Fox News's own poll finds 63% say Trump made the economy worse
A Fox News survey shows Democrats with a growing midterm edge as voters cite inflation, tariffs and cost-of-living pain — triggering viral mockery of the network that published it.
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What to know
- Fox News's own survey found 63% of voters, including a quarter of Republicans, say the Trump administration made the economy worse, with Trump's approval at 39%.
- Democrats lead the generic congressional ballot 51-44%, a lead that grows to 11 points among voters certain to vote, though it remains within single digits overall.
- Voters cite gas prices, healthcare, housing and groceries as major cost problems, and views on tariffs have turned more negative, with 64% saying tariffs hurt the economy.
- The poll went viral on social media largely because it came from Fox News itself, with critics framing it as an unexpected admission; 48 days remained until Election Day at publication.
The dispute Whether the poll's bad numbers for Trump will actually translate into a Democratic wave, given the generic ballot lead remains in single digits overall. · positions read across 110 posts and comments
It's especially damning and vindicating that Fox News itself, not a liberal outlet, published these bad numbers for Trump.
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“When FOX. FUCKING. NEWS. is forced to report that 63% of voters feel the Trump administration made the economy WORSE and would actually prefer Democrats win in November, you know HELL ITSELF has FROZEN OVER.”
@ImBreckWorsham · X ↗
The bad numbers won't necessarily stop a large share of voters from still voting Republican.
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“A Fox News poll reveals 63% of Americans feel Trump has made the economy worse. 22% are lying and will vote red on 11-3-26 anyway for racist reasons.”
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Donald Trump U.S. PresidentFox News Pollster and publisher of the surveyKat Timpf Fox News analystDemocratic Party Beneficiary of the poll's generic ballot leadRepublican Party Party facing headwinds per the poll
How it unfolded 5 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlespostscomments
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Mockery of Fox's own numbers continues into next day
The reaction wave persisted a day later with posts on other platforms continuing to highlight that Fox News itself published data unfavorable to Trump.
“FOX NEWS POLL: Shows that most Americans recognize that the American economy is bad and getting worse, and Trump is solely responsible... Are you watching, Mr President?”
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President Trump’s sinking ratings threaten to drag down Republicans in November’s midterm elections, as voters blame him for high prices and a shaky economy, according to a new NBC News poll.
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All the polls had Harris winning decidedly. The polls mean nothing. Who are these weirdos who actually answer unknown numbers or respond to unknown emails? I wonder where they are even getting a proper sample size from. With zero proof I feel a lot of these are to make people feel like “it’s in the bag” so they don’t have to be personally…
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FOX NEWS POLL: Shows that most Americans recognize that the American economy is bad and getting worse, and Trump is solely responsible... # OMG ...Fox News... # LOL ...Are you watching, Mr President?.... https://www. foxnews.com/politics/fox-news- poll-squeezed-costs-frustrated-voters-turn-democrats
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Social media amplifies the poll as vindication
Accounts on X and Bluesky circulated the 63% figure widely, framing it as proof that even Fox News's own polling now shows Trump's economic standing in trouble, with tens of thousands of engagements across posts through the evening and into the next day.
“Fox: 63% of voters feel the Trump administration made the economy worse. Voters would prefer Democrats to win in November.”
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When FOX. FUCKING. NEWS. is forced to report that 63% of voters feel the Trump administration made the economy WORSE and would actually prefer Democrats win in November, you know HELL ITSELF has FROZEN OVER. That had to taste like VINEGAR going down.
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Tues's poll showed a⚡now-continuous drop in the# of Americans who strongly approve of the # Trump 's performance. Acc to Marquette Univ’s poll, at the beginning of Trump’s 2nd T, 29% of Ams said they strongly approved of the pres; today:⚡15%. It showed Trump’s approval slipping on 8 diff issues:⚡border sec, # immigration , foreign policy, #…
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Fox: 63% of voters feel the Trump administration made the economy worse. Voters would prefer Democrats to win in November.
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Regional outlets frame poll as danger sign for GOP
Advance Local outlets including Cleveland.com, NJ.com and MassLive republished coverage of the poll under the headline 'Fox News poll reveals real danger for GOP, Trump: Time is running out,' emphasizing the majority view that the administration worsened the economy.
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first by MassLive, 6d ago
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Poll details show 63% blame Trump for worse economy
The full write-up detailed that nearly two-thirds of voters (63%), including a quarter of Republicans, say the Trump administration has made the economy worse, and that Democrats lead the generic congressional ballot 51-44%, growing to 11 points among voters certain to cast a ballot.
“Overall, nearly two-thirds of voters (63%) say the Trump administration has made the economy worse, including a quarter of Republicans.”
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first by Fox News, 7d ago
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First time learning MAGA lets this guy do what he wants just because they only care about kicking the browns out of the country?
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Fox News publishes poll on economy and midterms
Fox News released a survey showing 39% job approval for Trump, a 26-point Democratic edge on which party handles the economy better, and majorities calling gas, healthcare, housing and grocery costs major problems.
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first by Washington Post, 8d ago
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In January, 72 percent of Republican voters said the economy was better than it had been a year before. Now, just 29 percent of Republicans say that’s the case, a new poll found.
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Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
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first by USA Today, 3d ago · also Yahoo, The Hill, NBC News
3 more headlines
- Poll: Voters Blame Trump for Economy Ahead of Midterms NewsMax.com · 3d ago
- Majority of voters say Trump’s policies worsened the economy: Poll The Hill · 3d ago
- Poll: Most voters say Trump has hurt the economy as competitive midterm election looms NBC News · 2d ago
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first by PennLive, 2d ago · also MassLive
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first by AL.com, 7d ago · also The Oregonian
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first by Newsweek, 2d ago
1 more headline
- Donald Trump's Approval Rating Falls Below 30% For First Time Ever Newsweek · 2d ago
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What people are saying 17 voices from 4 sites · best of 110 · verbatim
- Will the Democrats' generic-ballot lead hold or grow as Election Day (48 days out at publication) approaches?
- Why does Republican support remain resilient despite three-quarters of voters rating the economy negatively?
- Sep 22
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Proud to say I got my mom, a lifetime Republican, to agree not to vote in the midterms. Like ma, you don't have to be a Democrat. Please just stop supporting these people. They're awful humans with terrible policies.
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NBC Poll: Trump Economy 📉 Trump approval hits 32% career low 🗳️ 43% want Congress vote to oppose Trump 🔻 55% say Trump's policies hurt economy
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Trumps and R's problem isnt the lack of substance or their ineptitude. Its literally the numbers flashing at people as they pass gas stations to work, to grocery stores, to home. its the price of a bag of shrimp, beef, chicken, toilet paper, everything.
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Yeah it’s hilarious to me because I think they’re realizing this is definitely the longest sustained strain on gas prices we’ve endured in 75% of peoples lifetimes. The second gas prices genuinely peep above the peak from the Biden admin, I think that’s when you see that 29% drop significantly.
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Nixion had a truly great presidency, if you pretend he didn't do wartergate i can imagine plnetly of people, going "Well ya, watergate is fucked, but look at teh sucess of his foring polciy in china, and the EPA! " what has trump done that acutaly made anything better ?
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29% approval rating. So. Much. Winning! https:// americanresearchgroup.com/econ omy/
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Catastrophic polling for Trump, this morning. Trump Overall Job Approval at 29% Trump Approval on Handling the Economy at 26%
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Yeah, there are people like my stepdad and my uncle who will ignore everything he does because they are absolutely 100% convinced that if a Democrat were president things would be worse. There is a huge amount of people in this country who simply don't pay attention to politics or they support Trump and don't care what he does because "it's part…
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30% is basically exactly his base. But people read these things incorrectly all the time, especially since the media specifically manipulates the reports to pick and choose what figure they are reporting. This is just his approval rating, it does not account for his disapproval rating. His net approval rating is like -25. That 30% is basically the…
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Trump’s approval rating is cratering & is now 29% approve; 68% disapprove! (americanresearchgroup.com/economy/) Still too high! Scummy, corrupt Trump/GOP brought this affordability crisis to Americans with tariffs & a reckless war of choice in Iran raising price of gas, oil, diesel, groceries etc.!
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Sorry, but these numbers seem fudged in his favor. Why is he 10 points lower or more in everyone else's polls?
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Hmm he’s been in the low to mid 30’s for months but now he’s at 41% ? Don’t think so.
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So 41 percent think he’s doing a good job? This can’t be right
- Sep 20
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Yeah, most people hate the utter fecklessness of Democratic Leadership, but when the choice is between a pliant Republican Party letting Trump continue to take a wrecking ball to our cultural heritage and economy, and at least some form of resistance, they would pick the only resistance there is electorally speaking. I may not like celery, but I…
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President Donald Trump hit a second-term low in a new NBC News poll as November's midterm elections inch closer.
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New Fox poll: 63% say Trump worsened the economy. You know it’s bad when you’ve lost FOX viewers. No wonder he’s terrified of the midterms.
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A Fox News poll reveals 63% of Americans feel Trump has made the economy worse. 22% are lying and will vote red on 11-3-26 anyway for racist reasons. #VoteBlue. Give a new Congress a chance to block more tariffs & new wars to REDUCE INFLATION.