{"id":2967,"date":"2025-11-21T07:26:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2025-11-21T07:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:26:53","slug":"polls-show-trumps-happy-talk-on-inflation-is-falling-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/?p=2967","title":{"rendered":"Polls show Trump\u2019s happy talk on inflation is falling flat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2025 election two weeks ago crystallized how big a problem the economy and affordability appear to be for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s initial strategy for dealing with this problem appeared to be pretending it didn\u2019t actually exist. Trump set about falsely claiming prices were actually down<\/a>, that there is \u201calmost no inflation,\u201d and that everything was more or less hunky dory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was bizarre<\/a>, even from a president who often seems to reside in his own elaborately crafted alternate reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it appears to be falling flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New polling conducted since Trump began driving this message shows Americans continue to see things very differently than Trump has cast them. And their reviews of his economic stewardship appear to actually be getting worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

75% plus say grocery prices are up, despite Trump\u2019s repeat claims<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur\u202fgroceries\u202fare way down. Everything is way down,\u201d Trump said November 6. \u201cGroceries are way down, other than beef,\u201d he said at another point. He added last week that grocery prices were \u201calready at a much lower level than they were with the last administration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But just 12% of Americans said grocery prices have gone down over the last six months, according to a new Marquette University Law School poll<\/a> conducted November 5 through 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, 75% said they\u2019ve gone up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Average grocery prices were indeed up roughly 1.4%<\/a> in September compared to when Trump took office in January, and the 0.6% jump in one month from July to August was the largest in three years.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even among Republicans, only 2 in 10 subscribed to Trump\u2019s alternate version of reality in which prices are actually dropping. A majority said prices are up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The numbers were similar in a Fox News poll released Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That poll, conducted November 14 to 17, showed 85% of registered voters said grocery prices are higher than a year ago, with 60% saying they\u2019ve \u201cincreased a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around two-thirds or more also said the prices of utilities, healthcare and housing were up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(\u201cA year ago\u201d technically includes two months in which Trump was not yet president, but it stands to reason people perceived the question as being mostly about his tenure.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps most striking: The percentage who say grocery prices are up \u201ca lot\u201d (60%) is significantly higher than the percentage who said that about groceries and everyday items back in October 2021 (43%). This despite inflation back then having been about double what it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That suggests this problem is really ingrained \u2013 and will be difficult for Trump to defeat with happy talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chasm between Trump\u2019s claims and Americans\u2019 views of inflation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Trump has claimed there is \u201cvirtually no inflation,\u201d \u201calmost no inflation\u201d and said inflation is \u201calmost nonexistent.\u201d He has also said \u201cwe don\u2019t have any inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, inflation has remained stubborn throughout Trump\u2019s tenure and is at about 3% on an annualized basis \u2013 right where it was when he took over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the perception might be even worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

52% of registered voters said inflation was \u201cnot at all\u201d under control, according to the Fox poll. That includes nearly two-thirds of independents (65%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fewer than 2 in 10 overall \u2013 and only one-third of Republicans \u2013 said inflation was at least \u201cmostly\u201d under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump blames Joe Biden; the public doesn\u2019t<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To the extent Trump has allowed that there are economic pains, he\u2019s generally cast them as remnants of the Biden era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBiden was a disaster with affordability,\u201d Trump told Fox News shortly after the election. He added: \u201cWhen I took over, it was a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this, too, appears to be a losing argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fox News poll asked whether Trump or Biden were more responsible for the current economy, and voters chose Trump, 62%-32%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only around half of Republicans (53%) blamed Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s numbers appear to be getting worse<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The gamble for Trump in pitching this alternate reality is evident: If people don\u2019t ultimately subscribe to it, they might come to view Trump as out of touch and not taking the problem seriously enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already, CBS News-YouGov polling<\/a> has shown 75% of Americans and a majority of Republicans have said Trump is not focused enough on lowering prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And indeed, it seems Trump is doing himself no favors right now. If anything, his political picture on the economy and affordability is worsening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n