• Given a choice between 4 candidates of equal skills and temperament, 31% of voters would prefer a candidate who advocates Trump-like policies.
  • This is the lowest since President Trump returned to office, but not as low as the 28% who preferred Trump-like policies in August 2022.
  • A Napolitan News survey of 8,329 Registered Voters in January found 23% would favor a traditional Democrat.
  • One in 5 (20%) would favor a candidate advocating policies like those of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC).
  • Just 18% would favor a candidate advocating traditional Republican policies.
• 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 have polled slightly lower than Sanders.
• 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 a low of 31% in April 2024 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.
• See the January, December, and November 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.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 8,329 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, February 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 1.2.