A third of Americans approve of the way President Donald Trump is handling the economy, a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll finds, amounting to his lowest-ever approval rating on an issue long considered to be one of his strengths with voters.
Sixty percent of Americans overall disapprove of Trump's economic approach. The 33% who approve mark the lowest since Marist began asking the question in 2019.
Economic anxieties were part of what fueled Trump's return to office. Seventy-seven percent of people who voted for Trump in 2024 approve of how he's handling that issue now. But some voting groups that Trump handily won aren't happy. That includes 54% of white voters without a college degree.
High — but dropping — gas prices may be behind some of that disapproval. Seventy-eight percent of Americans said gas prices had some effect on their household budgets.
Seventy-eight percent of Americans said gas prices had some effect on their household budgets, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Graphic by Steff Staples/PBS News
