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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Nearly half of voters say the country is worse off under the first year of Trump, poll finds

President Donald Trump’s performance rating is sliding to deep low points in many of the swing states where some of the most important races of 2026 will play out, according to a series of new polls.

In a New York Times/Siena College poll published Thursday nearly half of all registered voters who responded said that the country was worse off than they were one year ago, when the president was just settling into the office and former President Joe Biden was departing the job.

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