Cnn
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A majority of 59% of the public now affirms that President Donald Trump’s policies have aggravated economic conditions in the country, according to a new CNN survey conducted by the SSR, against 51% in March and equally with the worst figures that Joe Biden saw during his presidency.
The Americans remain largely unhappy with the national economy, according to the investigation, and there is little enthusiasm for the new trade policies of the White House. With the impact of new prices still largely to come, 6 out of 10 already say that Trump policies have increased the cost of living in their community, with only 12% claiming that its program has helped reduce prices.
Overall, 69% of the public considers that the economic recession in the next year is at least some unlikely, of which 32% say that it is very likely. Only 34% of Americans say they are enthusiastic or optimistic about the economy, 29% saying that they are pessimistic and 37% that they are afraid. Seven out of 10 people under 45 express pessimism or fear, just like 76% of colored Americans.
The widespread misfortune with Trump’s economic management marks a new chapter for a president who saw more positive ratings for his management of the economy during his first mandate. Trump, who was committed during the 2024 campaign to “drop the prices immediately, from the first day,” won voters with voters who said they were mainly motivated by economic concerns, according to CNN’s exit survey
“All that I have worked all my life is quickly (disappear),” wrote a republican, a 59 -year -old man, who was worried about retirement in the midst of volatility on the stock market, wrote in response to the ballot. “It will probably take years to recover what I have lost because of what’s going on.”
However, the republican views of economic conditions have increased overall in last month, and most of them in the GOP say that they expect the prices to have positive long -term effects on the national economy.
Until now, a majority of Americans said that Trump’s actions on prices have been bad policy, 28% calling them a good policy, and 17% saying that they were neither. The opinions of the prices imposed specifically on Chinese products are slightly less negative, 53% calling them a bad policy, and 32% saying that they were good.
The investigation was conducted from April 17 to 24, after the White House announced for the first time new extensive prices on dozens of countries, then called a break from many of them. A wave of back and forth declarations continued when the survey of international trade negotiations is implemented and the ultimate final tariff. The Americans say, 58%, at 42%, that they do not believe that Trump has a clear strategy when it comes to announcing and implementing prices.
Most expect its tariff policies to have negative effects on the short -term US economy (72%), the American position worldwide (60%) and their own personal finances (59%), with less than 3 out of 10, expecting the prices to help one of these fronts.
A smaller majority, 53%, expect the prices to hurt in the long term, with 34% saying that they will eventually help. This reflects a certain faith among the suspicious Republicans that the prices will bear fruit in the long term: while the Republicans say, 47% to 27%, that prices will harm the economy in the immediate future, about three -quarters think that they will help the line.
“I’m not a guy in the economy, but I can see what he is doing with the prices,” said John Metcalf, a Michigan Democrat who was questioned, in CNN in an interview. “It only causes confusion. If you are a business owner and you think of the future, how can you make decisions when he turns within two days every two days? ”
The views of the economy remain dark
Overall, 28% of Americans describe economic conditions as good, while 71% call them poor – figures that have been almost unchanged in the CNN survey since the fall of 2023. Just under half of Americans, 47%, say they are satisfied with their personal finances, also little changed in recent years.
Below this consistency, supporters move in opposite directions. The share of the Republicans qualifying the economy of good has climbed 10 points since March, while the share of Democrats affirming the same thing has dropped. Republicans are more than 10 times more likely than Democrats to express enthusiasm or optimism for the economy.
However, there are signs in the survey which the president faces imminent dissatisfaction even among his own party. While 94% of Republicans say they trust Trump to manage the economy, 63% smaller say that its policies have improved economic conditions, and only 23% credit it to lower life in their community. Almost like many Republicans expect Trump’s pricing policies to deny their own finances because they think they will help, 28% at 33%.
“The prices of energy, medical services, higher education, repair and maintenance continue to (increase),” wrote a New Jersey republican, adding: “I think the PRES program. Trump will help once they will have a chance.”
Invited to appoint the biggest economic problem with which their families face, a majority point towards expenses and high prices, including 28% which mention inflation, 15% of the cost of living in general and 16% of food prices, all relatively unusual compared to the share which mentioned the same problems in June 2024. But some new concerns have also increased: 9% mention the rates, scholarship or their investments, 4% uncertainty, which all questioned negligiblely last summer.
“My wife lost her job due to the Doge Cuts of the Trump administration,” said another responding to the investigation, Democrat in Pennsylvania. “We are suddenly falling from an income with costs that increase all around us. My own work is in danger due to reductions in NIH grants. Our retirement accounts fall into value. Everything is so worse than before Trump takes up his duties. ”
Among those who are currently working at least part -time, 50% say they expect Trump’s pricing policies to harm their industry, and 11% say they will help.
“I do board games and they cannot be manufactured in the United States,” a man from Massachusetts wrote. “I have pre -orders that I have to achieve, but I cannot afford with the prices. The profit that I would have obtained sales would have enabled my business to become a studio, to hire people, etc. I will now lose money. ”
Although the Trump administration has argued that prices will help create new manufacturing jobs in the United States, the Americans say that, 73% to 26%, that they personally prefer a job doing an office work at the same salary by doing the manufacture. A modestly higher part of men – 37% – say they would prefer a manufacturing job, going 43% among men who line up with the GOP.
The CNN survey was carried out in 1,678 adults nationally by the SSR from April 17 to 24, using a combination of online and telephone interviews. The investigation samples were from two sources – an online panel based on probabilities and a sample based on recording – and combined. Respondents were initially contacted by mail, telephone or email. The results of the complete sample have a sampling margin of more or less 2.9 points.
Jennifer Agiesta de CNN, Edward Wu and Emily R. Condon contributed to this report.
