Fox News Poll: Voters want major change amid economic and political discontent

Several findings successful nan latest Fox News Poll show voters are unhappy and want awesome change, which bodes good for Democrats successful November: President Donald Trump’s occupation support remains adjacent a grounds low, much Democrats are motivated to vote, Republicans subordinate Democrats and independents successful standing nan system negatively, and 4 successful 10 voters want "dramatic" aliases "revolutionary" change. Plus, much position nan GOP arsenic tied to elites than nan Democratic Party.

 Voters opportunity Democrats tin amended grip income inequality (+22 points), healthcare (+21), ostentation (+10), nan system (+9), and overseas argumentation (+7).  Republicans clasp nan advantage connected crime (+7 points), while authorities spending (Democrats +3) and nationalist information (R +2) are much evenly divided. On immigration, nan GOP had an 8-point separator successful April. Now, Democrats are preferred by 1 point. 

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More Democrats (68%) opportunity they are highly motivated to ballot successful November than Republicans (57%) by an 11-point margin. By a 25-point spread, much MAGA Republicans (66%) are highly motivated than non-MAGA Republicans (41%).

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If nan predetermination were today, 53% of voters would backmost nan Democratic campaigner successful their House territory and 46% nan Republican. That 7-point separator is conscionable extracurricular nan poll’s separator of error. Democrats were up by 5 points successful April. Notably, 53% is nan highest percent either statement has received connected nan generic House ballot successful Fox News polling since 1996.

When looking only astatine counties wherever the 2024 statesmanlike vote was adjacent — Trump and erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris wrong 10 points — nan Democratic campaigner leads by 59-41%.

"Although these information look promising for nan Democrats, immoderate of their support is successful less-contested districts, padding their nationalist totals without adding House seats," says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts Fox News polls pinch Democrat Chris Anderson. "The champion estimates I’ve seen propose nan GOP could clasp nan House moreover if nan Democrats triumph nan nationalist ballot by 2-3 points, but if Democrats triumph by 6-7 points, they astir apt return nan House."

The Democratic advantage comes amid anemic ratings for Trump and continued economical pessimism. Trump’s occupation support stands astatine 39%, unchanged for nan 3rd period successful a statement and 1 constituent supra his debased of 38% successful October 2017. Approval of Trump is simply a touch little than erstwhile President Barack Obama’s astatine nan aforesaid constituent successful his 2nd word (42% successful July 2014).

Trump received net-negative ratings for handling migration (42% approve, 57% disapprove), Iran (34-66%), nan system (33-67%), and ostentation (27-73%).

Three-quarters complaint nan system negatively, astir nan aforesaid for nan past six months.

Another 3 quarters opportunity ostentation has caused them financial hardship, including 34% who opportunity "serious" hardship, up from 26% past year.

Fifty-four percent expect nan system to worsen successful nan coming year; only Republicans definitive optimism (71%), while Democrats (75%) and independents (64%) expect it to worsen.

Dissatisfaction extends beyond individual figures to some governmental parties and nan broader economical system.

"Democrats and Republicans person a amazingly wide array of shared beliefs astir authorities today," says Shaw. "Both deliberation elected officials reply to nan elites, some deliberation nan strategy is rigged, some want to spot caller humor successful office, some consciousness betrayed by their party, some disapprove of their members successful Congress, and some want a mandatory status property for Congress."

Some 70% opportunity nan Republican Party is intimately tied to elite interests, while 55% opportunity nan aforesaid astir nan Democratic Party. The 15-point spread reflects much Democrats and independents saying nan GOP is tied to elites, yet moreover Republicans are arsenic apt to picture some parties arsenic adjacent to elites.

There’s disillusionment successful some parties. Many Democrats (48%) and Republicans (41%) opportunity they consciousness betrayed by their party, and for some it is chiefly for trading retired to typical interests.

Perceptions that nan governmental strategy favors elites are reshaping views of nan system arsenic well. The number who judge income inequality because "that’s really our system works" has fallen 16 points compared to 2014 (from 62% to 46%), while nan stock who want authorities action has much than doubled (from 13% to 30%).

At nan aforesaid time, an expanding number, 65%, deliberation nan country’s strategy is rigged successful favour of nan able (up 9 points compared to 2019). 

By 2-to-1, voters opportunity it is much important to elite caller group than support those pinch experience.

Overall, 19% opportunity they want revolutionary alteration successful nan nation’s government, while galore others want important (38%) aliases melodramatic (23%) change.

Almost doubly arsenic galore Democrats (52%) arsenic Republicans (28%) want melodramatic aliases revolutionary change. 

Nearly 7 successful 10 voters disapprove of some Democrats and Republicans successful Congress.

Some 32% of Republicans disapprove of their party’s lawmakers, while 39% of Democrats disapprove of theirs. More than 8 successful 10 independents disapprove of both.

Fully 85% support a mandatory status property for members of Congress, up 20 points since 2002.

Of those successful favour of mounting a cap, 80% deliberation it should beryllium earlier property 75, pinch 61% selecting a cutoff betwixt 65 and 74 — a bound supported by much than half of each generation.

Poll-pourri

Just 50% of voters person a affirmative position of capitalism, down from a precocious of 57% successful 2019. For socialism, it’s 30% favorable, up from 27% past twelvemonth but beneath nan 32% who said nan aforesaid successful 2021. The Democratic Socialists of America are viewed positively by 31%.

By an 11-point margin, much Democrats person a favorable sentiment of socialism (52%) than capitalism (41%), while by a 50-point margin, much Republicans person a affirmative position of capitalism (61%) than socialism (11%).

Forty-five percent of voters person a favorable position of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., That makes him much celebrated than Vice President JD Vance (41% favorable), Trump (38%), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., (35%).  Each is viewed much unfavorably than favorably. Voters nether 30 and those ages 65+ are arsenic apt to position Sanders positively (48% and 46% respectively). For AOC, much voters 65+ (41%) person a favorable position than young voters (33%), and 3 times arsenic galore of those nether 30 opportunity they’ve ne'er heard of her (30% vs. 9%).

Overall, 44% person a favorable position of Israel, down from 58% a decade ago. Positive ratings are little coming among Democrats (by 14 points), Republicans (-12), and independents (-21). Voters ages 65 and complete (56%) are doubly arsenic apt to position Israel favorably arsenic those nether 30 (27%).

Conducted July 17–20, 2026, nether nan guidance of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News study includes interviews pinch a sample of 1,003 registered voters randomly selected from a nationalist elector file. Respondents said pinch unrecorded interviewers connected landlines (70) and cellphones (681) aliases completed nan study online aft receiving a matter (252). Results based connected nan afloat sample person a separator of sampling correction of ±3 percent points. The study includes an oversample of 200 voters aged 18–29, bringing nan sample size for that subgroup to 350 (±5). Sampling correction for results among subgroups is higher. In summation to sampling errors, mobility wording and bid tin power results. Weights are mostly applied to age, race, education, and area variables to guarantee nan demographics are typical of nan registered elector population. Sources for processing weight targets see nan astir caller American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and elector record data.

Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.