Poll: Near Majority Say Trump Has Made Country Worse Off

 

Continuing bad news for the Malignant Fascist and his band of malevolent misfits.  Sad!

Less than a third of voters think the country is better off than it was when President Trump returned to the White House a year ago, with a wide majority saying he has focused on the wrong issues, according to a new poll from The New York Times and Siena University.

A majority of voters disapprove of how Mr. Trump has handled top issues including the economy, immigration, the war between Russia and Ukraine and his actions in Venezuela. And significantly, a majority of Americans, 51 percent, said that Mr. Trump’s policies had made life less affordable for them.

All told, 49 percent of voters said the country was worse off than a year ago, compared with 32 percent who said it was better.

The survey also revealed the extent to which Mr. Trump has polarized the nation into its furthest partisan corners, with more voters seeing him as on track to be historically bad or good than merely below or above average. Some 42 percent of voters said he was on track to be one of the worst presidents in American history — and 19 percent said he was headed to be one of the best.

Mr. Trump’s own job approval rating stands at 40 percent, down three points since September. His disapproval rating has crept up to 56 percent.  [snip]

Overall, only 34 percent of independent voters, who tend to determine who wins elections, approve of the job that Mr. Trump is doing. And twice as many independent voters think the country is worse off now compared with a year ago than better, 52 percent to 24 percent.  [snip]

Mr. Trump’s 40 percent approval rating on the economy mirrored his overall standing. But other indicators showed more vulnerability, including that only 24 percent of voters thought he had made life more affordable and only 34 percent believed he had handled the issue of the cost of living well.  [snip]

Only 32 percent of voters said the economy was better today than a year ago. At the same time, when asked about the current economy, voters gave a slightly rosier assessment than April 2025, with 29 percent calling the economy good or excellent now, up from 22 percent then.

Overall, 57 percent of voters thought Mr. Trump was focused on the wrong issues — including a whopping 69 percent of voters under 30, more than any other age group...

On the question of how the MF would be regarded by history, historians already ranked him dead last among our presidents after his first disastrous term.  Somehow, we don't think his second term is going to improve that result.