When asked to respond in their own words, 36% of registered voters point to the Economy as the most important issue facing the country.

Foreign Policy Fears Cool Down

While international crises dominated headlines earlier this year, voter anxiety over global affairs is on a downward trend. A combined total of 14% of voters now name Foreign Policy (7%), Iran (5%), or War (2%) as their primary concern, securing second place among top issues. This is down 1 point from last week, but it's a notable cool-down, down 8 points from 2 weeks ago and down a steep 17 points from April, a period when voters were more worried about the war than the economy.

Meanwhile, domestic friction remains steady, with 11% of voters saying Politics is topmost on their minds.

Party Agreement and Disagreement

A look into the partisan breakdown shows that concerns about the Economy unite voters across the political aisle, but their secondary priorities differ sharply:

• For Republicans: The Economy dominates as the top issue at 38%. This is followed by the combination of Iran, Foreign Policy, and War at 17%. Then, Politics is the third issue at 9%.
• For Democrats: The Economy also leads at 32%. However, Donald Trump is a secondary concern at 16%, followed by Politics at 14%.

Behind the Data

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 May 26th poll.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, June 22-23, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.