Gallup’s August update finds its Economic Confidence Index at +24, down slightly from +29 in July. The current measure is largely in line with other 2019 measurements, apart from a higher +32 reading in February and a lower +16 score in January. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Economic Anxiety Among Voters Is a Sign of Vulnerability for Trump
Americans’ confidence in the economy is fragile, with a majority of voters expressing concern — a potential vulnerability for President Trump if the current economic slowdown worsens before next year’s election. The stock market tumbled last week after bond prices flashed a signal that has historically been a predictor of […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Public’s view on the economy dips for the first time in Trump’s presidency
Almost two-thirds of Americans (65%) say current economic conditions are good, but that’s down since May, representing the first significant decline in public perception of the economy during Donald Trump’s presidency, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. … Trump initially signaled willingness to support expanded background checks […] Read more »
If the Economy Dips, Will Trump’s Fortunes Follow?
… The old adage that Americans vote their pocketbooks used to be a safe assumption. But things are more complicated now, and the economy is not quite as major a driver in presidential popularity as it once was. As this column mentioned last month, noted political scientists John Sides, Lynn […] Read more »
The good, the bad and the ugly for Trump in the new NBC/WSJ poll
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll contains good, bad and ugly numbers for President Trump. The good: Despite his overall job-approval rating at 43 percent, Trump’s approval rating in handling the economy is much higher — at 49 percent approve, 46 percent disapprove. (The poll was conducted mostly before […] Read more »
Support for free trade reaches new high in NBC/WSJ poll
Amid President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, nearly two-thirds of Americans say they support free trade with foreign countries, according to the latest national poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. That represents a new high in the NBC/WSJ survey on this question, and it’s a 7-point […] Read more »