Survey 160 Tracking Poll, November 2025 Update

By Stephanie Pedron and Kevin Collins

Today we are releasing the results from our ongoing Survey 160 tracking poll conducted November 6-10, 2025. This installment zeroes in on a hot question: which political party do voters think is more corrupt? And it includes results from an experiment testing whether telling voters of a recent corruption allegation involving the Trump administration changes that view. Alongside the experiment, we continue to track public opinion on key political issues and trends, including presidential approval and the generic House ballot.

In a mixed mode live text, text-to-web, and online panel survey to registered voters nationwide, fielded in late November (see full methodological details at the bottom of this blog post), we find that Donald Trump’s approval continues to slide. Just 36% of respondents somewhat or strongly approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president (down from 43% last month), while 61% of respondents either somewhat or strongly disapprove (up from 54% last month).

Beyond these toplines, there is a notable divide along party lines. Almost all Democrats disapprove (88% strongly disapprove and 7% somewhat disapprove) of Trump’s performance. Republicans, on the other hand, are overwhelmingly supportive (52% strongly approve and 29% somewhat approve). Independents are more mixed, but lean mostly negative with 27% approving and 67% disapproving in total.

Full question wording and crosstabs are available below.

Our last Survey 160 tracking poll showed Democrats with a 7-point lead in the generic ballot for the US House – and that lead remains this month.

Beyond these toplines, there is a notable divide along party lines. Almost all Democrats disapprove (88% strongly disapprove and 7% somewhat disapprove) of Trump’s performance. Republicans, on the other hand, are overwhelmingly supportive (52% strongly approve and 29% somewhat approve). Independents are more mixed, but lean mostly negative with 27% approving and 67% disapproving in total.

Full question wording and crosstabs are available below.

Our last Survey 160 tracking poll showed Democrats with a 7-point lead in the generic ballot for the US House – and that lead remains this month.

These topline results tell a familiar story. A plurality of Americans think both parties are equally corrupt, but of those who view one party as more corrupt, more view Republicans as the more corrupt party. This shows that while there is widespread cynicism about politics in general, partisanship still plays a role in perceptions of party corruption. Voters hold strong, and often sharply divided, opinions about which party they trust (or do not trust) to act with integrity. These baseline perceptions provide a starting point for our analysis, letting us see how Americans view party corruption on their own.

But these views are also malleable. We ran an experiment to test how much providing respondents information about one recent news story about corruption allegations against the Trump administration affected this view. Half of respondents (the treatment group) received a question with information about a recent news story before being asked about which party is more corrupt, while the other half (the control group) received the party corruption question first.

The news story included in the question focused on Trump’s controversial pardoning of the founder of the cryptocurrency platform Binance. This allowed us to test how exposure to a high-profile news event might influence respondents’ perceptions of corruption. Specifically, we posed the following question: 

President Donald Trump recently pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the cryptocurrency platform Binance who had pled guilty in 2024 for violating US money laundering laws.

The week after the pardon was issued, Binance announced it would begin allowing trading of two cryptocurrency coins that are issued by a company co-founded by Trump and his sons. Earlier this year, Binance accepted a $2 billion investment from an United Arab Emirates investment fund in one of those Trump-company crypto-currency coins. When asked about the pardon, the White House spokesperson said “The President has exercised his constitutional power to pardon Mr. CZ, who was prosecuted during the Biden administration's war on cryptocurrency.”

Do you approve or disapprove of this use of the President's pardon power? 

As the figure below shows, respondents overwhelmingly disapproved of this use of the pardon power:

But beyond the specific reactions to that news story, how did prompting people with information affect their perceptions of party corruption? We can compare responses of people who were given this corruption question after viewing the crypto story to those given the corruption question just before they were shown the crypto story. Here’s what we see: 

A regression analysis shows that this shift away from viewing Democrats as more corrupt – about 6.6 percentage points – was statistically significant at the p<0.05 level. The shift towards saying Republicans were more corrupt was not quite significant, in part because there was also a small shift towards saying both parties are equally corrupt.

These effects were actually more strongly concentrated among partisans, as Independent voters showed little movement and strong majorities of independent respondents in both conditions reporting that both parties are equally corrupt. Below, we show the predicted probabilities by party to show how the treatment varies across groups. Among Democrats, the treatment effect was primarily to increase the share of respondents saying Republicans were more corrupt, while among Republicans, the effect was to reduce the share saying Democrats were more corrupt and increase the share saying both parties are equally corrupt. The effects were substantively smaller among Independents, but the treatment may have reduced the share saying both are equally corrupt. 

Crosstabs

	Topline	Party ID				Race					Gender			Education		Age Group				Region				2024 Vote Choice
	Overall	Democrat	Republican	Independent	Other Party	White	Black	Hispanic	AAPI	Other Race	Man	Woman	Some other way	College	Non-college	18-29	30-44	45-64	65+	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Harris	Trump	Other	Didn't Vote
Do you think things in The United States are generally going in the right direction or the wrong direction?
Right direction	28	4	64	21	11	31	16	26	27	29	33	24	13	27	29	24	22	30	36	28	30	28	27	3	68	19	16
Wrong direction	66	94	28	74	77	64	79	67	73	60	63	68	76	69	64	70	72	64	60	68	65	65	66	96	25	70	74
IDK/Refused	6	1	8	4	12	5	5	8	0	11	4	7	10	4	7	6	7	6	4	4	4	7	7	0	6	11	10
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?
Strongly approve	21	2	52	12	8	25	6	14	13	26	24	19	9	20	22	10	16	24	30	22	21	22	19	1	57	14	9
Somewhat approve	14	0	29	16	9	15	11	14	12	18	17	12	5	11	16	23	12	15	11	11	17	14	15	1	29	9	14
Somewhat disapprove	9	7	9	12	8	8	13	13	16	6	11	8	NA	13	7	10	13	7	7	8	8	7	14	4	7	22	15
Strongly disapprove	52	88	9	55	66	49	66	55	58	41	45	57	86	52	51	56	56	49	48	57	49	52	50	93	6	45	55
IDK/Refused	3	1	2	5	8	3	4	4	1	8	3	3	NA	4	3	2	3	4	3	1	4	5	2	1	1	10	7
Total approve	36	3	81	27	18	40	16	28	25	44	41	31	14	31	38	32	28	40	41	34	39	36	34	2	86	23	23
Total disapprove	61	96	17	67	74	57	79	68	74	48	56	65	86	65	58	66	69	56	55	65	57	59	64	96	13	68	70
If the 2026 election for US Congress were held today, would you support the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate on the ballot?
Democratic Candidate	46	94	5	48	35	44	63	46	67	30	41	50	63	53	42	50	48	41	48	56	42	41	50	92	6	36	40
Republican Candidate	39	1	92	27	19	42	21	37	28	45	44	34	13	35	41	34	32	44	42	34	41	40	37	1	88	20	30
IDK/Refused	13	2	3	24	40	12	13	14	1	25	13	13	22	11	15	16	17	13	8	7	15	16	12	5	5	39	27
President Donald Trump recently pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the cryptocurrency platform Binance who had pled guilty in 2024 for violating US money laundering laws. The week after the pardon was issued, Binance announced it would begin allowing trading of two cryptocurrency coins that are issued by a company co-founded by Trump and his sons. Earlier this year, Binance accepted a $2 billion investment from an United Arab Emirates investment fund in one of those Trump-company crypto-currency coins. When asked about the pardon, the White House spokesperson said ‘The President has exercised his constitutional power to pardon Mr. CZ, who was prosecuted during the Biden administration's war on cryptocurrency.’ Do you approve or disapprove of this use of the President's pardon power?
Strongly approve	9	2	22	4	2	9	9	4	7	14	10	8	2	8	9	4	8	12	8	12	8	8	8	2	26	6	1
Somewhat approve	10	2	23	8	5	12	2	9	1	13	11	10	6	9	12	8	11	11	11	9	11	9	13	2	24	12	6
Somewhat disapprove	18	11	23	20	18	16	23	24	33	11	22	15	3	17	19	20	19	18	16	23	13	17	21	7	21	14	26
Strongly disapprove	51	80	14	59	60	50	62	54	55	45	48	54	80	54	50	60	48	49	53	47	55	53	48	87	11	61	54
IDK/Refused	11	4	18	10	15	13	4	9	4	17	10	13	8	13	10	8	14	10	12	8	13	12	10	3	18	7	12
Who do you think is more corrupt?
Democratic Party	25	7	58	14	6	28	6	20	16	34	26	24	10	24	25	18	17	29	31	27	26	22	25	3	61	9	13
Republican Party	34	71	9	31	20	33	49	34	38	16	32	36	38	39	31	32	33	32	40	36	32	34	35	71	9	16	24
Both are equally corrupt	37	18	32	50	68	35	40	42	45	46	39	36	49	34	40	48	46	35	25	30	39	40	37	23	28	63	57
Neither	2	1	1	3	2	2	3	2	NA	1	2	2	2	1	2	0	2	3	2	4	1	1	2	1	2	10	2
IDK/Refused	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	3
Do you describe yourself as a man, a woman, or in some other way?
Man	47	33	54	57	43	44	52	57	42	53	100	NA	NA	50	45	52	46	51	40	48	45	46	50	41	50	74	48
Woman	52	66	46	42	54	56	46	40	58	46	NA	100	NA	50	53	44	53	49	60	50	54	54	49	57	49	23	50
Some other way	1	1	0	1	3	1	1	2	1	2	NA	NA	100	0	2	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	3	1
Which of the following best describes your race and ethnic background?
African-American or Black	11	17	3	15	10	NA	100	NA	NA	NA	12	10	11	8	13	4	14	14	8	8	10	16	6	16	4	9	13
Asian-American, South-Asian, or Pacific Islander	3	5	2	1	1	NA	NA	NA	100	NA	2	3	2	5	1	4	5	2	1	5	0	1	6	3	3	1	2
Hispanic or Latino	14	14	12	15	17	NA	NA	100	NA	NA	17	11	28	8	18	32	16	11	4	10	8	11	29	12	8	19	20
Native American	1	0	1	2	0	NA	NA	NA	NA	13	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	NA	1
White or Caucasian	65	62	75	59	62	100	NA	NA	NA	NA	60	70	47	71	62	54	59	64	83	70	77	66	49	65	78	59	56
More than one of the above	4	2	5	6	7	NA	NA	NA	NA	64	5	4	9	6	4	3	4	7	2	4	2	4	6	3	4	12	6
Other	2	1	2	2	2	NA	NA	NA	NA	22	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	1
What is the last year of education or degree you’ve finished?
1st through 11th grade	2	3	1	0	4	2	3	1	NA	1	1	2	11	NA	3	4	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	NA	3
High School degree or GED	20	21	19	20	24	17	29	34	14	9	20	20	19	NA	33	32	20	19	15	17	24	22	18	12	16	16	31
Technical or vocational school	6	3	7	9	4	5	8	9	NA	8	7	5	NA	NA	9	4	4	8	6	4	8	6	4	4	6	8	7
Some college but no degree	22	18	25	22	26	24	25	17	15	20	21	23	42	NA	36	24	23	22	21	22	23	22	22	19	24	9	25
Associate’s (2 year) degree	12	14	12	10	12	12	9	16	3	17	10	14	10	NA	20	15	14	9	13	15	8	10	17	12	15	21	10
Bachelor’s (4 year) degree	25	23	28	26	20	28	15	15	32	32	28	22	14	65	NA	15	25	29	26	19	25	25	28	26	26	30	22
Graduate or professional degree	13	19	10	13	9	14	10	8	36	13	12	14	4	35	NA	5	14	12	18	23	11	12	9	25	12	16	4
In the 2024 election for US President, for whom did you vote?
Kamala Harris	32	68	4	29	23	31	45	27	36	20	27	35	49	43	24	22	34	28	40	41	33	28	29	100	NA	NA	NA
Donald Trump	31	4	74	18	12	36	12	18	32	31	33	29	13	31	31	10	27	35	42	32	32	30	29	NA	100	NA	NA
Chase Oliver	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	NA	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	NA	23	NA
Jill Stein	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	NA	NA	77	NA
Did not vote for President	31	20	15	49	56	26	42	43	16	39	30	32	26	22	37	44	34	34	16	23	30	35	31	NA	NA	NA	85
Was not eligible to vote for President	6	8	7	2	6	5	NA	10	16	8	8	4	9	3	7	22	3	3	2	3	5	5	9	NA	NA	NA	15
And today, when it comes to politics, do you think of yourself as more of a...
Democrat	29	100	NA	NA	NA	28	45	28	53	11	20	37	22	32	27	37	29	23	32	36	31	25	29	63	4	11	22
Independent	25	NA	NA	100	NA	23	34	27	13	38	31	20	27	26	25	19	26	29	24	26	22	28	23	23	15	46	35
Republican	31	NA	100	NA	NA	36	9	28	26	32	36	28	9	31	32	30	24	35	36	24	32	34	33	4	76	12	19
Something else	8	NA	NA	NA	57	9	5	6	6	11	8	7	38	8	8	10	13	6	4	8	9	9	7	8	4	27	11
Unsure	6	NA	NA	NA	43	5	7	11	1	8	4	8	4	3	8	4	9	7	4	6	7	4	8	3	2	4	13
Would you call yourself a strong Democrat or a not very strong Democrat?
Not very strong Democrat	10	34	NA	NA	NA	9	14	13	20	3	8	12	16	7	12	23	10	6	7	11	10	8	11	14	2	2	14
Strong Democrat	19	66	NA	NA	NA	19	30	16	33	8	12	26	6	25	16	15	18	17	26	24	21	17	18	48	2	9	8
Would you call yourself a strong Republican or a not very strong Republican?
Not very strong Republican	10	NA	32	NA	NA	10	2	16	17	12	14	7	NA	12	9	15	7	13	7	5	10	10	14	3	18	5	10
Strong Republican	21	NA	68	NA	NA	26	7	12	10	20	22	20	9	19	23	15	17	22	29	19	22	23	19	0	57	7	9
Do you generally think of yourself as closer to...
The Democratic Party	8	NA	NA	30	NA	8	6	6	1	8	8	7	23	9	6	7	9	7	7	12	6	7	6	15	0	11	7
The Republican Party	6	NA	NA	24	NA	6	4	7	4	12	8	4	2	7	5	4	5	7	8	7	4	6	7	1	10	14	7
Neither	10	NA	NA	41	NA	8	20	12	8	18	12	9	1	9	12	7	10	14	8	6	9	14	9	6	4	20	19
Unsure	1	NA	NA	5	NA	1	4	2	NA	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	0	1	3
How often do you pay attention to what's going on in government and politics? All the time, most of the time, about half the time, once in a while, or never
All the time	37	46	37	33	24	38	38	30	14	44	40	34	31	47	31	30	23	38	56	44	34	36	37	48	38	37	27
Most of the time	33	34	32	35	33	36	28	32	39	23	34	33	42	34	33	35	36	35	28	32	37	33	31	38	37	38	26
About half the time	17	12	18	20	17	14	14	24	37	18	16	18	23	12	19	26	23	10	12	15	16	16	20	11	15	6	23
Once in a while	11	6	12	10	22	9	17	15	9	13	9	13	4	7	13	8	18	13	3	4	12	14	11	3	8	17	20
Never	2	2	2	1	4	2	3	NA	1	1	1	3	NA	0	3	1	0	4	1	6	2	1	2	0	1	2	5
In the past 12 months, how often did you discuss political, societal, or local issues with friends or family?
Basically every day	27	35	24	24	23	29	24	22	10	27	24	29	37	34	23	20	23	28	35	29	23	28	27	40	27	23	16
A few times a week	36	38	39	35	24	36	33	31	56	38	38	33	18	38	34	34	36	37	34	34	35	34	40	36	40	36	31
A few times a month	20	17	24	19	18	18	20	27	24	17	22	17	36	18	20	30	20	16	17	20	22	18	18	16	21	23	21
Once a month	2	1	2	3	4	2	2	0	2	7	3	2	2	2	2	1	4	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4
Less than once a month	9	4	7	10	20	8	9	14	6	3	8	10	4	6	10	10	14	6	6	7	12	8	9	3	5	11	16
Not at all	7	6	4	10	11	7	12	6	2	8	5	9	3	3	10	4	4	10	7	8	6	9	4	2	5	5	13
During the past 12 months, have you posted a message or comment online about a political issue or campaign, or have you not done this in the past 12 months?
Have posted a message online about a political issue in past 12 months	39	45	41	34	32	42	25	38	39	37	38	39	77	39	39	46	34	40	38	45	39	35	42	49	45	35	26
Have not done this in the past 12 months	56	52	55	61	58	53	71	62	57	55	58	56	23	57	56	49	62	55	55	52	58	58	54	48	50	57	68
IDK/Refused	5	3	4	5	9	6	4	0	4	8	4	5	NA	4	5	4	3	5	7	3	4	7	4	3	4	8	7
How important is politics to your personal identity?
Extremely important	13	21	12	8	9	13	22	9	8	10	11	15	26	14	13	8	13	13	17	21	12	13	9	23	14	23	4
Very important	22	34	20	13	20	24	20	18	35	18	21	23	43	25	20	26	19	21	24	24	19	22	25	28	17	8	22
Somewhat important	25	23	30	25	22	24	23	33	31	20	27	24	18	27	24	23	24	25	28	28	28	23	25	27	30	25	20
Not too important	20	13	20	31	15	21	12	24	20	19	21	20	6	18	22	30	24	16	16	14	18	23	22	12	20	16	28
Not at all important	17	8	17	22	29	16	24	16	4	26	18	16	7	15	19	12	17	24	12	13	20	18	17	8	17	26	25
IDK/Refused	2	0	1	1	6	2	0	0	1	7	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	1	2	1	2	2	2
Do you consider yourself to be a feminist?
Yes	26	48	10	18	26	26	24	22	41	24	16	33	49	33	21	37	28	18	26	33	26	23	25	47	10	23	20
No	45	30	58	48	42	40	60	55	45	43	53	39	15	34	52	37	41	53	44	36	44	48	48	27	60	48	48
IDK/Refused	8	3	7	10	13	8	7	8	2	8	7	8	17	7	8	5	10	7	8	8	7	8	7	6	6	3	10
Age from voter file.
18-29	16	20	15	12	15	13	6	36	22	15	17	13	58	8	20	16	NA	NA	NA	11	18	13	21	11	5	21	28
30-44	27	27	21	28	41	24	35	31	51	22	26	28	24	28	26	NA	27	NA	NA	34	28	24	26	30	24	42	27
45-64	33	27	37	38	31	32	42	27	20	46	36	31	16	36	32	NA	NA	33	NA	30	27	41	28	29	38	22	33
65+	24	26	28	23	13	30	18	6	7	17	20	28	2	28	22	NA	NA	NA	24	24	27	22	25	30	33	14	12
Region from voter file.
Northeast	17	21	13	18	16	18	13	12	34	16	18	17	21	19	16	12	22	16	17	17	NA	NA	NA	22	18	18	12
Midwest	22	23	22	19	24	26	21	12	4	15	21	23	35	21	23	26	22	18	25	NA	22	NA	NA	23	23	21	21
South	38	33	41	42	36	38	54	30	10	37	37	39	18	38	38	32	34	47	34	NA	NA	38	NA	34	38	44	42
West	23	23	24	21	24	17	13	47	52	32	24	22	26	23	23	31	22	19	24	NA	NA	NA	23	21	22	17	25

Methodological Statement

Sampling 

We sampled potential respondents from the L2 voter file of registered voters. The population was divided into 67 non-overlapping strata based on race, age, participation in the 2024 general and primary elections, partisan support model score, and educational attainment model category. This stratification schema was used to define a target number of completes for each stratum, sampled inversely proportional to expected response rates based on past surveys, oversampling to allow for variation from these expected response rates. After defining stratification and targets, we then limited the sample to records with cell-phones

We supplemented this text-to-web survey with a sample of Rep Data panelists who had been matched to the voter file, to mitigate concerns over coverage of a cell-only sample and other mode-specific non-response biases. We then reconstructed which sampling strata these Rep Data panelists belonged to based on voter file data. 

Fielding

The text-to-web and live interviewer surveys were fielded from Thursday November 6 through Monday November 10, 2025. The first day of fielding was a “soft launch” limiting the number of records. We then activated the DRASS sampling system to adjust for relative non-response across sampling strata. We also set quotas matching target numbers for the completed responses by strata, such that we did not initiate any new surveys to respondents from strata where the quotas had been met, but did not terminate respondents after their respective stratum-level quota had been met either.

We checked to make sure there were no duplicate records in the text sample, and discarded 3 records with duplicate voter records. Post-deduplication, we had a total of 546 completed interviews via text-to-web and 508 completed interviews via live interviewer surveys. 

The panel-to-web surveys were from a list of registered voter targets from Rep Data, who matched their panelists to the L2 voter file, limiting the respondents to those who were affirmatively matched. These panelists were then interviewed from Thursday November 6 through Wednesday November 12, 2025, with quotas in place matching the sample stratification targets. These responses were then matched back to the L2 file, appending the demographic necessary to reconstruct their sampling strata. We completed 465 interviews via panel-to-web fielding, for a combined mixed-mode sample of 1,513 interviews. 

Weighting

Pooling the text-to-web and live interviewer SMS surveys, we first created base weights by rake weighting these samples back to stratification benchmarks using fields associated with the respondents in the voter file. We then use these weights to estimate the frequency of survey taking, creating bins. Then we rake weight the panel-to-web responses using both the distribution of strata and this binned estimate of survey response frequency to create base weights for the panel-to-web survey. 

Finally, with these base weights as starting values, we pool the data together and rake the combined sample to the strata distribution, survey response frequency, census region, joint distribution of race and educational attainment, gender using self-reports, party affiliation using self-reports, and 2024 turnout and vote choice, using voter-file data to correct over-reports of turnout. Weighting targets for race and educational attainment, gender, party affiliation, 2024 turnout and vote choice, and census region are derived from the Pew NPORS survey conducted January 2025. Weights were trimmed at the 1st and 99th percentiles.

After accounting for the Kish 1+L approximation of the design effect from weighting, the margin of error is 2.56 percentage points. 

Other Disclosures

This survey of registered voters in the United States was paid for by Survey 160 as part of our ongoing methodological research initiatives. All estimates of public opinion have sources of error beyond that which is captured by the margin of error, including non-ignorable (post weighting) non-response error, frame and coverage error, measurement error and processing error. 

Survey Instrument

Q1 Right/Wrong Direction
First, do you think things in the United States are generally going in the right direction or the wrong direction? [Rotate 1-2]

1. Right direction

2. Wrong direction

3. Don’t know / No Opinion / Not Sure / [Not listed]

4. Refused  [Vol]

Q2: Attention Barometer
In a few words, what news story caught your attention this week? 
“News” can be anything you follow, whether local TV, websites, podcasts, or social media, on any topic like sports, entertainment, or politics. We just want to know what caught your attention.

If you can’t think of anything specific, that’s okay, just say so. Please reply in your own words..

Q3 Presidential Job Approval (Donald Trump)

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?
[Flip Order 1234 / 4321]

1. Strongly approve

2. Somewhat approve

3. Somewhat disapprove

4. Strongly disapprove

5. Don’t know / No Opinion / Not Sure / [Not listed]

6. Refused [Vol]
   

Q4 Generic Ballot 

If the 2026 election for US Congress were held today, would you support the [Rotate] Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate on the ballot? [Rotate 1-2]

1. The Democratic Candidate 

2. The Republican Candidates

3. Don’t know / No Opinion / Not Sure / [Not listed]

4. Refused [Vol]

[Randomize order of Q5 and Q6]

Q5: Crypto pardon

President Donald Trump recently pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the cryptocurrency platform Binance who had pled guilty in 2024 for violating US money laundering laws. 

The week after the pardon was issued, Binance announced it would begin allowing trading of two cryptocurrency coins that are issued by a company co-founded by Trump and his sons. Earlier this year, Binance accepted a $2 billion investment from an United Arab Emirates investment fund in one of those Trump-company crypto-currency coins. When asked about the pardon, the White House spokesperson said “The President has exercised his constitutional power to pardon Mr. CZ, who was prosecuted during the Biden administration's war on cryptocurrency.”

Do you approve or disapprove of this use of the President's pardon power? 

1. Strongly approve

2. Somewhat approve

3. Somewhat disapprove

4. Strongly disapprove

5. Don’t know / No Opinion / Not Sure / [Not listed]

6. Refused [VOL on Live SMS]

Q6: Corruption

Who do you think is more corrupt [Rotate 1-2]

1. The Democratic Party

2. The Republican Party

3. Both are equally corrupt 

4. Neither

5. Don’t know / No Opinion / Not Sure / [Not listed]

6. Refused [VOL]

Q7 Gender

The next set of questions are for statistical purposes only.

Do you describe yourself as a man, woman, or in some other way?

1. Man

2. Woman

3. Some other way

Q8 YOB

In what year were you born? Please respond with a four-digit year.

Q9 Age Bucket [Live Text only]

I know not everyone is comfortable providing their birth year, but could you tell us in which of the following ranges it falls?

1. 1997 or later

2. 1981 - 1996

3. 1965 - 1980

4. 1946 - 1964

5. 1945 or earlier

Q10 Race
Which of the following best describes your race and ethnic background?

1. African-American or Black

2. Asian-American, South-Asian, or Pacific Islander

3. Hispanic or Latino

4. Native American

5. White or Caucasian

6. More than one of the above

7. Other (please specify)

Q11 Education Level

What is the last year of education or degree you’ve finished?

1. 1st through 11th grade

2. High School degree or GED

3. Technical or vocational school

4. Some college but no degree

5. Associate’s (2 year) degree

6. Bachelor’s (4 year) degree

7. Graduate or professional degree

Q12 Vote Choice 2024

In the 2024 election for US President, for whom did you vote?

1. Democrat Kamala Harris

2. Republican Donald Trump

3. Libertarian Chase Oliver

4. Green Party candidate Jill Stein

5. Some other candidate (please specify)

6. Did not vote for President

7. Was not eligible to vote for President 

Q13a: Most Important Issue 2024
In a few words, what were the issues that were most important to you last year in deciding how to vote for President?

Q13b: Most Important Issue 2026
In a few words, what are the issues that are most important to you now in deciding how to vote for Congress next year? 

Q14 Party ID

And today, when it comes to politics, do you think of yourself as more of a …

[Rotate 1-2]

1. Democrat ⇒ Q15a

2. Republican ⇒ Q15b

3. Independent ⇒ Q15c

4. Something else

5. Unsure 

Q15a Strength - Democrat
Would you call yourself a strong Democrat  or a not very strong Democrat?

1. Strong Democrat

2. Not very strong Democrat 

Q15b Strength - Republican
Would you call yourself a strong Republican  or a not very strong Republican?

1. Strong Republican

2. Not very strong Republican 

Q15c Party ID Lean

Do you generally think of yourself as closer to …

1. The Democratic Party

2. The Republican Party

3. Neither

4. Unsure

Q16 Political Attention

How often do you pay attention to what's going on in government and politics? All the time, most of the time, about half the time, once in a while, or never
1. All the time
2. Most of the time
3. About half the time
4. Once in a while
5. Never

Q17 Political Talk

In the past 12 months, how often did you discuss political, societal, or local issues with friends or family?

1. Basically every day
2. A few times a week
3. A few times a month
4. Once a month
5. Less than once a month
6. Not at all

Q18 Political Posting 

During the past 12 months, have you posted a message or comment online about a political issue or campaign, or have you not done this in the past 12 months? 

1. Have posted a message online about a political issue in past 12 months 

2. Have not done this in the past 12 months

3. Don’t know / No Opinion / Not Sure / [Not listed]

4. Refused [Vol]

Q19 Importance of Politics to Identity

How important is politics to your personal identity?

1.  Extremely important

2.  Very important

3.  Somewhat important

4.  Not too important

5.  Not at all important

6.  Don’t know / No Opinion / Not Sure / [Not listed]

7. Refused [Vol]

Q20: Other Polls
Sometimes, people answer multiple polls from different survey organizations. Besides this poll, how many polls have you answered in the last month?  Please reply with a specific number, and if you cannot recall exactly, please just give your best guess.   [Free response, limited to integer in web survey]

Q21: [Embargoed]

Q22: [Embargoed] 

Q23: Feminist

Do you consider yourself to be a feminist?

1. Yes

2. No

3. Don’t know / No Opinion / Not sure / [Not listed]

4. Refused [Vol]

Q24: Income
Finally, last year, that is in 2024, what was your total family income from all sources, before taxes?

1. Less than $30,000

2. $30,000 to less than $40,000

3. $40,000 to less than $50,000

4. $50,000 to less than $60,000

5. $60,000 to less than $70,000

6. $70,000 to less than $80,000

7. $80,000 to less than $90,000

8. $90,000 to less than $100,000

9. $100,000 or more

10. Prefer not to answer