Michigan voters were asked in a recent poll how they felt about President Donald Trump’s second term so far, specifically about his economic policies.
A poll conducted by WDIV/Detroit News asked voters from across the state about their opinions on various topics in the 2026 election. A portion of those questions focused on President Donald Trump’s work during his second term.
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Here’s the exact wording of the question, which was asked over the phone: Would you say that Donald Trump’s economic policies over the past year have made the nation’s economy stronger, weaker or would you say they have had no impact on the nation’s economy?
Here are the results:
- Stronger: 38.1%
- Weaker: 48.3%
- No impact: 9.7%
- Don’t Know/ Refused: 3.8%
Here’s the exact wording of the next question, which was asked over the phone: And what about you personally, would you say Donald Trump’s economic policies over the past year have made you financially stronger, financially weaker or would you say they have had no impact on you financially?
Here are the results:
- Stronger: 25.7%
- Weaker: 33.5%
- No impact: 38.9%
- Don’t Know/Refused: 1.8%
Here’s the exact wording of the next question, which was asked over the phone: If you had to give a grade to President Trump on his performance handling the economy over the past year, would you give him an A, B, C, D or F?
Here are the results:
- A: 16.3%
- B: 21.9%
- C: 17.2%
- D: 11.6%
- F: 32.0%
- Don’t Know/ Refused/Other: 1.0%
Here’s the exact wording of the next question, which was asked over the phone: Generally speaking, would you say the price you pay for things have gone up in the past year, down in the past year, or stayed about the same?
Here are the results:
- Gone up: 64.0%
- Gone down: 13.0%
- Stayed about the same: 22.3%
- Other/ Don’t Know/ Refused: 0.7%
Here’s the exact wording of the follow-up question, which was asked over the phone: And what specifically has gone up the most? What one thing has bothered you the most?
Here are the results:
- Food/ Groceries: 82.5 %
- Gas: 2.1 %
- Medication/Health care: 3.1 %
- Electronics and computer parts: 1.0 %
- Housing costs: 1.5 %
- Utilities/Energy: 3.4 %
- Construction materials: 0.8 %
- Vehicles: 0.8 %
- Car insurance: 0.3 %
- Entertainment: 1.5 %
- Hygiene products: 0.5 %
- Child care: 0.5 %
- Taxes: 1.0 %
- Business expenses: 0.3 %
- Misc: 0.0 %
- Don’t know/Refused: 0.8 %
If the participants said health insurance, they were then asked: Would that be much more/less or just a little more/less?
More: 44.9%, Same: 42.7%, Less: 4.6%
- Much more 22.1%
- Little more 22.8%
- About the same 42.7%
- Little less: 3.1%
- Much less 1.5%
- Don’t Know/ Refused: 7.8%
If the participants said groceries, they were then asked: Would that be much more/less or just a little more/less?
More: 80.2%, Same: 12.7%, Less: 6.1%
- Much more 62.9%
- Little more 17.3%
- About the same 12.7%
- Little less 5.9%
- Much less 0.2%
- Don’t Know/ Refused: 1.0%
Poll methodology
WDIV and the Detroit News commissioned a survey of likely November 2026 general election voters within the state of Michigan. The poll was conducted by The Glengariff Group, Inc.
It was a 600-sample, live-operator telephone survey conducted from Jan. 2-6, 2026.
The margin of error is +/- 4.0%, and there is a 95% level of confidence.
Of the respondents, 16.3% were called via landline telephone, and 83.7% were called on a cellphone.