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Plus more polling on the Democratic and Republican parties, the State of the Union address, the 2026 midterm elections, the economy, and more. Including:
- The share of Americans who say the state of the economy is poor is 42%, its highest level on an Economist / YouGov Poll since September 2024
- This rise may not persist, as several other economic-sentiment indicators have been steady in recent weeks
- Twice as many Americans say that the Republican Party is more effective in pursuing its objectives as say the Democratic Party is (47% vs. 24%)
- Majorities of Democrats (83%) and Independents (66%) — and 49% of Republicans — say more Epstein files that have not been released are still to come; only 8% of Republicans say all the files have been released
- Americans are split as to whether society has gone too far or not far enough in accepting people who are transgender (37% vs. 33%)
- Only 4% of Americans have a great deal of confidence in newspapers; 15% have quite a lot, 43% some, and 38% very little. Confidence levels are slightly lower for television news: 4% have a great deal and 47% have very little confidence
See the toplines and crosstabs for the February 27 - March 2, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll
Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,515 U.S. adult citizens. Respondents were selected from YouGov’s opt-in panel to be representative of U.S. adult citizens. A random sample (stratified by gender, age, race, education, geographic region, and voter registration) was selected from the 2019 American Community Survey. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, education, geographic region, 2024 presidential vote, 2020 election turnout and presidential vote, baseline party identification, and current voter registration status. 2024 presidential vote, at time of weighting, was estimated to be 48% Harris and 50% Trump. Demographic weighting targets come from the 2019 American Community Survey. Baseline party identification is the respondent’s most recent answer given around November 8, 2024, and is weighted to the estimated distribution at that time (31% Democratic, 33% Republican). The margin of error for the overall sample is approximately 3.5%.
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