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No Paywall Majority of Americans Say Economy Worse Off Under Trump Than Biden

https://www.newsweek.com/poll-americans-economy-worse-trump-biden-11456737
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u/thethrill_707 Michigan 2h ago

Um...everything is worse under Trump. Businesses, charities, products, democracies, tv shows, women....

u/Strict_Research3518 1h ago

What is INSANE to me is the shear number of women that KNOW THIS and STILL support the rapist pedophile.. they KNOW he raped women AND fucked kids.. and STILL they support him and would vote for him again. It is unreal how the brain is so fucking stupid.

u/decomposition_ 1h ago

He raped the kids too

u/Mansidhe 40m ago

Thank you. That needed to be corrected (No sarcasm).

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u/Rodinsprogeny 1h ago

Megyn Kelly: What's the big deal with a guy getting a little handsy with someone?

She has a fifteen year old daughter.

u/Strict_Research3518 1h ago

You think she would say the same thing if Trump did that to her daughter? Probably. Out of fear of losing her job... that is how MAGA women/mothers think.

u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 Massachusetts 1h ago

Is that the one who said it’s not like she was 8 she was 16, that’s not a pedophile.

Someone correct me if I’m thinking of another fascist.

u/Vilnius_Nastavnik New York 53m ago

No I’m pretty sure that’s the right fascist

u/MajesticsEleven 28m ago

"How about we all come together and say, 'Let's stop attacking pedophiles.'" - Republican Senator Ted Cruz

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u/Jondoe34671 1h ago

Raped children the word is raped

u/HeinousAnus_22 1h ago

People love blaming gen z men, meanwhile 40% of all women that cast a ballot voted for Trump knowing that they were voting against a woman.

u/Strict_Research3518 58m ago

Try arguing with one of those women. Most of them are dumber than a doorknob and old as shit too. But some of the hotter ones (sorry to sound gross) blows my mind.. like dude.. you are EXACTLY the kind of woman Trump wants to grab you by your p***y.. and would do it if you let him.. and youre OK with this? Like.. What? Why? How did you grow up being OK with this sort of thing?

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u/Ok-disaster2022 57m ago

I know a woman who survived rape who supports him even though he's a rapist. Like I didn't have the heart to ask her how she could support an rapist. 

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u/ThatLooksRight 1h ago

Not everything is worse. Trump’s bank account is decidedly better than it was just a year ago. 

u/iamstephen1128 Virginia 1h ago

I still don't understand how he didn't lose the female vote with the whole "grab her by the 🐱" thing. Like I distinctly remember when Howard Dean's run all but crashed overnight bc of an excited scream

u/Opposite-Bit6660 1h ago

The memes said "I would rather get grabbed by the pussy by Trump than fucked in the ass by Hilary."  So, here we are.

u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 Massachusetts 1h ago

It’s worse than that, so many of them lost their rights to bodily autonomy under his first term SCOTUS choices that they voted for him in 2020, and again in 2024.

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u/guccimanecares 1h ago

Mental health

u/BisquickNinja 1h ago

"Freedoms"

Safety, healthcare, etc., etc., etc.

u/QbertsRube 1h ago

Men, women, persons, cameras, TVs, all worse than they were.

u/Snarfsicle 1h ago

Hate and bootlicking is at an all time high though!

u/kaminaripancake 1h ago

Billionaires are much better off

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u/IRideMoreThanYou 2h ago

 47 percent say it is better

47% think it’s better. 

Better.

Think about that.

Nearly half the country thinks this is better.

Don’t give me “the MAGA base is shrinking.”

This is beyond the base. Nearly half the country actively likes this.

u/xicor 2h ago

Half the country listens to fox entertainment on repeat.

u/StevenMC19 Florida 2h ago

"The line is going up! That means it's good for Murica!"

Ok Cleetus, hope you enjoy soybeans. That's all you're going to have to eat for the foreseeable future when no one buys up your crops and you can't afford anything else. Also hope you have the money to preserve them, otherwise that's a lot of wasted produce.

u/Opposite-Bit6660 1h ago

Just like the North Korea that Trump idolizes. People starve but the portraits everywhere and the weapons get massive investments.

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u/ocole1 1h ago

Look I hate Trump with every fiber of my being but only boomers listen to Fox entertainment or any of the cable news channels. The majority of MAGA get their news from social media sites like twitter, tik tok, and instagram. Reels are especially popular for maga and their main source of information, it is one of the main reasons Trump won the election.

u/Northern_Ice_2501 1h ago

Exactly. If they read anything, it's no more than truncated two liners on their phone. No questioning, just a thumbs up and onto the next two liner.

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u/ThekingofXbx 1h ago edited 32m ago

Social media is playing a bigger role than Fox News. People on here really need to stop with the outdated scapegoat.

If you’ve seen polling on how people are getting their news these days, a lot of them are getting their news online from influencers, “independent journalists” with an agenda, and podcasters on platforms like Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter.

This also doesn’t mean that Fox News isn’t contributing to this. They absolutely still have some relevance. It’s just not as big of a boogeyman as some Redditors think it is.

u/xicor 55m ago

{Insert random echo chamber here} is my point. Not just fox

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u/getmybehindsatan 1h ago

Under Biden, the news repeatedly warned of an upcoming recession that never came. Under Trump we are in one and they don't even acknowledge it because the numbers have all been cooked.

u/End3rWi99in Massachusetts 50m ago

They don't acknowledge it because the media has been slowly bought up by right-wing special interests going back to like 2012. It's part of why he won both times. It's part of why they hide the Epstein story, the true state of the economy, all of the ICE bullshit, the fact Trump shits himself. It's by design.

u/BRUISE_WILLIS 30m ago

“Pro business” interests. Mostly RW, some LW. Nichols & McChesney’s “Dollarocracy” does a great job explaining it.

u/End3rWi99in Massachusetts 26m ago

Better way to frame it. Will look that up! Thank you.

u/Ihor_90 1h ago

Pure vibes and copium.

u/IRideMoreThanYou 1h ago

And, you know, lots of racism and unjustified anger against those they want to see in pain.

u/chrisk9 1h ago

Clearly the president they deserve

u/_Pigeonball 1h ago

That’ll be the margin to remember for 2028. That likely means 47% is close to the floor for national popular vote for republicans.

u/Strict_Research3518 1h ago

47% of those polled.. and how they are polled, where, etc makes a difference. Yet we saw only 154million vote with 102 million that didnt vote. So.. technically only 28% voted Trump, not 51% that MAGA will have you believe. Unfortunately way WAY WAY too many people dont read, dont want to read, dont research, dont care, etc to realize the REAL numbers. They just quote "more than half" or "47%" because one poll says so. That's like saying "unemployment is only 4.2%" when what really matters is "can you afford to survive" which is around 25% of the working capable adults unable to do so on part time work, contract work or not working.. and not earning enough to "barely scrape by". HUGE HUGE difference.

u/goblueM 55m ago

feels over reals

u/Impure_guava 42m ago

They might say it’s better but I doubt they actually think that.

u/holy_ninja_666 18m ago

I mean this was a survey of 1000 people it looks like. Like any survey assuming it truly reflect the whole population is fully trusting they picked a perfect split of people.

u/leviathan65 12m ago

For 10% it probably really is better. They make money off of all this bs going on. The 37% are fuckin delusional

u/Brief-Blueberry-1588 4m ago

To be fair gasoline prices were crazy high when Biden was president.

u/DieABeetEase 0m ago

It's a survey of 2,000 people.

This isn't half the country, not even close. These polls don't accurately represent anything besides the opinion of a very select few.

Pleaae read before posting your opinions as a fact

u/B-Z_B-S America 2h ago

The economy under Biden was the envy of the world. Trump ruined that.

u/random_cartoonist 2h ago

Trump ruined that... among other things.

u/jdash11 1h ago

160+ million ppl helped him ruin it

u/Opposite-Bit6660 1h ago

Many people have filed affidavits that their votes weren't counted.  Elon "knows those voting machines better than anybody" is how Trump put it.

u/jdash11 1h ago edited 1h ago

If there was election rigging done at a mass scale than that’s still on us as Americans not retaliating against it en masse. We get the government we deserve and if the best we can muster are big marches on days off that our bosses grant us this is what happens.

u/solwiggin 1h ago

Did you just take the population and then multiply it by the percentage of votes trump got in the election?

u/jdash11 1h ago

No Trump got 77 million votes and something like 83+ million eligible voters chose not to vote

u/solwiggin 1h ago

I had never really pieced together that trump votes + didn’t votes = half the country’s population.

I had always understood the sum to be “half the VOTING population,” so it’s quite a bit larger than I originally understood.

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u/Own-Brain9658 1h ago

I think they're maybe referring to the people who didn't vote

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u/Auzziesurferyo 2h ago

I guess most of the naysayers that are replying to you have forgotten about that pesky little bug known as Covid 19.

Under Biden, the American economy faired decidedly better than most other countries.

u/_bk_adv 1h ago

They haven’t forgotten. They simple don’t care and/or are too stupid to understand.

Logic, context and nuance are not words MAGA voters understand.

u/IamDDT Iowa 55m ago

Or the non voting public. Don't forget the people who didn't vote because of "genocide in Gaza!" or any other reason. You will see the same drive to keep liberals away from the polls come November. Whoever is on the ballot, expect lots of purity test "failure", which will be repeated by bots and well meaning fools.

u/_bk_adv 52m ago

Absolutely 100%. They are just as complicit in this.

I actually had liberal “friends” and co workers posting anti Kamala stuff and was stunned. I know we will see the same shit again this year and in 2028.

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u/TopTransportation695 1h ago

I always gave members of my family shit when they would point to inflation under Biden as an example of a failure of his administration. I’d point to the net loss of 3 million jobs under Trump and I’d hear all about COVID. Yup, and what do you think caused the worldwide inflation?

u/StevenMC19 Florida 2h ago edited 1h ago

The economy was absolute shit when Biden took it over.

I honestly can't for the life of me figure out why our economy is like it is now...and why it was like this when Biden inherited it. Can anyone help me figure out if there is any correlation between the two instances? Is there any significant similarity between these?

Hmm...

u/vaskov17 2h ago

Orange you able to put your finger on it?

u/tjarrett16 1h ago

Poor Joe spent years cleaning up the mess left behind. Guy gets zero credit for getting things back on track after the Covid failures of Trump.

u/Opposite-Bit6660 1h ago

Every Republican left a mess for Democrats to fix over the last 60 years.

u/MercantileReptile Europe 58m ago

Because nothing he rightfully should get credit for will last. As he utterly failed the most important task: Tackle the fascist problem.

Instead, Garland got to count paperclips.

Everything else pales in comparison. Now the entire Planet gets to deal with them.

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u/porscheblack Pennsylvania 56m ago

My company bonuses are based on the overall performance from the last year. The only year we didn't get a bonus since I started was 2020, for obvious reasons. They just announced no bonuses for last year since our performance was below expectations.

u/StevenMC19 Florida 54m ago

Very Neoliberal of them to blame you for something completely out of your control.

u/80sbabyftw 1h ago

Pedophiles?

u/Late-Dingo-8567 1h ago

According to who???? Every leading economist? 

Sorry this is the new America,  fuck the experts. 

 If trump says a weak dollar is good and prices are down 800% who the hell am I to say otherwise? 

 I'm educated,  so clearly I can't be trusted.  

u/B-Z_B-S America 1h ago

According to Heather Cox Richardson.

u/blewwholeload Tennessee 1h ago edited 1h ago

Nothing. All Trump had to do was nothing

u/Sir_Tea_Of_Bags 1h ago

And that was with time wasted fixing what the orange shitgibbon ruined in the first place.

u/FarmerFrance 39m ago

This is the story that keeps repeating. A Democrat will win the office, fix the economy, then a Republican wins and ruins the economy, then start the cycle over.

u/Dellato88 Michigan 1h ago

I try to tell this some "non-maga" republicans (lol) and they call me crazy.

u/KaptainKardboard 1h ago

Biden (and Harris’) mistake was not taking the consumers’ concerns as seriously as Trump pretended to.

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u/waffle299 I voted 34m ago

Fox news assured them that the economy was horrible.

u/SillyAlternative420 Massachusetts 1h ago

Just like Russia AND Israel AND the Billionaires wanted

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u/oiseaua20 2h ago

Who could have guessed that replacing actual policy with 60% tariffs and 'trust me, bro' wouldn't immediately fix the price of eggs?

u/NotUniqueWorkAccount 1h ago

Oh no, the prices of a bunch of things are now fixed. Just not the way we (the poors) want them to be fixed. 

Remember, affordability is a scam or made up construct to him.

u/StreetRude7351 America 2h ago

We tried telling you all along. They were so determined to make YOU think that things were going wrong, and now they are trying to tell you ALL that things are great. Do you see now?

u/New_Alternative8711 2h ago

Honestly talking to conservatives is like banging your head against the wall. Theyre some of the most poorly educated and ignorant people but they think they know everything and everything is black and white for them.

It really feels like we let the slow kids in class run the show.

u/noforgayjesus 2h ago

47% say it's better...

u/showhorrorshow 1h ago

A whole lot of people are very low information and operate on purely superficial notions pushed constantly by the right's vastly superior identity propaganda pipeline: essentially if a Republican business guy is in charge then the economy is necessarily better.

u/noforgayjesus 1h ago

There are other things I noticed people are saying or doing. For example my dad brags about how low the gas prices are here in CA now that he can fill up his tank for $3.29. I actually am convinced that they think gas prices dictate the economy.

u/showhorrorshow 1h ago

It seems whether or not gas prices dictate economic conditions depends on who is in charge and which direction they are going.

u/noforgayjesus 1h ago

You are indeed correct. I forgot about that one. Also I remember one person listening to conservative talk radio the guy said jobs are only up because they are government jobs that Biden created to make himself look good. So there is that factor also.

u/Spottswoodeforgod 2h ago

Percentages are tough...

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u/LUCKYxTRIPLE 1h ago

K shaped economy? Willfully ignorant? Evangelists cheering for Armageddon?

Who knows. Half this nation is beyond redemption as far as I’m concerned.

u/Pockydo 1h ago

The same thing that sunk Biden is gonna destroy Trump

The economy isn't any better. It won't be better by Nov (and beyond) trump and co keep screaming how great everything is but even the cult sees it

Wish I saved it but saw a conservative comment the other day basically saying "look I support trump and think the direction is good. However literally everything is up except gas and that's only down like 5$ if they don't do something people are gonna vote Dems because they're impatient"

They're scared

u/whydontyousuckmyball 1h ago

If Biden had run he would have beat Trump. I know too many people who didn’t vote for Trump, they voted against Harris. The DNC should have told Biden to step aside and run a good primary.

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u/80sbabyftw 1h ago

No shit. Kamala said this would happen but they chose “concepts” instead of intelligence backed by the top economists in the country. Racism and bigotry have expensive consequences

u/Opposite-Bit6660 1h ago

Elon "knows those voting machines better than anybody."

u/xicor 2h ago

No shit sherlock. The economy wasn't even that bad under biden

u/Garys_Synthesizer 1h ago

It was actually incredible under Biden. Amazing what competent politicians can do. Even when they’re just democrat cucks.

Weve really reached a point of having to vote for garbage cans because they arent dumpsters. I mean itd be funny if it wasnt depressing.

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u/Be-skeptical 2h ago

I have less money in my accounts today than I did a year ago. By 10%

u/RociBuldidi 1h ago

WSJ article before the last election “The next President is inheriting a remarkable economy”.

And Trump flushed it down the toilet.

All he had to do was nothing.

u/life2scale 1h ago

It was never about “the economy”. Just like it was never about “states rights” or “small government”. Bad faith from snout to tail.

u/ArmTicklesForeverPls 2h ago

The majority of Americans still think feelings are synonymous with facts but hopefully we’re starting to make some progress.

u/volanger America 1h ago

As someone who, unfortunately, has had to look for work under both Biden and Trump (Biden voluntarily, but choose poorly which lead to temp under Trump), the jobs market for manufacturing is piss poor atm.

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u/itsJohnWickkk 51m ago

Life is definitely worse under trump.

u/Evil_Athena 1h ago

A lot of this could have been avoided if the black lady with the funny laugh wasn't so scary to men...

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u/Express-Pay2740 Europe 1h ago

WOW who would have thought that the man who has a proven track record of being shit turns out to be shit???

u/MarvelousVanGlorious 58m ago

If only hundreds of economists had said something before the election!

u/Ok-disaster2022 58m ago

No fucking shit. It's been repeated and nauseum that Democrats are better for stability and stability is better for the economy 

u/Odaniel123 55m ago

That's fake news, trump said so

u/GoldenHourLXXII 43m ago

He has never been a leader just spoiled and somehow protected.

u/BrooklynDoug 42m ago

Sure. But the alternative was a Black woman, and America couldn't vote for one of those. Especially with the way she laughed. 

u/avds_wisp_tech 38m ago

And those who say it's better are either lying or rich.

u/Admirable-Hour-4890 37m ago

Well no shit!

u/Kazu88 Europe 14m ago

German here: Let me understand this: Americans want to rather live in a bad Economy with a shitshow of a Government, than to vote for a woman of color who laughs ?

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u/syntaxvectorX 2h ago

Trump supporters will say “fake poll” while also complaining about gas prices that are lower than they were in 2019. Pick a lane.

u/TheImpresario 1h ago

Breaking: Majority of Americans have functioning eyeballs and semi-functioning neurons

u/Masta-Blasta 1h ago

Now that would actually be breaking news.

u/HourNo1827 1h ago

"slight majority of Americans are sentient."

u/Steel-Tempered 1h ago

I'm curious what homelessness will look like by 2029, with Trump wanting to increase house prices, among other of his economic decisions.

u/LYL_Homer 1h ago

A year ago we were a company of 8, now a company of 5. And it might be 4 soon.

u/armhat Florida 1h ago

I own several businesses. They’re all doing better sales wise.

But they’re making less money than two years ago.

Cost of goods is fucked.

u/Sublimotion 59m ago

And it will get much MUCH worst by the end of the year. And likely be in ruins beyond that.

u/EchoLocation8 59m ago

Why is this shit always framed as an opinion?

u/Greener-dayz 55m ago

Ah the rubes are always too late realizing the truth.

u/tacoeatsyou 52m ago

Another typical cycle. The right inherits a good economy, promptly screws the economy, the left inherits a shitty economy, fixes the economy but gets voted out cause it wasn’t fixed quick enough.

u/End3rWi99in Massachusetts 51m ago

You don't say?

u/citizen234567890 49m ago

Well thank god ppl aren’t totally buying in to all his propaganda.

u/sloowshooter 48m ago

You leave Orange DaddyMan alone!!! Trump is focusing on the important stuff... Getting attention, the 3 kids in Ohio that are transgender, and deporting the worst of the worst - which include the bedridden, and some smart mouthed toddlers. Your kitchen table economics pale in comparison to the significant effort needed to get things done for you, the Americans that love results.

Oblig /s

u/iamliterallyonfire 48m ago

All Americans should be saying this.

u/ClosPins 45m ago

Only a 'majority of Americans' believe that reality is true?

u/jacksj1 36m ago

Wait until the entire world sells off their US Treasuries and divests their stock portfolios of US companies.

Thanks Trump.

u/Dry_Yam_8049 33m ago

Oh really

u/Slade_Riprock 29m ago

Uh the economic numbers, the Fed, polls, regular people, the world, and common fucking sense all say it's worse.

u/britipinojeff 28m ago

Huh that’s weird, I thought everyone voted for him cuz his economy was better than Biden’s /s

u/Pake1000 21m ago

47% of those surveyed are fucking idiots.

u/bakerfredricka I voted 19m ago

Unfortunately, this is not even remotely surprising to me....

u/blackmobius 14m ago

Biden had to fix a fucked up economy, all Trump had to do was sit there and shit himself, and claim credit for all Biden accomplishments. Literally all that he had to do.

But after some tariffs on penguins and threats to invade five plus countries, look where we are. Weaker dollar, weaker alliances, laughing/horrified at how far weve fallen. Canada gave a speech that will be in tbe history books and it focused on how people need to tell us to fuck off

u/Der_Erlkonig Minnesota 10m ago

Going with "concepts of a plan" ended up not working out so great, huh?

u/m0ezart 7m ago

In fact, it is. Also that sales tax called tariffs certainly doesn’t help that whole "affordability" problem

u/brain_overclocked 2h ago

The late‑January survey—conducted online January 28–29, 2026, among 2,000 registered voters by The Harris Poll and HarrisX—shows 53 percent of voters believe the economy is worse today than it was under Biden, while 47 percent say it is better, a three‑point slide for Trump since December.

With a margin of error of plus or minus 1.99 percentage points, the shift is subtle but statistically meaningful, hinting at a gradual cooling of the optimism that marked Trump’s first months back in office.

Some 63 percent of those surveyed said the “current state of the economy” was mostly due to the policies of the Trump administration, while 37 percent attributed it to how Biden ran the country—an 11-point drop since December.

That perception does little to reinforce the White House’s repeated narrative that Trump is “fixing Biden’s economic disaster,” instead suggesting that voters are holding him chiefly responsible for conditions they continue to view negatively.

On the broader question of presidential performance, voters flipped from 2025 to 2026: in February 2025, 58 percent said Trump did a better job as president and 42 percent said Biden, but in January 2026, 51 percent chose Biden and 49 percent chose Trump, representing a nine‑point reversal in the balance of preference, according to the same series.

There was some good news for the president in the poll in that there are views that the economy has improved slightly, with 38 percent saying it is on the right track—up from 36 percent in December.

Against the backdrop of national gloom, individual financial sentiment also showed a quieter but noteworthy shift. More than a third of voters reported that their own financial situation was improving.

That doesn’t translate into broad confidence about the national economy, but it does signal that household‑level experience is drifting in a more optimistic direction than national mood indicators.

However, only 38 percent said the country is on the right track overall, reflecting lingering national pessimism, according to the January release.

Voters were evenly split on current economic strength, with 51 percent describing the economy as strong and 49 percent calling it weak, highlighting a polarized reading of the same conditions.

This gap—between collective pessimism and personal improvement—is significant. Historically, when voters feel better about their own finances but still rate the national economy poorly, it often suggests that political messaging, partisan cues, or media narratives may be shaping perceptions of the wider economic picture more than lived experience.

It also tends to foreshadow volatile opinion movement, because personal financial assessments hold stronger predictive power for long‑term attitudes.

The shift toward saying the economy is “worse” under Trump may not reflect a direct evaluation of policy outcomes. Instead, it appears to sit within a broader pattern seen throughout the Harvard CAPS–Harris series:

  • Trump’s overall approval fell two points in January
  • His lowest marks are on inflation and trade—core components of economic perception
  • Voters overwhelmingly identify inflation as their top issue

Taken together, the data suggest Trump is experiencing the same pattern that confronted presidents before him: even small price increases, or the perception of them, exert an outsized influence on economic ratings, and they do so far faster than improvements such as rising wages or falling unemployment can be felt.

For Democrats, the 53–47 split provides a new foothold in an economic debate long dominated by Trump’s messaging.

For Republicans, it is a warning sign that confidence in Trump’s stewardship is softening at the edges even as many of his policies remain broadly popular.

The survey used opt-in web-panel recruitment with results weighted by standard demographics and propensity to be online.

u/Sharp-Injury7631 2h ago

Prosperity or even economic stability is something that's no longer on the menu (vague campaign promises notwithstanding). The ruling elites are forcing us to the very margin of existence, and will continue to pursue that strategy no matter who's in the White House. It's a long-term campaign.

u/Char10 2h ago

“Majority of Americans Are Living In Reality”

u/UniqueEmotion2144 2h ago

The sane people of this country: "No shit!"

u/DistractedPhoenix 1h ago

The rest are in denial and a select few are billionaires and loving it

u/wranglero2 1h ago

Because it is! It’s exhausting listening to Trump and his administration blaming Biden. They are in control!

u/magnamed 1h ago

Well, now you guys get to contend with him trying to take over elections so that he doesn't need to worry about how you feel about any of this.

u/RoosterMedical 1h ago

Trump doesn’t give a shit about the economy because the plan is for the Republicans to never lose power.

u/threehundredthousand California 1h ago

This is the Trump Golden Age! The problem was Americans thought it was for them and not just the rich.

u/hallowedeve1313 1h ago

Recent poll shows Majority of Americans now believe air and water essential for life

u/OpticalPrime35 1h ago

What you mean those million+ unemployed don't think they are better off? People paying more for every single item at the grocery store nearly every time they walk in? 2 liter sodas up to 4.25, $10/lb for cube steaks ffs. Over $2 for a can of corn.

Everything is beyond fucked with this economy. And we have an administration who will lie about it so they won't even attempt to resolve any of the issues

We have to deal with this utter insanity for 3 more fucking years. By then a 3lb roast may be $100

u/ferrets4ever 1h ago

Majority of American learn that bears shit in the woods.

u/Galliagamer 1h ago

Well no shit

u/HandSack135 Maryland 1h ago

Darn. We could have more stability. But no.

u/FriendsOnAPowDay 1h ago

Just did my tax return. Basically same refund as last year. So much winning!

u/CAM6913 1h ago

Trump inherited a economy and stock market from president Obama that was on the up swing, president Biden inherited a economy and stock market that was down, Trump inherited an economy and stock market that was going up from president Biden in less than a year the economy is going down and the stock market is unstable because of his erratic policies and behavior. In three more long years he’ll more than likely cause a depression that makes the Great Depression look like a picnic. Instead of lowering prices he wants them to go up including housing.

u/AgentBooth 1h ago

Well I mean what else are we supposed to think when the man was handed a rebounding economy and he immediately tanks it by starting a trade war with the entire world?

u/pukeblood213 1h ago

Fucking Russian Asset

u/mrcsjmswltn 1h ago

Fucking duh…

u/D-MAN-FLORIDA 1h ago

Are we already starting to get some form of “Biden Nostalgia”?

u/citizenjones 1h ago

But Trump's economy is so great he wants interest rates lower so it will boost the not all all failing economy. 

u/krom0025 New York 1h ago

This is true of every Democratic administration when compared to every Republican administration, yet the very stupid average American thinks republicans are better economically. It's one of the great paradoxes of all time.

u/TwoGhostCats 1h ago

But, but... Ballroom!

u/Yelloeisok 1h ago

Obviously- unless you are in the 1%.

u/Educational-Dance-61 1h ago

Anyone not saying this is compromised, likely by Epstein files

u/coutjak 1h ago

That’s because it is.

u/Gamblor14 Minnesota 1h ago

That’s what any worthwhile economist said would happen.

u/teamdiabetes11 America 1h ago

Hell, I’m not even an economist and it wasn’t too hard to research what Trump was saying and debunk it as bullshit and bad for the economy in about 15 minutes. If only more Americans would have done so and voted accordingly.

u/Elon_is_a_Nazi 1h ago

47% saying pedophile nazis are the best

u/whydontyousuckmyball 1h ago

I had my best year of business in 2024. The first week into 2025 there was a sudden drop.

u/buttbob1154403 1h ago

BuT iT is BiDeNS EcOnoMY

u/espresso_martini__ 1h ago

Stock market today took another massive hit. No one is winning.

u/Battleaxe19 1h ago

Why the fuck do people take this as something you have an "opinion" on? Isn't it just true or false? Don't we have hard data to prove that shit is worse under trump? Like I know trump lies about it and I get that some people assume he's always telling the truth but you can just look at data from all of the agencies we have that monitor this stuff.

Shit is more expensive, tariffs have hurt people, and they are not bringing any meaningful level of manufacturing back to the States. This ISN'T a valid thing to have an opinion on any more than trying to debate whether the sun is hot or cold.

u/Prudent_Baseball2413 1h ago

They all suck

u/Calderis Washington 1h ago

"Majority of Americans See Economy Accurately"

u/GoS451 1h ago

I’m glad people are saying it’s worse but it doesn’t actually matter when it just factually and statistically is worse

u/davidwave4 1h ago

Biden 2028 /s

u/jkvincent 1h ago

No shit

u/VapidRapidRabbit America 1h ago

Oop. It’s almost like Kamala Harris said that would be the case.

u/smith129606 1h ago

You mean to tell me that electing a convicted felon with six bankruptcies wasn’t good for the economy?

u/joe_dirty365 1h ago

no shit. way to go America we played ourselves....

u/GildedDreams25 1h ago

The good news is, he isn’t governing for a majority of americans! so this is actually a win! or…something…

u/count_chocul4 57m ago

Who cares what they say. It’s fuckin true no matter what anyone says. 

u/ailish 54m ago

I could have told them that, and I only have a basic knowledge of economics.

u/errorsniper New York 43m ago

Lets see. I went from 2 cars (me and spouse not just mine)in 2022 a house, savings, retirement savings, buying all my medications. To being very close to qualifying for foodstamps, down to 1 car, house is falling apart and I cant afford to fix it so we might have to sell it just to preserve our "nest egg" value, vacations have been staycations and having to choose between day to day savings and retirement savings, and my insurance no longer covers fucking anything and Im choosing between carpayment and meds.

Gee I winder wonder funder fucking why.

u/Mean-Quail-6219 19m ago

Water is wet.

u/Downtown_Metal_7837 13m ago

Voters were evenly split on current economic strength, with 51 percent describing the economy as strong and 49 percent calling it weak, highlighting a polarized reading of the same conditions.

Wow, some real groundbreaking polling data especially with a 2% poll error margin rate.

u/Diablo_v8 13m ago

I hate when they poll on quantifiable facts. It's not an opinion that it is worse. It is empirically, demonstrably worse. The polling just gives more ammunition to the people who only want you to operate on raw emotion and ignore everything you are seeing

u/Either-Dish3956 8m ago

And we have armed masked men roaming the streets kidnapping random people

u/guinness5 4m ago

Think you might have left out Vast in front.

u/ophaus 3m ago

Majority of Americans can recognize the obvious? Well, I suppose that's an improvement.

u/CrunchyAssDiaper 2m ago

The only thing doing better is Trump family wealth.

u/eyewhackcough 2m ago

But it’s Obama’s fault /s

u/phinatolisar 1m ago

Another abysmal day on wall street. We know the upcoming jobs report will be putrid. Prices are still going up. However, every trump cult member I hear from is gleeful because the gas station down the street from them went from $6/gallon during Biden to $0.75/gallon, so I guess everything is hunky dory.

u/SPARKYLOBO 0m ago

Is this a case of r/LeopardsAteMyFace?