• This week, economic optimism wanes slightly, as 28% of registered voters rate the economy as Good or Excellent, down 3 points from 2 weeks ago, but still up 4 points from a month ago.
  • Thirty-seven percent (37%) rate the economy as Poor, up 2 points from 2 weeks ago.
  • About half of Republicans (49%) say the economy is Good or Excellent, down 3 points from 2 weeks ago but up 11 points from a month ago.
  • Only 17% of Republican voters say the economy is Poor.
  • Democrats' views are not quite so optimistic: just 12% say the economy is Good or Excellent, while 54% say it is Poor.
• Only 31% of voters say the economy is getting better, and 48% say it is getting worse.
  • This is the same as a month ago, when 31% also said the economy was getting better, but down 2 points from 2 weeks ago when 33% said the same.
  • Fifty-six percent (56%) of Republicans say it is getting better (down 2 points from 2 weeks ago), and 21% say it is getting worse.
  • In contrast, 74% of Democrats say it is getting worse, and just 9% say it is getting better.
• Confidence in the U.S. economy dropped during the government shutdown and showed some improvement in the last month.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, January 19-20, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.