Whole Hog Politics: Voters tell Trump to back off tariffs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Even pollsters that typically show rosier numbers for Trump, like the methodologically dubious Morning Consult, show Trump underwater on the economy for the first time.
60% : That's certainly still true on immigration, where Trump continues to enjoy his strongest approval ratings of any issue.
57% : In Gallup surveys taken over the first two weeks of March, Republicans gave Trump an A on the economy with 90 percent approval -- higher than on any other issue.
55% : Those priorities brought Trump back into power, but could soon enough boomerang on his party. Holy croakano!
54% : But Malone was able to overcome the odds, and the Democratic Party continued its strong performance in under-the-radar elections since Trump took office.
53% : And that same NBC News poll that showed Trump with clear majority support on immigration?
51% : Trump got a boffo (for him) 49 percent overall job approval rating in the latest Fox News poll, but just 43 percent approved of his handling of the economy, for a net economy rating of negative 13 points.
49% : " Special election worries sink Stefanik U.N. bid: The Hill: "The White House has informed the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that it is withdrawing Rep. Elise Stefanik's (R-N.Y.) nomination to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, reflecting how critical her vote is in the House to passing President Trump's agenda.
48% : Parsons was considered likely to win in the conservative-leaning district, which Trump carried in November with 57 percent of the vote, and McCormick won with 56 percent.
44% : Trump may, as he has before, blunt the effects or waive some of them entirely.
43% : Biden's argument was that Democrats should plow ahead on new deficit spending because the higher prices would pass before the additional trillions from infrastructure spending and another stimulus package -- what was then the Green New Deal but would become the inaptly named Inflation Reduction Act -- kicked in.
42% : Musk has gone all in on the swing state that Trump won by less than a point in 2024, dropping $19.3 million on the race, according to state campaign records.
39% : The race is officially nonpartisan, but endorsements and funds from outside the state have pulled politics into the fray, with Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama offering endorsements and billionaires including Elon Musk, George Soros and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker donating to campaigns.
38% : Based on the most obvious interpretation of the results of the 2024 presidential election, Trump won a return ticket to the White House on the strength of two issues, the economy and immigration.
36% : And at gatherings held by Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna in key California swing districts last weekend, questioners who took the microphone demanded that their party's leaders do more to stop Trump and Musk from slashing programs that serve vulnerable populations such as veterans and Social Security beneficiaries. ...
35% : The big events on the political calendar for next week are both on Tuesday: a gonzo state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin and a special election in Florida to replace Mike Waltz, the national security adviser to President Trump who finds himself at the center of the scandal over sharing state secrets on a text thread.
32% : Voters haven't been too thrilled with Trump on his handling of foreign policy, but outside of a major international crisis, the electorate is seldom much moved by foreign affairs.
29% : It is, of course, possible that Trump will flinch again.
29% : A jump in consumer prices may drive markets down and again cause Trump to mitigate the "disruptions" from his policies.
26% : Those were the subjects on which Trump most consistently thumped former Vice President Kamala Harris and which voters ranked as their top issues last year.
20% : " Warning signs for GOP in Pennsylvania state Senate loss: The Hill: "Democrat James Malone won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection.
9% : On Wednesday, Trump is threatening to repeat Biden's mistakes.

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