Trump has got big problems according to recent polls

Americans aren't pleased with Trump

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Less than six months into his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump is experiencing historically low approval ratings.

Slipping approval numbers

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Several polls have discovered that Americans are not happy with their President. Trump is doing especially poorly when it comes to his outsized performance on the economy. 

Anger over a tanking economy

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Whether or not Americans are upset about Trump tanking their economy following his tariffs on nearly every US ally and enemy is becoming clear, and his economic policies do seem to be hurting him. 

Economic optimism has disappeared

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According to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey data, the boost in economic optimism that followed Trump’s election win in November has all but disappeared. 

Worried things will only get worse

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Americans believe that the economy is only going to get worse in the coming year, which is having a significant impact on the President’s approval numbers according to the survey. 

Trump’s handling of the presidency

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On April 19th, CNBC’s Steve Liesman reported that 44% of the 1,000 Americans the outlet surveyed approved of Trump’s handling of the presidency, whereas 55% did not.  

Still better than his first term

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Trump’s April 2025 approval figure was only slightly higher than his final approval rating when he left office according to Liesman. However, things are much worse elsewhere. 

Trump’s low economic approval

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When it comes to the economy, Trump only scored a rather low 43% approval and a quite large 55% disapproval. Those numbers may not sound shocking, but they're very important figures. 

An unprecedented finding

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Liesman reported Trump’s approval on the economy is the first time he has been net negative on the economy while he has been President of the United States. 

Partisan problems

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Republicans remain solidly behind Trump according to the survey. However, Democrats had a net -90 economic approval of the President, a massive 30 points lower than the average Democrat rating during his first term in office. 

Trump’s base is still on his side

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“The results show that Trump has so far been able to convince only his base that his economic policies will be good for the country over time,” Liesman explained in an April 20th article on CNBC's survey findings. 

Interesting economic findings

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Interestingly, 49% of those surveyed believed that the economy would get worse over the next year, which was the most pessimistic result the CNBC All-America Economic Survey has found since 2023. 

Republicans trust their President

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However, the data regarding the economy was more complicated than it appeared. When it comes to those who believe the economy will worsen over 2025, 76% of Republicans said they also believed it would improve. 

Democrats and Independents

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An overwhelming majority of Democrats (83%) and Independents (54%) said that they believed the economy was only going to get worse. Of those who said that they thought Trump’s economic policies would help the US economy, 27% said it would take a year or longer. 

Trump is hurting the economy

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On the other hand, 40% of those who thought the economy would get worse said that Trump’s policies were hurting the economy now, which again revealed the partisan nature of the current political and economic situation according to Liesman. 

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