Nearly half of Americans anxious about finances amid frustrations with Trump’s handle on economy: Poll
Key takeaways
- Seven percent of respondents said they were unsure about their personal financial and economic situation.
- In the same poll, 57 percent of respondents said they believed Trump s policies are making them financially worse off.
- The war with Iran, which has spiked oil and gas prices, is nearing its fourth month.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
In the CBS News/You Gov poll, 44 percent of respondents said they see their own personal financial and economic situation as either fairly bad or very bad, while 49 percent said they see their personal financial and economic situation as very good or fairly good. Seven percent of respondents said they were unsure about their personal financial and economic situation.
In the same poll, 57 percent of respondents said they believed Trump s policies are making them financially worse off. Fourteen percent said they believed the president s policies are making them financially better off, while 29 percent said they believed his policies are making them financially stay about the same.
The war with Iran, which has spiked oil and gas prices, is nearing its fourth month. According to AAA, the average price of a regular gallon of gas in the U.S. was sitting at about $4.51 on Sunday, up from about $3.19 a year ago. The Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for the oil industry, has notably been closed amid the conflict with Iran.