{"id":5624,"date":"2025-10-03T18:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/?p=5624"},"modified":"2025-10-03T18:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:14:20","slug":"most-americans-continue-to-rate-the-u-s-economy-negatively-as-partisan-gap-widens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/?p=5624","title":{"rendered":"Most Americans continue to rate the U.S. economy negatively as partisan gap widens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. adults\u2019 ratings of the national economy continue to be more negative than positive: 26% now say economic conditions are excellent or good, while 74% say they are only fair or poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These overall ratings are mostly unchanged during the past three years. But Republicans and Democrats have shifted considerably over this period:
44% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents now rate the economy as excellent or good \u2013 up 8 percentage points\u00a0from April<\/a>. This is Republicans\u2019 most positive assessment since President Donald Trump\u2019s first administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10% of Democrats and Democratic leaners now say the economy is in excellent or good shape \u2013 unchanged since April, but considerably lower than throughout Joe Biden\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around three-quarters of Americans (74%) describe economic conditions as only fair or poor \u2013 similar to the 72% who said this\u00a0in January 2024<\/a>. That includes 56% of Republicans and 90% of Democrats, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center, conducted Sept. 22-28 among 3,445 U.S. adults.

What\u2019s behind Americans\u2019 assessments of the economy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both in our new survey and in the January 2024 survey, we asked respondents in an open-ended question to explain why<\/em> they rate economic conditions the way they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As in 2024, many Americans point toward rising prices and personal expenses (a total of 42% cite this today) as a reason for their negative assessments. This includes issues like high inflation (17%), the cost of living (9%), food and grocery prices (6%), as well as costs of other specific goods and services.


Other factors are more commonly cited today. For example, 16% cite Trump or the GOP as reasons they rate economic conditions as only fair or poor. In 2024, just 6% cited Biden or Democrats. In addition, 12% of respondents specifically point to the negative impacts of tariffs as a reason for their fair or poor evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the much smaller share of respondents who rate economic conditions as excellent or good, most say general economic growth or improvement (22%) is the reason for their positive assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared with 2024, far fewer now cite low unemployment as a reason why they view the national economy as excellent or good: just 5% cite this today, versus 43% in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do Americans view Trump\u2019s economic policies?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

About half of Americans (53%) say that, since taking office, Trump\u2019s economic policies have made economic conditions worse. About a quarter say that his policies have made economic conditions better (24%), and 22% say his policies have not had much effect.

Among Republicans<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n