CNN’s Enten Reacts to New CBS Poll, ‘Yikes!’: Americans Feel They Are Better Off Financially Before Trump Was Elected

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ENTEN: “Look, a lot of the political tension over the last month has been about the Iran war. But voters are telling us over and over again that it‘s the economy, it‘s the economy that will matter, like it does for most elections. And new numbers out from CBS News, if I were in the White House, only one word to describe them: Yikes! Yikes! My goodness, I mean, just take a look here. Trump will or is making you financially worse off or better off — if you go back to just before Trump was reelected to a second term, the plurality said better off at 44%. That number has fallen through the floor. Now we‘re talking just 18%. Just 18% say Trump‘s policies are making them better off. And that plurality in favor of better off has switched to a majority saying worse off. Look at this, up like a rocket from 38% in October of 2024, up there now to 53% of Americans saying Trump‘s policies are making them worse off fiscally. So that is now a 35-point margin in favor of worse off, compared to a six-point margin in terms — in favor of better off just before the election.”