A new poll found more Americans are unhappy with Donald Trump’s stances on the economy and cost of living, with almost twice as many saying the president has helped raise prices rather than lowering them.
In a Yahoo/YouGov poll conducted Nov. 21-24, 49% of respondents said Trump’s actions since taking office for his second term in January have raised prices instead of cutting them. That’s a nearly two-to-one ratio to the 24% who said he’s done more to lower costs.
The survey also found more Americans (38%) blame Trump for inflation than his predecessor, former President Joe Biden (31%), despite the now-president campaigning on the economy during his successful 2024 presidential bid.
Who are these 24% of people that think Trump has lowered prices?
Those are the people that voted for him. Remember that 64 percent of the voting age voted in 2024. 49.8% of the voters were for Trump and 48.3% for Harris.
49.8% of the 64% of those who voted is about 32% of the total voting population.
Of those, majority still believe him.
So if 2:1 believe he raised prices, that actually tracks, given that 1/3 voted for him, 1/3 did not, and 1/3 did not vote.
66% didn’t vote for him or 2:1.
The real issue is that those 1/3 that didn’t vote, could have helped prevent this. Hope they learn, some will, but who knows.
Many are disenfranchised for some reason or another.
And I love they’re getting what the voted for.
I meant to say Disfranchised: That means they can’t vote, and in the US that’s often for systemic reasons. Don’t like that Black people can vote? Make having a felony disqualify you from voting and disproportionately police and prosecute black people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disfranchisement
It’s not okay to only quote this genius moment!
https://youtu.be/hYTQ7__NNDI