From the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kittrow-F.

This is the Daily.

What was your most important issue when you voted in 2024?

Probably the economy.

Well, the economy, first and foremost.

I lived solely on Social Security.

So the economy, it was extremely important to me.

I didn't really think my dollar was going as far as it could.

Donald Trump was elected in 2024 on the promise that he would fix the economy,

the number one issue for a broad coalition of voters.

Today, just after one year of President Trump,

our economy is booming, incomes are rising, investment is soaring, inflation has been defeated.

Now, as the president goes out into the country to defend his economic agenda. Cost of gas bill

isn't where it was when he was in his first term.

Housing affordability. That is non-existent.

I haven't started a family yet, primarily because of the cost of living.

My expectation was for prices to go down and not have to pay outrageous interest rates, but that's not what happened, is it?

A new poll from the New York Times

reveals that the issue that may have won the election for President Trump

may now be driving voters away.

His campaign promises were that the economy was going to be so much better.

I don't see a lot of improvement since he has been back in office.

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