AP-NORC Poll Finds Voters Prioritize Costs and Iran
A new AP-NORC poll indicates that voters want the next Congress to focus on lowering costs and addressing Iran, rather than issues concerning Donald Trump.
Greenville New Bern Washington, NC, October 22, 2026 —
A new AP-NORC poll indicates that voters want the next Congress to focus on lowering costs and addressing Iran, rather than issues concerning Donald Trump. The finding describes voters’ priorities for the incoming Congress, but the available summary does not provide figures showing how many respondents selected each issue or how the preferences compare.
The poll’s reported priorities span domestic economic concerns and foreign policy. Lowering costs is one focus voters want lawmakers to address, while Iran is another. The summary does not specify which costs respondents had in mind, what actions they expect Congress to take on Iran, or whether the issues were presented as a choice among a fixed list.
The poll also says voters prefer those subjects to issues concerning Donald Trump. It does not identify the specific Trump-related issues included in the poll, so the comparison cannot be narrowed further. Nor does the summary state whether the finding reflects a change from earlier polling or differs among political or demographic groups.
Additional details needed to assess the results include the poll’s field dates, sample size, question wording, and margin of error. Those details were not provided in the trend summary. Without them, the reported finding offers a broad indication of voter priorities but does not establish the strength of support for any particular policy or explain how respondents ranked the issues.
The poll’s topline message is that voters want the next Congress to concentrate on lowering costs and addressing Iran, rather than matters concerning Trump. The summary provides no further results or information about how lawmakers may respond.
Story summarized from the original created by LINLEY SANDERS and MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press on www.wnct.com, see more information here.
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