Voter Remorse: 45% Say It Would Be Better If Kamala Harris Had Won

By Rasmussen Reports

Voter Remorse: 45% Say It Would Be Better If Kamala Harris Had Won

Many voters including some who voted for President Donald Trump last November now think the country would be in a better situation if Kamala Harris had won.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 45% of Likely U.S. voters believe America would be better off now if Harris had won the presidential election last year. Thats down from 48% in April. Forty-five percent (45%) now don't think it would be better if Harris had won, and 10% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Remarkably, 16% of those who voted for Trump now say America would be better off if Harris had won, a sentiment shared by 82% of Harris voters. Seventy-four percent (74%) of Democrats believe the country would be better off now if Harris had been elected president, as do 22% of Republicans and 37% of voters not affiliated with either major party.

The survey of 1,152 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on September 29-October 1, 2025 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Forty-three percent (43%) of Likely Voters say that, in general, considering the way things are going with Trump as president, their feeling is, Yes, this is what I voted for. But a majority (51%) say, No, this is not what I voted for. These findings are unchanged from April.

Seventy-three percent (73%) of Republicans say of how the Trump presidency is going, Yes, this is what I voted for, while 74% of Democrats say its not what they voted for. Among unaffiliated voters, 38% say the way things are going with Trump is what they voted for, but a majority (55%) answer, No, this is not what I voted for.

The so-called gender gap is a major factor on these questions. By a 14-point margin, more men (50%) than women voters (36%) say the way the Trump administration is going is what they voted for. Forty-nine percent (49%) of women voters believe America would be better off now if Harris had won the presidential election last year, but only 41% of men agree.

Forty-five percent (45%) of whites, 29% of black voters, and 46% of Hispanics and other minorities say that, in general, considering the way things are going with Trump as president, their feeling is, Yes, this is what I voted for. Black voters are most likely to think America would be better off now if Harris had won last year's election.

Voters 65 and older are most likely to say that how things are going with the Trump administration is not what they voted for. Those under 30 are most likely to believe America would be better off now if Harris had won the presidential election.

Seventy-one percent (71%) of self-identified conservative voters say that their feeling about the Trump administration is, Yes, this is what I voted for, but 85% of liberals say its not what they voted for, an opinion shared by 65% of moderate voters.

Breaking down the electorate by income categories, voters earning between $100,000 and $200,000 are most likely to say the way the Trump administration is going is what they voted for.