Negative Feelings Remain Around U.S. Economy, But Glimmers of Hope Appear

Publication Date: 12/18/2025 5:00 AM CST

Negative Feelings Remain Around U.S. Economy, But Glimmers of Hope Appear

Publication: 12/18/2025 5:00 AM CST

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Just 24% of registered voters rate the economy as Good or Excellent, down 1 point from 2 weeks ago, and 4 points from a month ago.
- Two in 5 voters (40%) rate the economy as Poor, down 1 point from 2 weeks ago.
- Only 38% of Republicans say the economy is Good or Excellent, down 3 points from 2 weeks ago and 4 points from a month ago. One in 5 Republicans (20%) say the economy is Poor.
- Democrats' views are even more pessimistic: just 15% say the economy is Good or Excellent, while 57% say it is Poor.
Only 31% of voters say the economy is getting better, and 50% say it is getting worse.
- This is a slight improvement from 2 weeks and a month ago when 26% said the economy was getting better.
- Fifty-five percent (55%) of Republicans say it is getting better (up 7 points from 2 weeks ago), and 24% say it is getting worse.
- One in 10 (10%) of Democrats say the economy is getting better (up 4 points from 2 weeks ago), while 77% of Democrats say it is getting worse.
Confidence in the U.S. economy dropped during the government shutdown and so far has not recovered.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, December 15-16, 2025. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.