New Harvard CAPS Harris poll report Americans are extremely optimistic about America (link: https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/HHP_May2025_KeyResults.pdf)
Highlights:
- for the first time since COVID, over 50% of Americans think the economy is strong
- 6pt swing upward in people's opinion about their personal finances
- GOP net approval +4%
- Democratic net approval -16%
- US military, police most well liked groups. Hamas, Russia, China the least
- economy and immigration are the most important issues
- plurality believe trump is not meeting expectations, but majority believe he's better than biden
https://www.masslive.com/politics/2025/05/new-poll-reveals-major-shift-on-trumps-economy.html
New poll reveals major shift on Trump’s economy

President Donald Trump’s approval ratings may be underwater, but a new poll shows the Republican president making an important gain.

For the first time since July 2021, a narrow majority of American voters believe the American economy is strong, according to the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris poll.

Fifty-one percent of the poll’s 1,903 registered voter respondents offered that sentiment, compared to 49% who said it’s weak. That puts it right in the poll’s 2.2% margin of error.

That’s still an improvement over last month, when voter sentiment cratered amid the launch of Trump’s trade war and his tariff campaign. In April, 46% of those surveyed said the economy was strong, compared to 54% who said it was weak.

A plurality of respondents, 42%, said they believe the country is on the right track. But the poll also found sharp partisan divisions, with more Republicans (76%) than Democrats (17%) and independents (30%) who said the same thing.

>>1407695 (OP)
The only thing this poll proves is that half of America has tuned out and has no idea what's happening.

>>1407697
.>my opinion matters more then polls of thousands.
real narcissistic and clueless of you huh.

>>1407695 (OP)
>US military, police most well liked groups. Hamas, Russia, China the least
Hahahahaha! The absolute state of Americunts!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

>for the first time since COVID, over 50% of Americans think the economy is strong
Damn. More than 50% of Americans are brain damaged. Fucking leaded gas, I swear to fuck.

>>1407695 (OP)
What fucking planet do these people live on?

>>1407698
If you believe anything different than we do, you are wrong. There is no debate here and no middle ground. Everyone with different beliefs than us are not as intelligent as we are.

>>1407709
indeed except change every "we" and "us" with "me"

>>1407698
>.>my opinion matters more then polls of thousands, real narcissistic and clueless of you huh.
If you swap thousands for billions, that's how Trump (and his supporters) think.

>>1407695 (OP)
A poll involving only 1,903 respondants set out as a general poll of the entire USA, only 51% of them are optomistic and OP thinks that this means that "Americans see bright future ahead?" WTF, this is really clutching at straws you dishonest cunt.

>>1407713
>A poll involving only 1,903 respondants
Oh, I didn't see that. Nevermind, this poll is worthless.

>>1407698
My glass is 1/2 full. global warming is making Northern Michigan and Minnesota nicer in the winter.

>>1407716
Minnesota here. We like snow. These warmer, drier winters fucking suck and are low-key terrifying.

>>1407713
These are the same clueless idiots who think 49% of votes gives you a mandate.

Another win for trump
>- GOP net approval +4%
>- Democratic net approval -16%
Wow, lmao

>>1407728
Yes, winning a presidential election gives one a mandate to become the president and push for the executive policy that you promised voters you would push for.
I know Democrats don't understand this, because all their elections are rigged and nobody keeps promises in their party, but it's ok little champ

>>1407734
Winning with a minority of votes means you don't have a mandate.

>>1407733
You can't be this dumb irl.

Back in 2007, 52% of Americans were optimistic about the state of the economy.
Guess what happened a year later.

>>1407738
Bitcoin? Or Obama?

>>1407695 (OP)
>New Harvard CAPS Harris poll
It's interesting how the poll was done by the university Trump just defunded for having foreign students.

>>1407740
Interesting indeed! Another gop rigged poll! They are just more trump cronies now. He can't keep getting away with it.

>>1407741
The poll isn't rigged, just undersampled.

>>1407742
But intentionally under sampled, and they obviously only sampled the gop students and the fake Democrats who voted for trump

>>1407695 (OP)
>- Democratic net approval -16%
Democrats keep fighting for illegals rights over Americans.

>>1407744
>illegals
You have to be at least 75 years old to unironically use terms like "illegals" to refer to migrants and asylum seekers.

>>1407746
>I'll just make up things he never said and call him a boomer, that will show him!
Classic!

>>1407747
>It's funny because it's true!
Yes.

>>1407697
>half
15% voted for the orange abomination and 70% didn't bother to vote at all.

Missing from TFA, the method of polling. Did they call random people on their landlines? Was it conducted online? Door-to-door in all kinds of neighborhoods?

It matters. How many people still use landlines?

>>1407695 (OP)
>Americans see bright future ahead
Without Trump

>>1407712
>>"demshits think they represent billions"
ok... says alot about how much your brain rotted
>>1407716
we need to think more like boomers who cares about the present let the next generation deal with it. I wish it would heat up over in leafland so i could save on heating.

>>1407776
>70% didn't bother to vote at all.
65% of the US voting age population voted in the 2024 election you massive retard

>>1407781
Which was considered very low turnout.

>>1407777
>How many people still use landlines?
This. Pollsters are going to mostly reach retards and boomers.
The majority of non-Boomers aren't going to answer random phone calls and they're not going to waste an hour answering questions for free.
That a poll that mostly reached boomers and retards give a retarded boomer result is unsurprising

>>1407697
>>1407776
>>1407781
>>1407782
Not so long ago, Trump agreed a deal with UK's Starmer. A year before, he was elected PM with a massive majority. In that recent deal, Starmer got the better part of such.
Gets the ol' noggin joggin'.
>>1407734
>>1407735
UK Labour PM Starmer's massive majority meant he recently signed a deal with EU which destroyed the Conservatives' Brexit. I seriously doubt that Trump's 50% tariff against the EU will work.
UK Conservatives = Republicans. UK Labour = Democrats.

>>1407796
Britain should try to sell North Ireland back to the Irish.

>>1407782
>70% didn't bother to vote at all
>65% of the US voting age population voted in the 2024 election you massive retard
>65% is a very low turnout or something!!
Huge fucking pivot, I'm surprised your cankles didn't snap.
Oh, and you're still lying.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections
Voter-eligible turnout % was the second highest ever for the US, beat only by 2020

>>1407804
1. you confused two different posters again
2. you're a trump apologist retard
3. the number of voters should have exceeded 2020 if people actually cared about the candidates (they didn't)
https://news.gallup.com/poll/642911/say-neither-biden-nor-trump-good-president.aspx
https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_042924/
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/19/about-1-in-4-americans-have-unfavorable-views-of-both-biden-and-trump/

>>1407805
>cankles=busted
Lmao great pivoting anon.
Let's recap the facts.
65% of eligible voters voted in 2024. Whoever claimed 70% didn't vote was wrong
65% eligible voter turnout is not consider low, it's the second highest ever. When you claimed that you were wrong.

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sorry pal, better luck next time, maybe nobody will catch your lie

>>1407814
It is considered low and you're deflecting from the polls showing how massively unpopular the Trump Biden matchup was.

>>1407816
>It is considered low
It's the second highest in history retard.

>>1407823
>how do I population growth
It should have been higher than 2020 if people were engaged moron

>>1407746
Most retarded comment in the thread

>>1407816
Coping on a massive level. A better question is where did Kamala's 20 million votes go that magically appeared over night in 2020? The reality is that the 2020 election was stolen by millions of fake votes and the 2024 election actually did have the highest turnout in history.

>>1407826
ok boomer

>>1407827
https://sos.ga.gov/news/kraken-cracks-under-pressure-sidney-powell-claims-no-reasonable-person-would-conclude-her
“In the face of legal action, Sidney Powell admitted that her effort to make millions lying to the American people had no facts to begin with,” said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. “While the loss of the Senate due to her lies will have ramifications for years, I most sympathize with those who believed her in the first place and who she now considers not reasonable enough to realize she should not have been taken seriously.”

Powell made her admission in a filing in Dominion’s $1.3 billion lawsuit against her for defamation. Powell and her lawyers acknowledge regarding the allegedly defamatory statements regarding Dominion Voting Systems, “no reasonable person would conclude that [her] statements were truly statements of fact.” In other words, she does not consider those who believe her voter fraud claims “reasonable.”

The filing says that the claims Powell made in interviews on Fox News and Fox Business, and in a press conference at the Republican National Committee are not statements of fact. In particular, her claims “that she had evidence that the election result was the ‘greatest crime of the century if not the life of the world,’” or that Democrats “developed a computer system to alter votes electronically” would not be accepted by a “reasonable person” as “statements of fact.”

Powell and her lawyers go further, citing Dominion’s criticism that Powell’s claims were “wild accusations,” “outlandish claims,” “inherently improbable,” or “impossible” as evidence that “reasonable people would not accept such statements as fact but view them only as claims.”

Finally, Powell and her lawyers admit that her claims about voter fraud, stolen elections, or switched votes were “her opinions and legal theories” only.

>>1407829
>In the face of legal action-
That's all you needed to say bud.
The state was ready to lynch her, no shit she admitted fault.

>>1407830
They were going to lynch her for lying to millions of gullible suckers like you.

>>1407825
>It should have been higher tho
Well that's a weird way to justify that the second highest in history was "considered low"
Fucking retard.

>>1407829
>Sidney Powell
Oh yes, the Georgia election case where most of the Democrats involved are now being investigated

>>1407831
Yeah it was such a huge lie that they had to utterly destroy the reputation of a lawyer for questioning the outcome of a presidential election.

>>1407833
By the guy who tried to rig it.
Shocker.

>>1407834
She lied, people died.

>>1407834
You mean for repeatedly lying under oath and making massive claims with no evidence?

>>1407833
>most of the Democrats involved are now being investigated
Pretty routine, tbh. Democrats commit a lot of fraud and are notoriously corrupt

>>1407698
It wasn’t even 2000 people, so technically not thousands.

>>1407884
To be fair, this isn't a single poll in a vacuum. Is a poll taken every month and all this did was continue the trend line in the same direction

>>1407885
>continue the trend line in the same direction
downward, right?

>>1407695 (OP)
Yeah we are, good times comin baybee.

>>1407898
Yeah, when you turn the charts upside down, sure

>>1407900
No.
>>1407907
No.

>>1407925
>Democratic net approval -16%

>>1407929
>1,903 respondants

>>1407835
The senate tried to rig the election? Fani Willis is going to prison this year.

>>1407900
>>1407907
>Americans lose their shit over 10% inflation during Biden's term
>Americans overwhelmingly approve of paying 30% more for groceries and clothes during Trump's term
Who is supposed to believe this?

>>1407941
It's like you think Fani Willis made up Trump's voter fraud lies.

>>1407949
Bold of you to assume how people feel about the economy has fuck all to do with how the economy is doing and not how Fox News tells them the economy is doing.

>>1407983
This only works until the prices start going up.

>>1407949
Neither my groceries nor clothes have yet increased perceptively under trump.
Their cost did go up very quickly under Biden though

>>1407985
>This only works until the prices start going up.
Prices are always going up. Always. Our economic system relies on prices continuously going up. Deflation would be ruinous.

People that have money only bitch about prices going up when told to and people that don't have money always bitch about prices regardless.

>>1407986
>>1407990
The duality of man

>>1407990
>>1407985
So far, the inflation under trump is the lowest since last time Trump was president.
The inflation under Biden was the highest since the last time Biden was vice president

>>1408005
We're talking about prices, not inflation, dipshit. Shit is more expensive now than it was under Biden. You are making my point for me about people only bitching when manipulated into doing so.

Shit in your life didn't get cheaper under Trump. It got more expensive.

>>1408037
>We're talking about prices, not inflation, dipshit. Shit is more expensive now than it was under Biden.
Thats inflation you absolute retard. Inflation causes things to be more expensive.
wtf is wrong with you
>>1408037
>Shit in your life didn't get cheaper under Trump. It got more expensive.
Yes, exactly like I said: the inflation under trump is the lowest since last time Trump was president.
The inflation under Biden was the highest since the last time Biden was in power
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=rocU

>>1407990
>Guys just keep accepting prices getting higher with no wage changes
Very good way to encourage your entire economic system to collapse and your people to riot.

>>1408097
>Very good way to encourage your entire economic system to collapse and your people to riot.
You're conflating inflation with reductions in purchasing power. Ostensibly purchasing power is supposed to stay stable or even increase in spite of inflation as a result of productivity increases.

If everything costs twice as much, but everyone has more than twice as much cash, there's no problem.

Of course this isn't happening because of neoliberal and neoconservative economic policy and just a widespread view on the right of the free market being the will of god and poverty being a result of moral failings, not to mention fearmongering about redistribution of wealth being evil communism that will cause all of us to starve to death, but I digress.

Anyway purchasing power not keeping up with inflation has been a thing since Reagan decided wealth inequality is good, actually, and beyond that there are literally zero political initiatives on the right directed at addressing that shit. The last time anyone did anything to address that shit was the COVID stimulus and you know damn well Congress killed that shit as soon as they could.

>>1408061
>Thats inflation you absolute retard. Inflation causes things to be more expensive.
wtf is wrong with you
To be abundantly clear what I meant was
>We're talking about (the change in) prices, not (the change in the) inflation (rate)
you fucking dipshit.

Lower inflation is not a reduction in prices
>Yes, exactly like I said: the inflation under trump is the lowest since last time Trump was president.
Oh, hey, you're doing it again.

Shit is more expensive under Trump, you fucking baboon.

>>1407712
>billions
what, Chinese and indians? Or Africans and Russians?

>>1407703
50%?This fuxker had eat shit?