J. Baxter Oliphant

The economy is clearly the top issue for voters; fully 79% say it will be very important to their voting decisions – the highest share among 18 issues included on the survey. The public continues to take a dim view of current economic conditions. Just 17% of U.S. adults say the economy is in excellent or good shape, little changed from the 13% who said this in July.

There are sizable ideological differences over the most pressing priorities for the U.S. immigration system within each partisan coalition.

Increasingly, Republicans and Democrats view not just the opposing party but also the people in that party in a negative light. Growing shares in each party now describe those in the other party as more closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent than other Americans. Nearly half of younger adults say they "wish there were more parties to choose from."

Today, 54% of U.S. adults say they have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, while 44% have an unfavorable view. And 84% say justices should not bring their political views into decisions.

Americans’ views of the economy remain negative; most say prices have gotten worse while job availability has improved.

65% of Americans say that people being too easily offended is a major problem; 53% say the same about people saying offensive things to others.

The share of Americans viewing illegal immigration as a ‘very big’ problem has increased.

Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say prosecuting those who broke in on Jan. 6 is very important and that penalties for them will likely be less severe than they should be.

A majority of Republicans say the GOP should not be accepting of Republican officials who openly criticize Donald Trump.

More Americans say the Biden administration made a "good faith" effort working with the opposition than say the same of GOP leaders.