- In the month of April, if given a choice between 4 candidates of equal skills and temperament, 28% of voters would prefer a candidate who advocates Trump-like policies.
- This is the lowest since President Trump returned to office, and the same as the 28% who preferred Trump-like policies in August 2022.
- A Napolitan News survey of 10,264 Registered Voters in April found 20% would favor a candidate advocating traditional Republican policies.
- Twenty-four percent (24%) would favor a traditional Democrat.
- One in 5 (20%) would favor a candidate advocating policies like those of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC).
- Between January 2024 and March 2025 (when Bernie Sanders was used in place of AOC*), voters who favored Bernie Sanders-like policies stayed between 20% and 22%.
- Since August 2025, when we started tracking voter opinions on AOC-like policies, her name and policies polled slightly lower than Sanders until this month.
- Over the past 5 years, a plurality has always favored a candidate offering Trump-like policies.
- However, the number preferring Trump-like policies has dropped each month since June of 2025, from 37% at that time to the present low.
- The number preferring a candidate with Trump-like policies has ranged from this month's low of 28% to a high of 38% several times, most recently in January 2025.
- When President Trump won the 2024 election, 37% of voters preferred a candidate advocating policies like his, and support for Trump-like policies peaked at 38% in December 2024/January 2025.
- For more trends, see the Tracking 4-Way Choice page. See also the March, February, and January results.
* Since October 2020, we have asked this question, but about a candidate supporting Senator Bernie Sanders' policies, rather than about AOC's. August was the first complete month using AOC in place of Bernie Sanders.
When we started this series in 2020, Bernie Sanders was the leading voice of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Now, AOC has taken on that role. It is appropriate, therefore, to make changes to our question wording to reflect that reality. The change from Bernie Sanders to AOC had no impact on Trump and Traditional Republican figures.
This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 10,264 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, April 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 1.2.
