Overview

• A Wall Street Journal/YouGov poll conducted June 17–20 finds 46 percent of Trump voters now hold President Trump responsible for the economy, compared with 34 percent who blame President Biden.
• That represents a sharp reversal from an early May Economist/YouGov survey, where 55 percent of Trump voters attributed economic conditions to Biden and just 32 percent to Trump.
• The June poll sampled 1,034 U.S. adults with a 4.2-point margin of error and shows 55 percent of all Americans crediting Trump for current economic performance versus 23 percent for Biden.
• Seventy-five percent of 2024 Kamala Harris backers hold Trump accountable for the economy, while only 14 percent assign responsibility to Biden.
• Volatile stock markets following April’s Liberation Day tariffs and June’s private-sector employment decline—the first drop in over two years—have shaped voter perceptions of economic responsibility.