many (38%) disagree, down a point from 2 weeks ago and down 2 from a month ago.
*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, September 28-29, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.
