Plus polling on $5,000 checks, inflation, handling the economy, political violence, life after death, and doctor-assisted suicide.
All of this week's items are among Election Day registered voters — those U.S. adult citizens who either are registered to vote or who say they plan to register before Election Day
- 48% strongly or somewhat favor the government in Washington sending $5,000 to every adult citizen in the U.S., and 40% oppose it. Republicans favor the payment by 61% to 29%, while Democrats oppose it by 48% to 39%; Independents are divided (41% favor, 44% oppose)
- Only 21% think Donald Trump definitely or probably would issue the $5,000 dividend he promised if Republicans keep control of Congress, and 57% think he would not. 45% of Republicans and only 4% of Democrats think he would do it
- 64% blame spending by the federal government a lot for inflation and 63% say the same about large corporations seeking maximum profits, ahead of tariffs (56%) and Trump (55%)
- 60% think an effective president would be able to control inflation, while 25% think that is beyond any president's control. Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to think an effective president would control it (78% vs. 44%)
- 41% think the Democratic Party does a better job than the Republican Party of handling the economy, compared to 37% who say Republicans do. But Republicans lead on crime (43% vs. 33%), national defense (43% vs. 34%), and immigration (43% vs. 39%); the parties are even on handling the war in Iran
- 87% think political violence is a very big problem (43%) or somewhat of a problem (44%) in the U.S. today, and 75% think there is more political violence now than 10 years ago
- 31% think most political violence in the U.S. is committed by people on the left and 29% say most comes from people on the right, while 27% think both groups commit it equally
- 59% believe there is a life after death, 16% do not, and 24% aren't sure. Republicans are more likely than Democrats to believe in one (74% vs. 50%)
- 61% think it should be legal for a doctor to help end the life of a terminally ill patient who has given a clear indication of their wish to die, and 19% think it should be illegal
See the toplines and crosstabs for the September 11 - 14, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll
Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,596 U.S. adult citizens, including 1,461 who reported that they were currently registered to vote or planned to register before the election in November. 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, U.S. 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 those who are currently registered to vote or who plan to register before the election in November is approximately 3.3%.
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