Many Americans doubt Trump will be able to lower prices in his first year, an AP-NORC poll shows

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : About half of Republicans say they think Trump will be a "great" president in his second term, while about 4 in 10 Republicans described him as a great president at the end of his first term.
76% : About 8 in 10 Republicans say Trump will be a "great" or "good" president in his second term, according to the poll.
57% : READ MORE: U.S. inflation gauge ticks higher with consumer prices on the riseOnly about 2 in 10 Americans are "extremely" or "very" confident that Trump will be able to make progress on lowering the cost of groceries, housing or health care this year, according to a survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, while about 2 in 10 are "moderately" confident.
48% : During the presidential campaign, Trump said he would look at alternatives to the Affordable Care Act.
43% : AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of voters and nonvoters that aims to tell the story behind election results, showed that about 4 in 10 voters in the November election identified the economy and jobs as the most important issue facing the country and that about 6 in 10 of those voters cast their ballot for Trump.
40% : Less than half of Republicans are at least "very" confident that Trump will make progress on lowering food costs, housing costs or health care costs, although about 6 in 10 are at least "very" confident in his ability to create jobs.
37% : Only about 3 in 10 are highly confident in Trump's handling of the economyMuch of the 2024 presidential campaign revolved around prices -- whether President Joe Biden, a Democrat, was to blame for inflation and whether Trump could fix it.
35% : But there are other policy areas where expectations for Trump aren't high across the board.
29% : As Trump takes office, though, the poll shows that many Americans don't anticipate that he will be able to immediately bring costs down.
20% : Health care is a particularly weak spot for TrumpAmericans are especially skeptical of Trump's ability to bring down health care costs or handle the issue of health care at all, the poll found.
19% : Democrats still overwhelmingly expect that Trump will be a "terrible" president, but that concern has lessened.
18% : About 6 in 10 Democrats think Trump will be a terrible president in his second term, down from three-quarters who said he was a terrible president at the end of his first term.
6% : Slightly fewer than half of U.S. adults expect Trump will be a "terrible" or "poor" president in his second term, essentially unchanged from when he left the White House in 2021.READ MORE: As term nears its end, Biden presidency viewed less favorably by Americans than Trump or Obama, AP-NORC poll findsBut Republicans are expecting even bigger things from Trump this time, while Democrats' fears appear to be a little more muted.

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