Trump vowed economic relief, but Americans say they’re struggling
President Donald Trump promised to end inflation and bring down food costs right away after he took office. Here’s what Americans think 100 days in.
WASHINGTON ā President Donald Trump’s favorability continued to dip, as he reaches 100 days of a second term and voters weigh in on his approach to issues like the economy and immigration.
Trump’s approval rating was 39% in a new poll from The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos released April 25. That’s down six percentage points from a similar survey released mid-February.
It’s the lowest approval rating for any president at their 100-day mark going back to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s third term, according to the outlets.
Another recent poll, published April 27 from CNN, found Trump’s approval rating at 41% ā down four points from their poll in March and seven points since February.
Both surveys found that voters have soured on the president’s handling of the economy.
Sixty-one percent of respondents in the Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos poll said they disapprove of how Trump is managing the nation’s economics. The number comes as Trump’s varying tariffs plan has led to market turmoil and raised fears about an impending recession.
Fifty-two percent of respondents in the CNN poll said they have at least some confidence in Trump’s handling of the economy, but that’s down from five points from early March.
Trump also is in the negative with voters on a handful of issues that defined his reelection campaign last year, according to The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos. From immigration policy to managing the federal government, more than half of those surveyed said they disapproved with Trump’s actions to date.
The Republican president is not the only entity under scrutiny in the new polls, though.
Almost 70% of voters said the Democratic Party, which has grappled with how to oppose Trump’s second term, is out of touch with the concerns of most Americans. Sixty-four percent said the same about the GOP.
The Post-ABC-Ipsos poll was conducted online April 18-22 among 2,464 adults in the U.S. It has a margin of error of +/- two percentage points.
The CNN poll was conducted from April 17-24 among 1,678 adults, using online and telephone interviews. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.