Domenico Montanaro

Seventy percent of people say the areas they live in are no longer affordable for average families.

That's up 25 points from just this summer.

Prices are the top concern for 45 percent of respondents.

Nothing else comes close.

Housing is second at 18 percent, and tariffs are behind that.

Six in ten say the economy is not working well for them personally, and there were big divides by race, age, income, education, and gender.

Three-quarters of those who are Black and two-thirds of Latinos

say the economy isn't working for them compared to 56% of white respondents who say the same thing.

Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.

Of the 1,440 respondents to the survey, just 36 percent say they approve of the job Trump is doing on the economy.

That's the lowest Marist has recorded for Trump in six years of asking the question.

In fact, during Trump's first term, the economy was a relative strength.

It's a big reason he was able to win again in 2024.

Trump promised to bring prices down, and Latinos, for example, crossed over in big numbers to vote for him.

But in this survey, just 32% of Latinos approve of the job he's doing handling the economy.

It's yet another sign of how much the group is moving away from Trump.

as they feel the pinch of prices and a warning sign for Republicans heading into the 2026 midterm elections.

Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.

Of the 1,440 respondents to the survey, just 36% say they approve of the job Trump is doing on the economy.

That's the lowest Marist has recorded for Trump in six years of asking the question.