Plus polling on Stephen Miller, the war in Iran, tariffs, the Democratic and Republican parties, corruption in government, and Americans' most important issues.
- 21% of Americans strongly or somewhat approve of President Trump replacing Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as his chief of staff; 39% disapprove and 40% aren't sure
- Three times as many Americans think the U.S. should try to end the war in Iran as quickly as possible, even if it leaves some objectives unaccomplished, than think it should keep fighting until all objectives are achieved (63% vs. 21%)
- 56% of Americans want tariffs decreased, far more than want them either increased (9%) or kept the same (20%)
- About as many Americans say the biggest difference between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party is which people or groups they work for as say it's their ideology (23% vs. 22%), according to open-ended responses classified by an AI model
- 29% of Americans say most people running the government are corrupt and 53% say many are; 15% say only a few are and only 3% say almost none are
- 35% of Americans say inflation/prices is the most important issue for them, almost triple each of the next two issues on the list (12% each for health care and jobs and the economy). Inflation/prices leads with at least 29% among every major group of Americans defined by gender, race, age, education, ideology, and party identification
See the toplines and crosstabs for the November 9–11, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll
Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,685 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, 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 is approximately 3%.
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