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Voters are feeling a bit better about the economy, yet overall sentiment remains negative.
Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, positive ratings of the economy have inched up from 21% in March to 28% in April to 31% in the latest Fox News survey, which is about where things stood at the end of the Biden administration in January. During the previous four years, that number was higher than the current rating only once, when it hit 32% in June 2024. For reference, at the end of the first Trump administration, 33% gave economic conditions positive marks (December 2020), but that had been as high as 55% in January 2020 (just before the pandemic).
Currently, 62% say their family is getting ahead (14%) or holding steady financially (48%), up 5 points since January. The 36% who say they are falling behind is the lowest in four years.
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Still, economic sentiment is mostly gloomy: 84% are extremely or very concerned about inflation, 68% score conditions as only fair or poor, and 55% feel pessimistic about the economy.
Democrats, Independents, women, and voters without a college degree are among those most likely to say the economy is in bad shape, while Republicans, men, and college graduates are among those most likely to rate it better.
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“During the Biden years, Republicans and independents were overwhelmingly negative about the economy, while Democrats were slightly less so,” says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who helps run the Fox News survey with Democrat Chris Anderson. “Now with Trump as president, Democrats think the sky is falling, while Republicans see rays of sunlight.”
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