Nate Cohn

His policies have made life less affordable.

So he was elected to make things more affordable.

They think it's less affordable.

The tariffs are probably part of that.

Continuing long-term inflation that he's not responsible for is probably part of that.

Medicaid cuts, for instance, is another example of a way in which Trump's policies don't seem like they're making things easier for ordinary people.

Fundamentally, they just don't think he's focused on dealing with the problem that they elected him to address.

A majority of voters say that he's not focused on the issues that they care about most.

Absolutely.

And what it all adds up to, though, is a very low approval rating on his handling of the cost of living.

Only 34 percent of voters approve of his handling of the cost of living, 64 percent disapprove.

That's his second worst result in the poll, trailing only the Epstein files.

We asked people what they worried most about affording, and a majority of people listed, call it a big-ticket middle-class essential, health care, housing, education, children, the sort of things that if you can't afford them, you're no longer living a middle-class life.

They were less likely to mention, call them regular or monthly expenses, food, utilities, transportation.

That's not to say that they aren't concerned about those things, too, or that they aren't really upset about the price of eggs.

But only about a fifth of people said that that's what they worried most about affording.

We also asked people just whether something was unaffordable to them or not.

And once again, those sort of monthly expenses, utilities, gas, food, only about a fifth of people said that they couldn't afford those items.

Now, it's worth noting, of course, that for lower income people, the story is pretty different.

Lower income people living paycheck to paycheck, they are being kept up at night over those regular monthly expenses.