growing majority says rump has made the economy worse

[struggle4progress]

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN
Published 4:00 PM EDT, Mon April 28, 2025

CNN
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A 59% majority of the public now says President Donald Trump’s policies have worsened economic conditions in the country, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, up from 51% in March and on par with the worst numbers Joe Biden saw during his presidency.

Americans remain broadly unhappy with the nation’s economy, the survey finds, and there’s little enthusiasm for the White House’s sweeping new trade policies. With the impact of new tariffs still largely to come, 6 in 10 already say that Trump’s policies have increased the cost of living in their community, with just 12% saying his agenda has helped to bring prices down ...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/politics/poll-trump-economy-tariffs/index.html

[markodochartaigh]

1. Difficult to say if this means anything, given that one third of the electorate couldn't be bothered to vote.

"Methodology: The latest CNN poll was conducted by SSRS online or by phone from April 17-24 among a random national sample of 1,678 US adults drawn from either a probability-based panel or from a voter file. Results shown in this chart have a margin of sampling error of up to ±2.9 percentage points."