• In a survey completed just days before the Supreme Court ruled on President Trump's ability to impose tariffs, 29% of registered voters rate the economy as Good or Excellent, while 38% rate it as Poor.
  • That is the most to rate the economy as Poor since the tariffs were first announced in April. At that time, 42% rated the economy as Poor.
  • The number of voters rating the economy Good or Excellent has dropped 6 points from 2 weeks ago, and the Poor rating has gone up 5 points.
  • Just 43% of Republicans say the economy is Good or Excellent, down 13 points from two weeks ago. The number rating it as poor (21%) is also up 7 points.
  • Democrat's views are even dimmer: just 17% say the economy is Good or Excellent, while 54% say it is Poor.
  • Until now, at least 30% of voters had rated the economy as Good or Excellent since May.
  • A rating of Poor had hovered between 30% and 33% since mid July.
• Thirty-one percent (31%) of voters say the economy is getting better, while 51% say it is getting worse.
  • That is the first time since April that a majority have said it is getting worse. 
  • Fifty-two percent (52%) of Republicans say it is getting better, while 26% say it is getting worse.
  • Only 12% of Democrats say the economy is getting better, while 76% of Democrats say it is getting worse.
• The sharp decline in economic confidence may be linked to the ongoing government shutdown.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, November 3-4, 2025. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.