Over a third of those who voted for President Donald Trump say they’re facing the worst cost of living yet, blaming the president for their economic woes, according to The Independent.
“MAGA is feeling the pinch,” writes Brendan Rascius, who adds that “more than one-third of President Donald Trump’s own voters believe the cost of living in the U.S. is the worst they’ve ever seen.”
Pointing to the most recent poll by Politico, Rascius adds that “more than half say that the president bears at least some of the blame.”
Based on these dwindling poll numbers, “the Republican Party have their work cut out for them in selling voters on their economic vision before next year’s midterm elections,” he writes.
As Democrats “romped to victory” in the November elections “by honing in on the issue of affordability,” he writes, Republicans are taking note and raising red flags.
“This is a small warning, but it’s one that Republicans need to understand, is that to hold the House in 2026, it’s going to be an all-hands-on-deck effort,” says GOP strategist Ford O’Connell.
In September, the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.3 percent month-over-month and by 3 percent year-over-year, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Gas and food prices “also crept up, though the results were better than economists expected,” according to CNN.
Respondents of the Politico poll were also asked who they hold responsible for the current state of the economy.
About half, 46 percent, said Trump holds all or most responsibility, while 29 percent said the buck stops with former President Joe Biden, Rascius notes.
In that same poll, 56 percent of Trump voters says the president “has taken his chance” to fix the economy and failed, yet he is still clinging to a popular strategy of his that also seems to be failing.
“In recent weeks, he’s repeatedly asserted that prices are decreasing and described Democrats’ fixation on affordability a ‘con job,’” Rascius writes.
Meanwhile, as Trump and his administration fails to convince Americans their policies are working, Axios reports that Trump, who has been recently called out for being increasingly isolated and disengaged, will embark on a tour across the U.S. focused on selling his economic agenda.
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