{"id":1051806,"date":"2025-03-04T21:33:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T02:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051806"},"modified":"2025-03-04T21:33:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T02:33:39","slug":"trumps-approval-ratings-plummet-as-his-unpopular-agenda-jacks-up-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-approval-ratings-plummet-as-his-unpopular-agenda-jacks-up-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Approval Ratings Plummet As His Unpopular Agenda Jacks Up Costs"},"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>While Donald Trump kisses up to his billionaire backers at his joint address to Congress, prices continue to rise and his approval ratings continue to sink. Trump is failing to live up to his campaign promises to bring down costs and put working families first \u2014 and the American people are taking notice.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s favorability is already underwater as voters give him the worst approval rating for any president in modern history at this point in his term \u2013 except for himself during his first term.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250206053321\/https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling\">Morning Consult<\/a>:<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>\u201cFor the first time this year, <strong>Trump\u2019s favorability rating has fallen underwater\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/655955\/trump-inaugural-approval-rating-historically-low-again.aspx\">Gallup<\/a>: \u201cPresident Donald Trump\u2019s initial job approval rating for his second term is similar to the inaugural 45% reading during his first term, <strong>again placing him below all other elected presidents dating back to 1953.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/navigatorresearch.org\/while-three-in-four-americans-see-trump-as-bringing-change-to-government-only-two-in-five-view-this-change-as-positive\/\">Navigator Research<\/a><strong>: \u201cAmericans think Donald Trump wants what is best for himself (53 percent) rather than what is best for the country (47 percent).\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ForecasterEnten\/status\/1892600212440453475\">Harry Enten, CNN<\/a>: \u201c4 polls show <strong>[Trump\u2019s] net approval rating underwater<\/strong> \u2026 <strong>His one time strength (the economy) is now a weakness.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A majority of Americans think that under Trump, the country \u2014 including the economy, employment and jobs, and cost of living \u2014 is on the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/reutersipsos-large-sample-poll-february-2025\"><strong>wrong track<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/reutersipsos-large-sample-poll-february-2025\">53%<\/a> of Americans believe the economy is off on the wrong track\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/reutersipsos-large-sample-poll-february-2025\">64%<\/a> of Americans also believe their cost of living is on the wrong track<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/reutersipsos-large-sample-poll-february-2025\">majority<\/a> also say corruption is on the wrong track under Trump\u2019s billionaire Cabinet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elon.edu\/u\/news\/2025\/02\/25\/elon-university-poll-higher-prices-economic-disruptions-expected-as-a-result-of-tariff-increases\/\">Over 80%<\/a> of respondents said they believe tariffs will lead to increased prices, with 45% expecting significant hikes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Across the board, American consumer confidence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/25\/economy\/us-consumer-confidence-february\/index.html\">falls<\/a> while economic policy uncertainty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2025\/02\/25\/economists-starting-worry-serious-trump-recession\/\">rises<\/a> to the highest level since the Great Recession\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Donald Trump kisses up to his billionaire backers at his joint address to Congress, prices continue to rise and his approval ratings continue to sink. Trump is failing to live up to his campaign promises to bring down costs and put working families first \u2014 and the American people are taking notice.&nbsp; Trump\u2019s favorability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051806","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>Trump\u2019s Approval Ratings Plummet As His Unpopular Agenda Jacks Up Costs - 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\/trumps-approval-ratings-plummet-as-his-unpopular-agenda-jacks-up-costs\/\" \/>\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=\"2025-03-05T02:33:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-05T02:33:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-approval-ratings-plummet-as-his-unpopular-agenda-jacks-up-costs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-approval-ratings-plummet-as-his-unpopular-agenda-jacks-up-costs\/\",\"name\":\"Trump\u2019s Approval Ratings Plummet As His Unpopular Agenda Jacks Up Costs - 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