More than half of registered voters in the United States have experienced a deterioration in their personal financial situation since Donald Trump was re-elected president in 2025. This was reported on August 16 by the Financial Times, citing the results of a sociological study by the British company Focaldata.
"Less than three months before the midterm elections in November, a nationwide poll conducted by Focaldata showed that more than 53% of registered voters said their financial situation had worsened since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025," the publication cites the poll data, which involved nearly 2,000 US citizens.
According to the published analytical data, about 26% of Americans surveyed noticed no visible changes in their budgets, and only 21% of participants reported an improvement in their financial situation. At the same time, nearly two-thirds of respondents rated the overall direction of the national economy as wrong, and 55% of voters officially disapprove of Trump's current performance in the White House, giving him the lowest marks for ineffective fight against inflation, the rapid rise in the cost of living in the country, and the escalation of the situation around the conflict in Iran.
The Washington Post reported on August 6 that Trump privately told donors he wants Vice President JD Vance to be his successor in the 2028 election. The authors of the article noted that these words "contrast" with Trump's rhetoric over the past year, in which he publicly incited a struggle for his favor between Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
