After the midterm elections, attention will turn to the 2028 race for the White House.
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attention → turn → House
What is on voters’ minds as they look ahead to the next presidential election?
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they → look → election
Most Republicans want the next president to follow President Donald Trump’s policies, if not his style.
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president → want → policies
Nearly 4 in 10 MAGA Republicans want Trump’s successor to emulate both, and about half want the next president to follow his policies alone.
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president → want → policies
Non-MAGA Republicans are less enthusiastic: 45% want his policies to continue, but only about 15% of non-MAGA Republicans want a president with the same style.
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% → want → style
Independents prefer something entirely different: 6 in 10 want the next president to break with both Trump’s policies and his style.
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president → prefer → policies
Likewise, few Democrats want to see either his style or his policies repeated.
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style → want → ?
Even as the Democrats have won control of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and Trump finds his approval rating at 39%, a bloc of voters remains loyal to the president and is likely to influence the 2028 campaign.
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bloc → win → campaign
While half of voters want a successor who does not emulate his style or follow his policies, 26% want a president who will carry on his policies, and another 12% want the next president to copy his policies and his style.
Looking ahead, voters across party lines say improving economic conditions is the most important issue for the country to address over the next five years.
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country → want → years
Six in 10 voters feel they are holding steady financially while about 3 in 10 feel they are falling behind.
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they → feel → ?
Few, about 1 in 10 voters, feel they are getting ahead financially.
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they → feel → ?
Voters who describe their own financial situation as less than satisfactory, or say they are falling behind, are more likely to name the economy as the top issue.
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they → describe → issue
What should Tuesday's winners prioritize once sworn into office?
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winners → prioritize → office
When asked what is most important for newly elected officials to work on first in 2027, 3 in 10 voters want elected officials to address grocery costs.
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officials → ask → costs
About 2 in 10 want action on gas prices, and a similar share say they should work on healthcare and prescription drug costs.
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they → want → costs
Slightly fewer are concerned about housing costs, while about 1 in 10 want officials to address electricity and other utility costs.
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officials → want → electricity
Voters are closely divided on whether the country can look forward to better days or if the good days are behind us.
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days → divide → us
And it’s linked to how they’re feeling financially.
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they → link → ?
About two-thirds of those who say they are getting ahead financially are optimistic about the future.
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they → say → future
However, about two-thirds of voters who are falling behind financially think the country’s best days are in the past.
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days → fall → past
Beyond the economy, priorities diverge.
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priorities → diverge → economy
About 1 in 5 Democrats point to access to affordable healthcare, while about a similar share of Republicans say protecting individuals from government overreach is the top issue.
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protecting → point → overreach
About 1 in 10 independents say the country should address the affordability of healthcare, and about the same share say government overreach.
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share → say → overreach
Voters are divided over AI’s effect on the U.S. economy during the next 10 years.
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Voters → divide → years
About 4 in 10 say it will be harmful, while 3 in 10 expect benefits.
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10 → say → benefits
About 1 in 10 expect AI to make no difference, while slightly more, about 2 in 10, are unsure.
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more → expect → difference
About 4 in 10 expect AI to negatively affect the environment and the arts and entertainment industry.
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AI → expect → environment
About half of voters want substantial changes in how the country is run.
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country → want → changes
Party identification shapes how much change voters want and which branches of government they think most need reform.
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they → shape → reform
Democrats are about three times as likely as Republicans to want complete upheaval of how the country is run.
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country → want → upheaval
Half of democratic socialists favor complete and total upheaval, compared with about 1 in 10 MAGA Republicans.
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Half → favor → Republicans
In the 2024 Fox News Voter Analysis conducted for the presidential election, most Republican voters said they wanted substantial change or total upheaval.
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they → conduct → change
Now, with a Republican in the White House and their party controlling both houses of Congress, they are less eager for major change.
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they → control → change
Overall, 4 in 10 voters think Congress should be substantially reformed, including three-quarters of MAGA Republicans and half of non-MAGA Republicans.
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Congress → think → Republicans
Democrats are less likely to say Congress needs reform, but half say the executive branch should be improved.
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branch → say → reform
Few voters in either party want changes to the Constitution.
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voters → want → Constitution
Democrats are more likely than Republicans or independents to say the Supreme Court needs reform.
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Court → say → reform
Voters across party lines support term limits for Congress and Supreme Court justices.
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Voters → support → Congress
Democrats favor abolishing the Electoral College, but Republicans and independents are less enthusiastic.
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Republicans → favor → College
Most Republicans support limiting mail voting to people physically unable to vote in person.
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Republicans → support → person
…and 21 more, not listed.
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