For first time, more voters see economy fading than improving under Trump

Source: The Hill | August 28, 2019 | Sylvan Lane

More voters for the first time say the U.S. economy is getting worse than better since President Trump’s election amid rising recession fears, according to a new poll.

In the Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 37 percent of respondents said the U.S. economy was deteriorating, 31 percent said it was improving and 30 percent said the forecast was holding steady. 

The new numbers show a significant slide in voters’ confidence in the economy after two months of escalating trade tensions, slowing global growth, a U.S. manufacturing recession and a flight to safety in financial markets.

A Quinnipiac poll conducted in June found that just 23 percent of voters said that the U.S. economy is getting worse, while 39 percent said it is getting better and 37 percent said it is staying the same. 

“As trade tensions with China dominate the headlines, confidence in the economy is slipping,” said  Quinnipiac University polling analyst Mary Snow on Wednesday. 

“The number of people who think the economy is getting worse rose by double digits since June,” Snow noted.

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