Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for December 1, 2025
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December 1, 2025: Six percent (6%) of voters rate the U.S. economy as excellent. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 22% rate the economy as good, 33% as fair, and 39% as poor.
The survey also found 26% say the U.S. economy is getting better. Fifty-four percent (54%) say the economy is getting worse, and 28% say it is about the same.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on November 17-18, 2025. Fieldwork for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of Registered Voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc. and founder of the Napolitan Institute.
Survey questions
How do you rate the U.S. economy these days?
- 6%-Excellent
- 22%-Good
- 33%-Fair
- 39%-Poor
- 1%-Not sure
Is the U.S. economy getting better or worse?
- 7%-Much better
- 19%-Somewhat better
- 18%-About the same
- 28%-Somewhat worse
- 26%-Much worse
- 2%-Not sure
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