Insights from the September Omnibus
The latest Clarity Omnibus provides insight into President Trump’s approval rating, support for his agenda, the Congressional generic ballot, and voter’s opinions on key issues like mid-decade redistricting. The results are weighted to a registered voter universe, but we will soon begin weighting to a universe of 2026 likely voters using our new Clarity 2026g Turnout score.
The Omnibus survey fields monthly, tracking opinions in a volatile policy and information environment, measuring things like support for the Trump administration’s latest actions and media consumption habits. Additional space on the survey is reserved for clients to ask their own questions. Get in touch here if you’re interested.
Americans Remain Sour on Trump’s Economy
Since our last survey in July, President Trump’s approval rating has fallen, with 46% of voters approving of his job as President, while 52% of voters disapprove. President Trump’s net approval rating in Clarity Omnibus surveys has fallen each month since the start of his second term.
Since April, we have been tracking President Trump’s approval rating across a variety of specific issues. In September, Trump saw his approval rating across multiple issues improve modestly from the July Omnibus, yet he remains in deep net negative territory on approval for his handling of inflation and prices. Voters are sending a clear message that their concerns about prices are paramount in their assessment of President Trump’s job performance.
Voters Aren’t On Board with Redistricting
In light of recent steps taken by states like Texas and California to redraw Congressional maps that favor a particular party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, we asked voters their thoughts on these mid-decade redistricting efforts. Not all voters are familiar with these efforts, but the ones that are familiar aren’t sold: 48% of voters oppose mid-decade redistricting while only 26% support it, with 14% of voters indicating they have not heard about these efforts.
When breaking out support for mid-decade redistricting by party identification, we find that while Republicans support these efforts, other voters staunchly oppose them, with net support for redistricting at -37% and -40% among Democrats and Independents, respectively.
In fact, a majority of voters want Congress to step in and address unfair redistricting practices. 50% of respondents reported support for a national ban on gerrymandering, versus 32% who oppose such a ban.
Is a Blue Wave Coming?
In the September Omnibus, voters favored Democrats to Republicans on the generic ballot, with 50% of voters choosing a Democratic candidate and 44% choosing a Republican candidate after leaners were pushed. While this is a slight decline in Democratic support from July, the Congressional generic ballot has stabilized in solidly Democratic territory since our April survey.
Much of this improvement on the generic ballot for Democrats since the start of the year comes from improved consolidation of Democratic-identifying voters, and a healthy lead among Independent voters. Voters who self-identify as partisans indicate similar levels of support for their own party on the generic ballot, but self-identified Independents prefer a Democratic candidate to a Republican candidate by a margin of 10 points, 45% to 35%.
This national survey of 1,001 registered voters was fielded from September 4-11th, 2025. You can dig deeper and share the public September 2025 Omnibus report here. Detailed toplines and crosstabs are also available to subscribers on our Polling Portal.
Finally, both our New Jersey and Virginia 2025g Turnout models are available as a subscription. If you’re interested in a subscription to either model, just reach out.
