AP-NORC Poll Finds Voters Want Congress to Focus on Affordability and Iran Conflict
A new AP-NORC poll shows voters desire the next Congress to prioritize making life more affordable and addressing the conflict in Iran, with less emphasis on President Donald Trump.
Peoria Bloomington, IL, October 22, 2026 —
A new AP-NORC poll indicates that voters want the next Congress to focus on making life more affordable and addressing the conflict in Iran. The poll summary also says voters place less emphasis on President Donald Trump.
The findings describe voters’ priorities for the next Congress, but the information provided does not include specific percentages or explain how the priorities compare in importance. It also does not provide the poll’s field dates, sample size, methodology or the wording of the questions.
“Making life more affordable” is not defined in the summary, and it does not specify which costs or policy areas respondents had in mind. Likewise, the summary does not detail what actions voters want Congress to take regarding the conflict in Iran.
The reference to President Trump is comparative: the summary says voters place less emphasis on him than on affordability and the Iran conflict. It does not provide figures showing the size of that difference or identify other issues included in the poll.
Without those details, the reported findings offer a broad account of the priorities identified by the survey, rather than a breakdown of the views behind them. The available summary does not state when the results were released or provide additional information about respondents.
Story summarized from the original created by LINLEY SANDERS and MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press on www.centralillinoisproud.com, see more information here.
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