Overview
- Trump’s standing on inflation fell after Wednesday’s Reuters/Ipsos poll showed him 49 points underwater on the issue.
- Inflation ranks as voters’ top concern, which makes a deep slide on this question politically costly.
- The -49 net approval means many more Americans disapprove than approve of his handling of rising prices.
- CNN’s Harry Enten said the rating is worse than Joe Biden’s June 2022 low and even Jimmy Carter’s, despite inflation now running at about one-third of its 2022 peak.
- The poll finds 75% of independents think the country is on the wrong track on the cost of living, and even a plurality of Republicans share that view.