The GOP’s 2026 Trump problem, in 2 charts
Over the same span, the percentage saying Trump’s policies have made them better off has dropped from 23 percent to 13 percent.
While 42 percent of Americans said Trump was making them financially worse off back in March 2025 — before Trump’s global tariffs were announced — that number has steadily climbed to 58 percent today.
The CBS poll has regularly asked whether Americans felt Trump’s policies were making them “financially better off” or “worse off.
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