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A new poll shows that half of Americans believe President Donald Trump's policies have made the economy worse.
The survey, which was released by CNN on Thursday (March 13), reported that 51% of respondents believe the country's economic conditions have worsened due to Trump's policies, while 28% said he's improved conditions and 21% said the policies have had no effect. The poll showed a similar outlook on the current economic conditions as the January survey with an overwhelming majority of 72% claiming conditions were poor in both.
Expectations, however, have soured as 49% of respondents said they expect conditions to be good in one year, which was a seven-point decrease from the 56% reported in the January survey. Additionally, 51% said they expect the economy to be poor in one year, an increase of seven points from the 44% reported in the January survey.
The CNN poll was conducted amid Trump's sweeping cuts to the federal budget and workforce, as well as tariffs imposed on Canadian and Mexican imports, with the neighboring countries having served as the United States' largest trading partners. A majority 51% of respondents said the cuts would "hurt" when asked how they'd impact "you and your family" while 22% said they'd help and 27% believed they'd do neither.
A previous CNN poll conducted by SSRS released on Wednesday (March 12) showed that a 56% majority disapproves of Trump's handling of the economy, which is worse than any point during his first term in office. Americans are also reportedly divided on the president's handling of the federal budget and managing the federal government with both scoring at 48% approval, while health care policy (43%), foreign affairs (42%) and tariffs (39%) were all lower.
Trump's overall job rating was reported to be at 45% approval and 54% disapproval, which was similar to his numbers at the same point in his first term in 2017. Trump is, however, polling at a 51% approval for his work on immigration policies, which is seven points higher than any point in office.