{"id":1055118,"date":"2025-07-17T11:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055118"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:24:07","slug":"new-polling-americans-are-souring-on-trumps-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-americans-are-souring-on-trumps-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW POLLING: Americans Are Souring on Trump\u2019s Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Donald Trump\u2019s approval ratings are underwater nearly six months into his second term, as he buries Americans in sky-high costs and financial uncertainty. After Trump signed the largest cuts to health care and food assistance in American history, he is dragging the American people into an erratic trade war with no end in sight.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>New polling from <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2025\/07\/16\/politics\/trump-megabill-one-big-beautiful-bill\"><em>CNN<\/em><\/a><em> and the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-trump-approval-policies-economy-health-immigration-45681b8cd07782ba7a143d323efe9dd7\"><em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a><em> shows Americans reject Trump\u2019s chaotic economic agenda and his billionaire-first budget.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEW POLLING: Donald Trump\u2019s agenda is wildly unpopular with the American people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-trump-approval-policies-economy-health-immigration-45681b8cd07782ba7a143d323efe9dd7\">one-quarter <\/a>of U.S. adults say that Trump\u2019s policies have helped them since he took office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roughly half of U.S. adults report that Trump\u2019s agenda has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-trump-approval-policies-economy-health-immigration-45681b8cd07782ba7a143d323efe9dd7\">\u201cdone more to hurt\u201d<\/a> them\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>About 2 in 10 Americans say Trump\u2019s policies have <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-trump-approval-policies-economy-health-immigration-45681b8cd07782ba7a143d323efe9dd7\">\u201cnot made a difference\u201d<\/a> in their lives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only 1 in 4 Americans say Trump\u2019s policies have <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-trump-approval-policies-economy-health-immigration-45681b8cd07782ba7a143d323efe9dd7\">\u201cdone more to help\u201d<\/a> them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2025\/07\/16\/politics\/trump-megabill-one-big-beautiful-bill\">6 in 10<\/a> Americans oppose Trump\u2019s budget bill, with only 16% saying it will make their families better off<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A majority (51%) of Americans say Trump\u2019s spending bill will <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2025\/07\/16\/politics\/trump-megabill-one-big-beautiful-bill\">hurt the economy\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A majority (63%) of Americans think Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2025\/07\/16\/politics\/trump-megabill-one-big-beautiful-bill\">hasn\u2019t paid enough attention to the country\u2019s most important issues<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A majority (60%) of Americans disapprove of Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2025\/07\/16\/politics\/trump-megabill-one-big-beautiful-bill\">handling of the economy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rather than help lower costs, Trump pursued an erratic trade agenda that is skyrocketing prices\u2026&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/insights\/articles\/us-earnings-will-start-to-show-the-impact-of-trumps-tariffs\">Goldman Sachs<\/a>: \u201cEconomists at Goldman Sachs Research assume that <strong>companies will pass on 70% of the direct cost of tariffs to consumers through higher prices.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/07\/13\/trump-tariff-surprise-delivery-fees.html\">CNBC<\/a>: \u201cHe bought a side table from Mexico. <strong>Tariffs added a surprise $1,170 fee<\/strong> at delivery\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/tracking-u-s-consumers-views-on-tariffs\">Morning Consult<\/a>: <strong>73% of Americans said they noticed higher grocery prices due to Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-farmers.html\">New York Times<\/a>: \u201cThe president\u2019s whipsawing tariffs and cuts to agriculture grants and global food aid have left the state with swollen silos, shrinking markets and volatile prices for crops.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/budgetlab.yale.edu\/research\/state-us-tariffs-july-14-2025\">Yale Budget Lab<\/a>: \u201cThe price level from all 2025 [Trump] tariffs rises by 2.1% in the short-run, the equivalent of an <strong>average per household income loss of $2,800<\/strong> in 2025$.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2026 and signed his billionaire-first budget that will worsen inflation, explode the deficit, and could lead to a financial crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/us-fiscal-folly-could-create-big-beautiful-debt-spiral-2025-07-03\/\">Reuters<\/a>: <strong>\u201cUS fiscal folly could create big, beautiful debt spiral\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. tax and spending bill passed on July 3 is expected to add more than $3 trillion to the country\u2019s deficit over the next decade. If the current debt trajectory continues unabated, it could set off a slow motion debt spiral that could endanger the Federal Reserve\u2019s independence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/06\/09\/trump-gop-bill-inflation-debt\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201c<strong>GOP bill could worsen inflation and lead to financial crisis, economists warn\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump\u2019s approval ratings are underwater nearly six months into his second term, as he buries Americans in sky-high costs and financial uncertainty. After Trump signed the largest cuts to health care and food assistance in American history, he is dragging the American people into an erratic trade war with no end in sight.&nbsp; New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NEW POLLING: Americans Are Souring on Trump\u2019s Agenda - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-americans-are-souring-on-trumps-agenda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-17T15:24:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-17T15:24:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-americans-are-souring-on-trumps-agenda\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-americans-are-souring-on-trumps-agenda\/\",\"name\":\"NEW POLLING: Americans Are Souring on Trump\u2019s Agenda - 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