Overview
- The NPR/PBS News/Marist survey shows Democrats ahead 55% to 41% among registered voters, the largest Marist advantage since 2017.
- Independents favor Democratic candidates by roughly two-to-one, a 33-point gap in the poll.
- Fielded Nov. 10–13 as a 43-day shutdown ended, the poll finds about six in ten blame Trump or congressional Republicans for the impasse.
- Trump’s job approval registers at 39% with 56% disapproving, including particularly low marks from independents.
- Fifty-seven percent say lowering prices should be the White House’s top priority, while a shrunken map of competitive districts could limit sweeping House gains.