Thirty-one percent (31%) of voters say the U.S. economy is Good or Excellent. That is up 2 points from from last week and up 1 from a month ago. On the other hand, 38% rate it is Poor. That is down 1 point from 2 weeks ago 4 from from a month ago.

Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters who support policies like President Trump's say the economy is Good or Excellent, but just 37% of Traditional GOP voters agree. As Scott Rasmussen notes, Traditional GOP voters are a big liability for Republicans in November.

On the left, nearly 6-in-10 voters who support policies like those proposed by Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez (59%) and 71% of Traditional Democratic voters say the economy is Poor.

Currently, 32% say the U.S. economy is getting better. That is up 7 points from 2 weeks ago and 5 from a month ago. Just over half (52%) say it is getting worse. Still, one encouraging economic sign is that both Mainstreet voters and Elite/Elite Adjacent are feeling more optimistic. Since July 20, the number of Mainstreet Voters saying their finances are getting better has risen 8 points while the number of Elite or Elite Adjacent voters saying the same has risen 10.

Finally, 40% of voters say the country is in a recession right now. That is down up 4 points from 2 weeks ago but down 1 point from a month ago. Nearly as many (39%) disagree, down a point from 2 weeks ago but up 3 from a month ago.

*Elite voters are defined as those with a postgraduate degree, make more than $150,000 annually, and live in a densely populated urban area. Elite Adjacent voters have at least one of these characteristics. Main Street voters have none of these characteristics, and make up the largest portion of voters.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, September 14-15 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.