How Trump Fared in a Major New Poll

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In a new poll, The New York Times asked voters what they thought of the first eight months of President Trump’s second term. Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst at The Times, explains what the survey found and what it may tell us about where the country is heading next.

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0:00.0	Hello? Yeah, hi. My name's Claire Tennisgetter. I work for The New York Times. Do you have
0:06.5	five to ten minutes of chat? I believe you took part in one of our polls recently.
0:10.7	Sure, why not? Sure, yeah, that's fine. Yeah, that sounds great. Yeah. Okay, go ahead.
0:17.2	From the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kittrow-F. This is the Daily.
0:23.3	How would you sum up your feelings about Trump's second term so far in one word?
0:27.7	One word?
0:29.0	Okay, let's see.
0:31.2	Great.
0:32.2	Excellent.
0:33.1	Cautious optimism.
0:35.4	A little uneven.
0:36.6	Chaotic.
0:37.4	Horrible, embarrassing.
0:39.3	Terrifying.
0:41.3	Today, in a major new poll, the New York Times asked voters what they thought of the first eight months of President Trump's second term.
0:51.3	I think the majority of his policies are heading in the right direction.
0:56.3	The economy for the prices, they're starting to come down.
0:59.9	I wish they'd come down more.
1:02.2	It's a period that's seen sweeping policy changes that have left little of the country untouched.
1:08.4	One of the biggest reason that I voted for him was Southern border, but the way ICE is doing it
1:14.0	is so horrible.
1:15.9	I think he's doing a good job, but the one thing I wish
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