President Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years: Majorities of voters disapprove of many of Trump's policies Gary Langer, ABC News Donald Trump has the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years, with public pushback on many of his policies and extensive economic discontent, including broad fears of a recession, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.
Trump approval sinks as Americans criticize his major policies, poll finds Dan Balz, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin, Washington Post [unlocked] After high expectations before he returned to office, most Americans say the president has made the economy worse.
Americans have a negative economic outlook, even as many feel their personal economic situation hasn’t changed Chris Jackson, Mallory Newall, Sarah Feldman and Johnny Sawyer, Ipsos New ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos polling finds most Americans describe the state of the economy negatively and say prices are going up. Though, many feel their personal economic situation hasn’t changed. At the same time, President Donald Trump’s approval has fallen over the past two months.
Voters See Trump’s Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds Shane Goldmacher, Ruth Igielnik and Camille Baker, New York Times [unlocked] Voters believe President Trump is overreaching with his aggressive efforts to expand executive power, and they have deep doubts about some of the signature pieces of his agenda, a New York Times/Siena College poll found. The turbulent early months of Mr. Trump’s administration are seen as “chaotic” and “scary” by majorities of voters — even many who approve of the job he is doing.
Four Perspectives on Trump’s Weak Poll Numbers Nate Cohn, New York Times [unlocked] It’s not easy to burn this much good will so fast, and it doesn’t usually get any easier from here. 100 days in and the public feels Trump’s presidency is proceeding mostly as expected AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Most partisans agree they are getting what they expected from Trump’s second term, but 84% of Democrats think Trump is doing a poor or terrible job as president so far and 68% of Republicans think he’s doing a good or great job.
Only about half of Republicans say Trump has focused on the right priorities, AP-NORC poll finds Seung Min Kim and Linley Sanders, Associated Press Americans are nearly twice as likely to say Trump has been mostly focusing on the wrong priorities as to say he has been focusing on the right ones, according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Further, about 4 in 10 Americans say Trump has been a “terrible” president in his second term, and about 1 in 10 say he has been “poor.”
Three-quarters of the public expect tariffs to increase consumer prices AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Fifty-nine percent say Trump has gone too far when it comes to imposing new tariffs on other countries. Half of the public is worried about a possible recession in the coming months.
Most Americans expect higher prices as a result of Trump’s tariffs, a new AP-NORC poll finds Josh Boak and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press Americans’ trust in President Donald Trump to bolster the U.S. economy appears to be faltering, with a new poll showing that many people fear the country is being steered into a recession and that the president’s broad and haphazardly enforced tariffs will cause prices to rise.
Most Americans disapprove of Trump on tariffs, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds Abha Bhattarai, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin, Washington Post People generally think tariffs will boost U.S. manufacturing but worsen inflation.
More Americans say US should bring back Abrego Garcia, views mixed on other deportation issues Gary Langer and Steven Sparks, ABC News Americans hold mixed views on President Donald Trump's immigration policies, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll. Voters are divided on sending migrants living in the United States lacking legal status who are accused of gang membership to an El Salvador prison without a court hearing but mainly oppose deporting international students who criticize U.S. policy in the Middle East, according to the poll.
Trump’s immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds David Nakamura, Emily Guskin, Scott Clement and Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post [unlocked] As the president nears 100 days in office, the survey suggests his administration’s aggressive enforcement tactics are losing public support.
Public isn’t buying Trump’s message about Kilmar Abrego García, polls show Dan Diamond, Clara Ence Morse and Emily Guskin, Washington Post [unlocked] More Americans say the mistakenly deported man should be returned to the United States than say he should remain in prison in El Salvador, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll released Friday.
Americans divided on President Trump’s approach to immigration Chris Jackson, Mallory Newall, Sarah Feldman and Camille Hoy, Ipsos New ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos polling finds that Americans approval of President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration has softened since the beginning of his second term. At the same time, support for specific immigration approaches or policies divide the country.
Immigration remains one of Trump’s strongest issues AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research About half the public say he has gone too far with the policy of deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, but 18% feel he hasn’t gone far enough.
Immigration is Trump’s strongest issue, but many say he’s gone too far, a new AP-NORC poll finds Linley Sanders, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration remains a point of strength as he takes wide-ranging actions to ramp up deportations and target people in the U.S. illegally, according to a new poll.
A sizeable chunk of Americans think neither party 'fights for people like you' Bridget Bowman and Ben Kamisar, NBC News The NBC News Stay Tuned Poll shows that Americans have negative views of both political parties, and 38% of adults say neither political party fights for people like them.
Americans say many Trump tactics cross the line for presidents Taylor Orth, YouGov Donald Trump has acted in ways that previous presidents have actively avoided. And many of his recent behaviors are viewed by majorities of Americans as unacceptable for a president, our latest survey shows. A third of Americans report increased household spending on groceries Jason Brown, Matt Carmichael and Mallory Newall, Ipsos The latest wave of the Ipsos Consumer Tracker finds that 35% of Americans have increased their household spending on groceries in the past three months, in line with February 2023. Of note, those ages 18-34 are significantly more likely than their older counterparts to report increased spending. Consumer Sentiment Survey Research Center, University of Michigan Consumer sentiment fell for the fourth straight month, plunging 8% from March. Expectations have fallen a precipitous 32% since January, the steepest three-month percentage decline seen since the 1990 recession. Consumers perceived risks to multiple aspects of the economy, in large part due to ongoing uncertainty around trade policy and the potential for a resurgence of inflation looming ahead.
Tracking consumer sentiment versus how consumers are doing based on verified retail purchases Sinem Hacıoğlu Hoke, Leo Feler, Samantha Mitchell and Jack Chylak, The Federal Reserve System This note summarizes the results of a household survey that aims to understand how changes in household incomes and spending between 2019 and 2024 and how behavioral changes households made to adapt to the economic environment shaped their economic sentiment. Artificial intelligence elicits concern, uncertainty, even as many see potential benefits — CBS News poll Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Just as Americans saw the internet as a harbinger of major change a quarter century ago, a majority today feel artificial intelligence will have a big effect on society. But more so than the internet at the time, AI is seen by many as creating more problems than it solves, with misleading AI content and AI companies' impact on the economy both areas of concern.
