Opinion Today
April 15, 2025
More than Half of Americans Disapprove of President Trump’s Job Performance University of Massachusetts Amherst A new national University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll has found that a majority of Americans disapprove of the job performance of President Donald Trump as he approaches the three-month anniversary of his return to the White House. The nationwide survey of 1,000 respondents, conducted April 4-9, found that while 44% approve of the job Trump has done thus far in his second term, 51% disapprove.
Democrats are more trusted on the economy for the first time in four years Eli Yokley & Cameron Easley, Morning Consult Trump’s approval rating has slumped to 45%, the lowest point of his second term so far as Americans react to his trade policies, while 52% disapprove, tying last week’s record-high rating since he took office in January. For the first time since May 2021, more voters trust Democrats in Congress than their Republican counterparts to handle the economy (46% to 43%). April 2025 Verified Voter Omnibus Echelon Insights President Trump’s approval rating turns negative by a 51-47 margin. Approval of Trump’s handling of tariffs is also negative at 40-55, down 1 net point from March. 42% say Trump should never have proposed new tariffs, while 40% say he was right to propose tariffs and pause them after negotiation; 8% say tariffs should not have been paused. 48% say that Donald Trump does not have a thorough plan and end-goal for tariffs, compared with 42% who say he does.
Short-Term Inflation Expectations Increase, Labor Market Expectations Deteriorate Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data released the March 2025 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that households’ inflation expectations increased at the short-term horizon, remained unchanged at the medium-term horizon, and ticked down at the longer-term horizon. Unemployment, job loss, and earnings growth expectations deteriorated.
Support dips for U.S. government, tech companies restricting false or violent online content Christopher St. Aubin and Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Public support for the U.S. government or tech companies taking steps to restrict false information online has ticked down slightly since 2023 after increasing in the years prior.
Three in Four Americans Support an Extension of Health Care Tax Credits Camille Keene, Navigator Research Nearly four in five Americans (79 percent) support the existing health care tax credits, cutting across partisanship and ideology with 77 percent of independents and 71 percent of Republicans supporting the tax credits. Two-thirds of Canadians consider the U.S. to be unfriendly or an enemy and 61% say they have started boycotting American companies Franchesca Fu, YouGov Only 25% of Canadians now consider the U.S. to be an ally or friendly, down 8 percentage points from February 2025. In YouGov’s latest survey, Canadians are most likely to consider the U.S. unfriendly (44%), up from 36%. And 20% consider the U.S. to be an enemy, up from 14%.
Canadian Conservatives are divided on how their views would translate into U.S. politics Franchesca Fu, YouGov If Canadians could vote in U.S. elections, how would they vote? A recent YouGov survey finds that most Liberals in Canada would vote in line with U.S. Democrats while Conservatives in Canada have more mixed feelings about how they would vote.
