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                            October 28, 202558% Favor ‘Economic Populism’
A majority of voters believe economic populism is what the country needs, and the issue favors Democrats.

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                            October 27, 2025Voters’ Economic Concerns Still Focus on Prices
Food and energy prices continue to be the main worry for voters, as their rating of President Donald Trump’s performance on the economy has not improved.

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                            October 24, 2025Early Voting: How Early Is Too Early?
Most voters have taken advantage of the early in-person voting option before, but believe it should be limited to two weeks or less before Election Day.

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                            October 23, 2025Jay Jones Scandal Worse Than Young Republicans Scandal?
Voters seem to have a clear view about which of two scandals involving text messages – one affecting a Democratic candidate, the other involving Republicans – is worse.

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                            October 22, 202570% of Democrats Want Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants
Voters are almost evenly divided over America’s immigration policy, and the division falls largely along party lines.

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                            October 21, 202551% Want Government Shutdown to Continue
A narrow majority of voters – including two-thirds of Democrats – are in favor of having the current government shutdown continue.

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                            October 20, 2025Democrats Fall Behind GOP in Favorability
Nine months into President Donald Trump’s second term, voters now have a slightly less favorable view of the Democratic Party than they do of Republicans.

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                            October 17, 202567% Support Ending ‘Corporate Welfare’
A solid majority of voters of every political persuasion are opposed to government subsidies for business.

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                            October 16, 202546% See Politics Behind Indictments of Comey, James
A plurality of voters believe the recent federal indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James are about getting revenge on enemies of President Donald Trump.

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                            October 15, 2025Voter Support for Israel Declines
At a time when a historic peace deal has ended the Gaza War, support for Israel has significantly declined among American voters

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                            October 14, 2025Democrats Hold Six-Point Advantage on Health Care Issue
Democrats continue to be more trusted on the health care issue, which is central to the current government shutdown.

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                            October 13, 202552% Side With Trump on National Guard Deployment
A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump could not deploy National Guard troops to defend offices of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, but a majority of voters back the president’s position.

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                            October 10, 2025New Jersey: Democrat Sherrill +6 in Governor’s Race
Less than a month before Election Day in New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill holds a six-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the closely-watched off-year contest to be governor of the Garden State.

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                            October 10, 2025America First: Voters Oppose Foreign Wars
Less than half of voters favor the United States going to war in defense of Ukraine, Taiwan or Israel.

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                            October 9, 2025Voter Remorse: 45% Say It Would Be Better If Kamala Harris Had Won
Many voters – including some who voted for President Donald Trump last November – now think the country would be in a better situation if Kamala Harris had won.

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                            October 8, 2025Government Shutdown: 49% Say Democrats Did It for Illegal Aliens
Nearly half of voters agree with a top Trump administration figure on the reason for the current government shutdown.

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                            October 7, 2025Middle East Peace Hopes Rise
More voters now believe that a peace deal to end the Gaza war could be close, and President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy gets better grades than his predecessor.

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                            October 6, 2025Trump Slams U.N., and Most Voters Agree
After a United Nations speech in which President Donald Trump condemned the international body for sponsoring an “invasion” of migrants, most U.S. voters agree with him.

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                            October 3, 202584% Worried Online Radicalization Driving Political Violence
Most voters believe that Charlie Kirk’s assassin acted alone, but fear that the Internet is pushing more youth toward political violence.

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                            October 2, 2025Voters Divided Over Trump’s H-1B Visa Plan
Less than half of voters favor President Donald Trump’s new policy requiring $100,000 payments for foreign immigrant workers under the H-1B visa program.