Polls

MSN -    Anxiety about the U.S.-Iran conflict and rising gas prices pushed Americans' view of the economy to the worst level ever recorded, according to the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment survey that has been running for 48 years....The consumer sentiment reading for April slid to 49.8 from 53.3 in March, landing just below the previous record low of 50 set in June 2022 during the post-pandemic inflation crisis.

The final 49.8 reading came in slightly above the preliminary April figure of 47.6 published two weeks ago, as responses collected later in the survey period—after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on April 7—turned more positive, per Michigan survey director Joanne Hsu.

NBC News - Nearly half (47%) of adults ages 18-29 said that if they had the option, they’d choose to live in the past, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey. One-third said they’d pick a time period less than 50 years in the past, while another 14% said they’d choose more than 50 years in the past. Meanwhile, 38% of Gen Zers said they’d prefer to live in the present, 10% said they’d go less than 50 years in the future, and 5% chose more than 50 years in the future.

NY Times -  Disapproval of President Trump has climbed to the highest level of his second term, according to The New York Times polling average, which found that 58 percent of Americans disapprove of the president’s job performance while only 39 percent approve. 

That is the highest disapproval rating Mr. Trump has faced since the end of his first term, in the aftermath of his re-election campaign loss and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.