In Their Own Words: Economy Just Barely the Most Important Issue for Voters, Immigration Making Gains

Publication Date: 02/16/2026 5:00 AM CST

In Their Own Words: Economy Just Barely the Most Important Issue for Voters, Immigration Making Gains

Publication: 02/16/2026 5:00 AM CST

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When asked to respond in their own words, 23% of voters say the Economy is the most important issue right now.
- Among 2,000 registered voters, Immigration (20%) and Politics (12%) also ranked highly.
- Social Issues (9%), ICE (8%), and Donald Trump (7%) are also commonly at the top of voters' minds.
- For Republicans, the top 3 issues identified as most important were Immigration (30%), Economy (26%), and Politics (10%).
- For Democrats, the top issues were Economy (19%), Politics (15%), and Immigration (12%), with ICE close behind at 11%.
There are many ways to ask about the importance of issues. Napolitan News routinely asks an open-ended question that is categorized and summarized by using Jigsaw's open-source Sensemaker tool (which is built on Gemini, Google's most advanced AI) so that voters can answer the question in their own words.
- Consistently, in both the list and open-ended formats, Economic issues are the top issues.
- Our most recent list format results are from our December 4th poll.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 2,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, February 9-12, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 2.2.