Fox News Poll: As prices pinch, voters see Trump focused elsewhere
Even as more voters are happy with how things are going in the country, they’re worried. An overwhelming majority expresses concern about high prices – four times as many say...
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Even as more voters are happy with how things are going in the country, they’re worried. An overwhelming majority expresses concern about high prices – four times as many say they’re losing financial ground as feel they’re getting ahead, and most think the economy is in bad shape. That’s according to the latest Fox News national survey released Wednesday. Seventy-two percent rate economic conditions negatively (only fair or poor). That’s an improvement from 76% who said the same last month and the 77% who held that view a year ago, but it’s worse than the 67% who rated it negatively this summer (July 2025). FOX NEWS POLL: HOW DO VOTERS FEEL ABOUT AI? IT’S COMPLICATED Meanwhile, 44% say they are falling behind financially, up from 36% in June and about where things stood in October 2024. In polling going back to 2018, that number has only been worse twice: 45% said they were falling behind in June 2023 and 47% in June 2022. FOX NEWS POLL: HOLIDAY TOGETHERNESS TOPS POLITICAL DIFFERENCES A lot of the negative sentiment is driven by 9 in 10 Democrats and independents giving the economy bad marks and more than half of each saying they are falling behind. At the same time, nearly half of Republicans give the economy negative marks and about 3 in 10 say they’re slipping financially. Those most likely to say they’re losing ground include women under age 45 (57%), households with income below $50K (56%), independents (53%), urban voters (49%), and those without a college degree (49%). Women are 12 percentage points more likely than men to say they are falling behind (50% vs. 38%). All this might shed light on why only 39% of voters approve of how President Donald Trump is handling the economy – one point above last month’s low of 38% – and why 58% think he is focused on the wrong things. That’s about the same response voters gave former President Joe Biden four years ago, when 54% said he was prioritizing the wrong issues. Approval of Trump’s performance is also below 40% o…