ECP_National_2.26.26.xlsm

	A	B	C	D	E
1	Do you approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as President?
2			Frequency	Valid Percent
3		Approve	427	42.7
4		Disapprove	547	54.7
5		Neutral or no opinion	26	2.6
6		Total	1000	100.0
7
8	What is your party registration or affiliation?
9			Frequency	Valid Percent
10		Democrat	321	32.1
11		Republican	337	33.7
12		Independent/other	342	34.2
13		Total	1000	100.0
14
15	If the 2026 election for US Congress were held today, would you support the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate on the ballot?
16			Frequency	Valid Percent
17		Democratic candidate	504	50.4
18		Republican candidate	424	42.4
19		Undecided	72	7.2
20		Total	1000	100.0
21
22	If the 2028 primary election for president were held today, would you vote in the Democratic or Republican primary or caucus in your state?
23			Frequency	Valid Percent
24	Valid	Democratic primary or caucus	438	43.8
25		Republican primary or caucus	454	45.4
26		I would not vote	108	10.8
27		Total	1000	100.0
28
29	Looking ahead to the 2028 Democratic presidential race, who would you support for the Democratic nomination at this point? - Selected Choice
30			Frequency	Valid Percent
31		Gavin Newsom	86	19.6
32		Kamala Harris	56	12.8
33		Pete Buttigieg	69	15.7
34		Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	40	9.1
35		Josh Shapiro	30	7.0
36		Andy Beshear	22	5.1
37		JB Pritzker	12	2.7
38		Gretchen Whitmer	10	2.4
39		Someone else (please specify)	10	2.2
40		Undecided	103	23.5
41		Total	438	100.0
42	Missing	System	562
43	Total		1000
44
45	Looking ahead to the 2028 Republican presidential race, who would you support for the Republican nomination at this point? - Selected Choice
46			Frequency	Valid Percent
47		JD Vance	234	51.5
48		Marco Rubio	89	19.6
49		Ron DeSantis	28	6.1
50		Nikki Haley	12	2.7
51		Ted Cruz	7	1.4
52		Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	17	3.8
53		Someone else (please specify)	18	4.0
54		Undecided	49	10.9
55		Total	454	100.0
56	Missing	System	546
57	Total		1000
58
59	What do you think is the most important issue facing the United States? - Selected Choice
60			Frequency	Valid Percent
61		Healthcare	59	5.9
62		Education	30	3.0
63		Economy (jobs, inflation, taxes)	303	30.3
64		Crime	33	3.3
65		Immigration	162	16.2
66		Housing affordability	43	4.3
67		Abortion access	7	0.7
68		Threats to democracy	301	30.1
69		Foreign policy	8	0.8
70		Something else (please specify)	55	5.5
71		Total	1000	100.0
72
73	Thinking about your vote in the 2026 Midterm Elections, how important are the following issues on a scale of 1-10? -
74			Min.	max.	Mean
75		Cost of living	1.00	10.00	8.2876
76		Healthcare costs	1.00	10.00	7.8253
77		Inflation	1.00	10.00	7.6443
78		Deportation policy	1.00	10.00	7.1696
79		Healthcare access	1.00	10.00	6.9902
80		Border security	1.00	10.00	6.3948
81		Valid N (listwise)
82
83
84	Thinking about your vote in the 2026 Midterm Elections, how important are the following issues on a scale of 1-10? - Cost of living
85			Frequency	Valid Percent
86		1.00	4	0.4
87		2.00	18	1.8
88		3.00	22	2.2
89		4.00	14	1.4
90		5.00	67	6.7
91		6.00	55	5.5
92		7.00	97	9.7
93		8.00	177	17.7
94		9.00	95	9.5
95		10.00	452	45.2
96		Total	1000	100.0
97
98	Thinking about your vote in the 2026 Midterm Elections, how important are the following issues on a scale of 1-10? - Inflation
99			Frequency	Valid Percent
100		1.00	15	1.5