Damning New Poll Shows Voters Are Worse Off Under Trump

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images New polling shows more than half of voters think they are worse off now than when Joe Biden was president.

President Donald Trump has been battling unpopularity in the polls over his war in Iran and the rising cost of living , and this latest poll, conducted for the Financial Times, found that 53 percent of registered voters felt worse off financially today than they did on Jan.

19, 2025.

Trump, 80, took office on Jan.

20, 2025.

Fifty seven percent of independents, and nearly a quarter of self-identified Republicans, also felt worse off under the current president, the polling by Focaldata found .

The poll was conducted among 1,913 registered voters between Aug.

7 and Aug.

10.

In a significant blow to longstanding Republican myth making, the poll found voters were more likely to say they trusted Democrats over Republicans to handle inflation and the cost of living.

Democrats also had an edge on handling jobs and the economy—issues that have long been claimed as strengths for the GOP.

Sixty-four percent of voters felt the economy was going in the wrong direction.

The poll is the latest in a long line of bad polls for Trump, 80, and the Republican party as they attempt to hold onto their majorities in the House and Senate in November.

Trump himself has exacerbated matters by often seeming out of touch with the cost of living concerns of his constituents.