General Discussion

...are conversely apparently supported by Americans by wide margins.

This is the second poll with numbers like this in a week.

Ian Sams @IanSams
New CNN poll:

56% disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, “worse than at any point during his first term in office”

61% disapprove of his tariffs

His overall net approval rating is 9 pts underwater (45-54%) - down 4 pts just since CNN’s Feb poll


New CNN poll: Americans are negative on Trump’s handling of economy

Americans are not impressed with President Donald Trump’s stewardship of the economy, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, putting him underwater on the nation’s top issue even as he sees ratings among the best of his presidential career on other key priorities.

As markets slide and investors worry in response to Trump’s trade policies, a 56% majority of the public disapproves of his handling of the economy, worse than at any point during his first term in office. By contrast, the 51% who now say they approve of his work on immigration – headlined by stricter enforcement efforts – is 7 points higher than at any point during his first term.

Trump’s overall job approval rating currently stands at 45%, with 54% disapproving, in line with the numbers he saw in March 2017 and matching his highest ratings for his first term in office. Overall, 35% of Americans say things in the country are going well, a rise from 29% in January, reflecting a surge in positive sentiment within the GOP. His ratings remain highly polarized, with Republicans roughly 10 times as likely as Democrats to approve of his job performance.

Just 35% of Americans express a positive view of Musk, with 53% rating him negatively and 11% offering no opinion – making him both better known and more substantially unpopular than Vice President JD Vance (whom 33% of Americans rate favorably and 44% unfavorably, with 23% having no opinion.) Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say that Musk has neither the right experience nor the right judgment to make changes to the way the government works. There is uneasiness about Musk even among some of the president’s supporters: 28% of those who see Trump’s changes to the government as necessary doubt the tech billionaire has the judgment to carry them out.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-cnn-poll-americans-are-negative-on-trump-s-handling-of-economy/ar-AA1AKAxz