60% say – A new Economist/YouGov poll finds 60% of Americans think President Donald Trump hasn’t focused enough on the country’s most important issues, with major dissatisfaction spanning health care, education, abortion, and the environment.
President Donald Trump’s remarks about Democrats — calling them “Godless communists” — landed as Americans weigh whether he’s been tackling the problems that feel most urgent in everyday life.
In a survey released June 30, 60% of respondents said Trump has not focused enough on the nation’s most pressing issues. The findings arrive as high living costs and economic uncertainty continue to squeeze household budgets, leaving many voters less patient about what they see as missed priorities.
The poll also shows Trump underwater on several issues. More than half of respondents said they disapproved of his handling of health care, education, abortion and the environment. Only 28% of Americans said the country is headed in the right direction, while 61% said it is on the wrong track.
Those views are tied to a larger question hanging over Trump’s presidency: whether his attention — and his political momentum — match the concerns voters bring up when they talk about day-to-day affordability and stability.
The numbers come from a survey conducted June 26-29 among 1,606 adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
Days before the poll’s release, Trump downplayed a bipartisan housing bill he has not yet decided whether to sign. He compared it unfavorably with another measure — the SAVE America Act, an election reform bill he has urged Congress to pass — calling the housing effort “a big yawn.”
“Some people say it’s wonderful. To me, compared to the SAVE America Act, just about everything is a big yawn,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
Taken together, the survey results and Trump’s own framing of housing policy point in the same direction: many voters appear to be judging him less on political fights and more on whether he’s pushing the issues they rank as urgent.
Trump’s approval rating has been net negative for more than a year, fluctuating at times but trending more negative over the past several months, according to approval aggregators.
In the background of these numbers is the continuing pressure of a volatile political calendar — including drama with Congress over Iran and the broader affordability debate — but the poll’s strongest message is the simplest: a majority of Americans say Trump isn’t focused on the problems they consider most important.
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