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Questions - Better Off - February 5 and 8-9, 2026

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National Survey of 1,088 U.S. Likely Voters
Conducted February 5 and 8-9, 2026

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* It has been about a year since Donald Trump became president again. Are you better off than you were a year ago?

 

 

2* Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was a year ago?

 

 

3* Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was a year ago? Or is the amount of unemployment about the same?

 

 

4* Is America as respected throughout the world as it was a year ago?

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence