Americans see Democrats as better on the economy than Republicans for the first time in nearly a decade, according to a poll, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s approval rating slides.
The finding, in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Wednesday through Monday, showed how Trump's handling of the economy, including rising energy prices resulting from the Iran war, could weigh on his party's chances in the November midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the next two years.
Trump's presidential approval rating fell to 35% from 37% in a prior poll conducted last month, with the share of Americans who give his presidency a thumbs up within just one percentage point of the lowest level of his term.
Some 37% of registered voters responding to the poll said the Democratic Party has a better approach to the U.S. economy, compared with 36% who picked the Republican Party. Another 27% said they were not sure or that a different party would do a better job.
Republicans had held the advantage on the economy through most of Trump's first term in office in 2017-2021, through all of Democratic President Joe Biden's four years in power and into Trump's second term.
