In Their Own Words: Economy Slides but Still at the Top of Voters' Minds

Publication Date: 11/24/2025 5:00 AM CST

In Their Own Words: Economy Slides but Still at the Top of Voters' Minds

Publication: 11/24/2025 5:00 AM CST

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When asked to respond in their own words, 37% of voters say the Economy is the most important issue right now.
- Among 2,000 Registered Voters, Politics (23%) and Immigration (13%) also ranked highly.
- Healthcare (8%), Social Issues (6%) and Foreign Policy (3%) are far less commonly at the top of voters' minds.
- For Republicans, the top 3 issues identified as most important were Economy (40%), Immigration (19%), and Politics (16%).
- For Democrats, the top three issues were Economy (32%), Politics (31%), and Healthcare (12%).
- Voters have recently spoken out with concern to their personal finances and the U.S. economy.
Now at 39% approval and 60% disapproval on his handling of the Economy, President Trump's ratings have been going down in recent months.
- Interestingly, voters still trust Republicans more on the Economy.
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 format, economic issues are the top issues.
- Our most recent list format results are from our October 30th poll.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 2,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, November 17-20, 2025. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.