{"id":527192,"date":"2025-10-25T14:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/527192\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T14:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:57:12","slug":"cnns-data-guru-stunned-by-americans-shift-on-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/527192\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN\u2019s Data Guru Stunned by Americans\u2019 Shift on the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNN\u2019s Harry Enten returned to the network\u2019s big board Friday morning to deliver some stunning news<\/a> about how Americans feel about the economy. <\/p>\n

The data analyst went over a Gallup poll<\/a> that asked Americans what they feel is the most important issue facing the country today. Just 24 percent of Americans picked \u201cthe economy,\u201d down from 43 percent in October 2024\u2014the month before the presidential election. <\/p>\n

\"TrumpFewer Americans saying the economy is the country\u2019s most important issue may be good for Trump, who is polling at -19 on his handling of the economy. Brendan Smialowski\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n

\u201cIt kind of pops off the screen,\u201d Enten said. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about 24 percent, we\u2019re talking about a drop of near 20 points. And more than that, we\u2019re talking about across all of the different political groups, right? Democrats, independents, Republicans, we see that the percentage who say the top problem is economic has been falling through the floor… Which is, I think, very much surprising given all the news that we are hearing about the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

For context, Enten pointed out that in an average midterm election, the number of Americans who say the economy is the most important issue averages out to 35 percent. <\/p>\n

On Thursday, Enten went over the latest polling on how Americans feel about President Donald Trump\u2019s handling of the economy. The numbers were brutal for Trump, with the president hitting record low numbers<\/a> not just for himself across two administrations, but record lows for any president since the number was first tracked in 1977. <\/p>\n

\"EvenThe majority of Americans feel the economy has gotten worse under Trump. Fox News <\/p>\n

The numbers reflect Americans\u2019 frustration with Trump\u2019s tariffs, which have raised grocery prices<\/a> and stunted the labor market<\/a>. A report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed Friday that inflation rose to 3 percent<\/a>, its highest level since January, despite Trump bragging that he has \u201cdefeated inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the apparent de-prioritization of the economy in American minds may sound surprising given Trump\u2019s poor approval rating, the numbers may suggest the two issues are connected. <\/p>\n

At 24 percent, the economy ranked as the second most important issue facing the country in Americans\u2019 minds. The No. 1 issue, at 28 percent, was \u201cThe government\/Poor leadership.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"GallupAmericans have offered several non-economic issues that they think are the country\u2019s most glaring problems. Gallup <\/p>\n

The polling was done during the month of October, when headlines have been dominated by the government shutdown. Unsurprisingly, Congress\u2019s approval rating in the poll was at a paltry 15 percent<\/a>. Trump\u2019s approval rating was also underwater, though at a much less dire 41 percent. <\/p>\n

Other non-economic issues have risen in importance in American minds, including \u201cImmigration,\u201d which polled at 16 percent (up from 14 percent), and healthcare, which polled at 6 percent (up from 3 percent). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CNN\u2019s Harry Enten returned to the network\u2019s big board Friday morning to deliver some stunning news about how…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[51,1594,3686,1700,170804,47,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-527192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-cnn","10":"tag-donald-j-trump","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-harry-enten","13":"tag-poll","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115435395813057987","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}