Plus polling on foreign policy, Donald Trump, congressional leaders, the United Nations, and the Kennedy Center.
All of the following 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
- 59% say America's standing in the world has worsened since Donald Trump became president again in 2025, 24% say it has improved, and 12% that it has stayed about the same
- 58% think the U.S. should remain a member of the United Nations and 18% think it should withdraw its membership. Democrats say remain by 78% to 7%, while Republicans are divided: 37% want to remain and 31% want to withdraw
- 51% rate the people Trump has chosen for positions in his administration as poor, while 14% say they are excellent, 19% good, and 10% fair
- 29% think Trump will demolish the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 27% think he won't, and 44% aren't sure
- 32% strongly or somewhat approve of Trump banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, as he did in a recent Truth Social post; 58% disapprove
- 59% think Congress should do much or somewhat more to oversee the Trump administration, while 25% say it should do about the same and 15% say it should do less
- Chuck Schumer has the lowest net favorability of the four congressional leaders: 27% view him very or somewhat favorably and 52% unfavorable (-25 net). Hakeem Jeffries is viewed favorably by 29% favorable and unfavorably by 41% unfavorable (-11 net), Mike Johnson is at 28% and 43% (-15 net), and John Thune is at 18% and 34% (-16 net)
- 43% have a very or somewhat favorable opinion of their own member of Congress and 32% have an unfavorable opinion of them, for a net approval of +11, higher than any of the four congressional leaders
See the toplines and crosstabs for the September 18 - 21, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll
Methodology: The poll was conducted among 1,568 U.S. adult citizens, including 1,401 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 3.4%.
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