The latest Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 39% of Likely U.S. Voters say yes when asked, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Fifty-four percent answered “no” to that question, which was made famous by Ronald Reagan in his 1980 debate with Jimmy Carter.
Voters rank the economy and immigration as the top issues in this year’s election. Fifty-one percent (51%) trust Republicans more to handle the economy, while 39% trust Democrats more. On the issue of immigration, the GOP’s margin is even wider, with 54% trusting Republicans more to handle immigration and 35% trusting Democrats more, while another 11% are not sure.
The survey of 1,087 “U.S. Likely Voter”s was conducted on May 7-9, 2024 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
While 60% of Democratic voters say they’re better off than they were four years ago, that opinion is shared by only 23% of Republicans and 33% of voters not affiliated with either major party. Seventy-two percent (72%) of Republicans and 57% of unaffiliated say they’re not better off than they were four years ago, as do 35% of Democrats.
