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Each chart is one survey, not a polling average. Dates below are fieldwork dates; older findings are historical snapshots.

Government · United States

56% say the country is on the wrong track

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
Registered voters

Right direction38%
Wrong direction56%
No opinion / no answer6%
Question & survey details

Do you think things in the United States are generally going in the right direction or the wrong direction?

1,133 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-01-14. Original source

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Government · United States

Donald Trump approval at 40%

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
Registered voters

Approve40%
Disapprove54%
No opinion / no answer6%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?

1,133 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-01-14. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2025-12-1540%Read
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Government · United States

J.D. Vance approval at 41%

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
Registered voters

Approve41%
Disapprove49%
No opinion / no answer9%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way J.D. Vance is handling his job as vice president?

1,133 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-01-14. Original source

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Government · United States

Marco Rubio approval at 42%

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
Registered voters

Approve42%
Disapprove45%
No opinion / no answer13%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Marco Rubio is handling his job as Secretary of State?

1,133 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-01-14. Original source

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Government · United States

Pete Hegseth approval at 40%

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
Registered voters

Approve40%
Disapprove49%
No opinion / no answer11%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Pete Hegseth is handling his job as Secretary of Defense?

1,133 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-01-14. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2025-12-1538%Read
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Government · United States

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. approval at 39%

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
Registered voters

Approve39%
Disapprove50%
No opinion / no answer10%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is handling his job as Secretary of Health and Human Services?

1,133 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-01-14. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2025-12-1539%Read
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Immigration · United States

57% disapprove of how ICE is enforcing immigration laws

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
Registered voters

Approve40%
Disapprove57%
No opinion / no answer3%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, is enforcing immigration laws?

1,133 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-01-13. Original source

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Government · United States

Kristi Noem approval at 36%

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
Registered voters

Approve36%
Disapprove52%
No opinion / no answer12%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Kristi Noem is handling her job as Secretary of Homeland Security?

1,133 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-01-13. Original source

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Household costs · United States

11% find electricity very difficult to afford

Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025
Registered voters

Very easy33%
Somewhat easy30%
Somewhat difficult23%
Very difficult11%
No opinion / no answer3%
Question & survey details

How easy or difficult is it for you to afford - electricity; very easy, somewhat easy, somewhat difficult, or very difficult?

1,035 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2025-12-17. Original source

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Household costs · United States

12% find groceries very difficult to afford

Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025
Registered voters

Very easy26%
Somewhat easy36%
Somewhat difficult25%
Very difficult12%
No opinion / no answer2%
Question & survey details

How easy or difficult is it for you to afford - groceries; very easy, somewhat easy, somewhat difficult, or very difficult?

1,035 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2025-12-17. Original source

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Household costs · United States

13% find rent or mortgage very difficult to afford

Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025
Registered voters

Very easy25%
Somewhat easy30%
Somewhat difficult22%
Very difficult13%
No opinion / no answer10%
Question & survey details

How easy or difficult is it for you to afford - rent or mortgage; very easy, somewhat easy, somewhat difficult, or very difficult?

1,035 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2025-12-17. Original source

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Government · United States

18% approve of Democrats in Congress

Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025
Registered voters

Approve18%
Disapprove73%
No opinion / no answer9%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?

1,035 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2025-12-17. Original source

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Coverage & updates

This explorer currently draws from supported questions in Caldwell’s automatically published Quinnipiac and KFF reports. It is not a complete archive of all pollsters or all questions. Only current validated reporting inputs appear; unsupported questions remain excluded. The automated publishing pipeline adds new supported findings as reports are published. Up to 200 recent managed reports are checked on each request, with parsed chart models cached by their source fingerprint.