A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows that Americans' support for President-elect Donald Trump's top priorities is split, despite his claims of a mandate for his agenda.
President-elect Donald Trump holds a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on Jan. 7 in Palm Beach, Fla.finds that, despite his claims of an"unprecedented and powerful mandate," Trump may have to be careful about how far he decides to go with what he wants to do.
The core of why Trump got another term was negative feelings about the economy. Voters said throughout the campaign that their top concern was inflation, specifically prices. But bringing down prices, Trump said after the election, will likely be"President Biden and his campaign successor, Vice President Harris, suffered politically because of inflation, and the poll provides a grim view of Biden's presidency.
Trump was viewed best by white evangelical Christians , white men without college degrees and those who live in rural areas . When it comes to Jan. 6, days after the four-year anniversary of the siege, 59% said it was an insurrection to overthrow a free and fair election, as opposed to a protest by patriots to stop a stolen election. Among Republicans, however, 61% think it was a protest by patriots.
That 44% is the most optimistic respondents have been about their near-future personal financial situation since Marist has been asking the question in the last 15 years.
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