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Americans more worried about job market, rising prices, utility bills under Trump – The Detroit News
Americans more worried about job market, rising prices, utility bills under Trump
By Josh Boak and Linley Sanders, Associated Press
Washington — Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Donald Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs poll finds, in what is a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given way to hiring freezes and elevated inflation.
High prices for groceries, housing and health care persist as a fear for many households, while rising electricity bills and the cost of gas at the pump are also sources of anxiety, according to the survey.
Some 47% of U.S. adults are “not very” or “not at all confident” they could find a good job if they wanted to, an increase from 37% when the question was last asked in October 2023.
Electricity bills are a “major” source of stress for 36% of U.S. adults at a time when the expected build-out of data centers for artificial intelligence could further tax the power grid. Just more than one-half said the cost of groceries are a “major” source of financial stress, about 4 in 10 said the cost of housing and health care were a serious strain and about one-third said they were feeling high stress about gasoline prices.
The survey suggests an ongoing vulnerability for Trump, who returned to the White House in January with claims he could quickly tame the inflation that surged after the pandemic during Democratic President Joe Biden’s term. Instead, Trump’s popularity on the economy has remained low amid a mix of tariffs, federal worker layoffs and partisan sniping that has culminated in a government shutdown.
Linda Weavil, 76, voted for Trump last year because he “seems like a smart businessman.” But she said in an interview that the Republican’s tariffs have worsened inflation, citing the chocolate-covered pecans sold for her church group fundraiser that now cost more.
“I think he’s doing a great job on a lot of things, but I’m afraid our coffee and chocolate prices have gone up because of tariffs,” the retiree from Greensboro, North Carolina, said. “That’s a kick in the back of the American people.”
Voters changed presidents, but they’re not feeling better about Trump’s economy
The poll found that 36% of U.S. adults approve of how Trump is handling the economy, a figure that has held steady this year after he imposed tariffs that caused broad economic uncertainty. Among Republicans, 71% feel positive about his economic leadership. Yet that approval within Trump’s own party is relatively low in ways that could be problematic for Republicans in next month’s races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, and perhaps even in the 2026 midterm elections.
At roughly the same point in Biden’s term, in October 2021, an AP-NORC poll found that 41% of U.S. adults approved of how he was handling the economy, including about 73% of Democrats. That overall number was a little higher than Trump’s, primarily because of independents – 29% approved of how Biden was handling the economy, compared with the 18% who currently support Trump’s approach.
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What to know about NC Republicans’ effort to flip a U.S. House seat through redistricting – WRAL News
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What to know about NC Republicans’ effort to flip a U.S. House seat through redistricting
North Carolina Republicans are preparing to redraw the state’s congressional districts in an effort to help the GOP protect its control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Here’s a breakdown of what to expect.
Posted 4:24 p.m. Oct 17, Updated 2:15 p.m. Today
By Will Doran and Paul Specht, WRAL News
North Carolina Republicans are forging ahead with plans to redraw the state’s congressional districts further in their favor as President Donald Trump urges a nationwide gerrymandering effort to help the GOP maintain control of Congress in 2026.
The North Carolina redistricting process kicks off Monday with state House and Senate committees meeting to discuss a newly proposed map of the districts. Lawmakers could vote to approve the map as early as Tuesday, the same day Democrats are planning a large protest in downtown Raleigh around the legislative building.
The proposed map would give the GOP an edge in a northeastern North Carolina district that has been represented by Democrats for decades. If approved, the districts would likely be challenged in court.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s happening and why.
What are congressional districts, and how are they determined?
Each of the 50 states is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives, in different amounts. The seats are allocated based on population: The more people in a state, the more representatives that state gets in the 435-seat House.
North Carolina has the 10th-biggest population in the country and has 14 seats in the House.
The seats are divvied up every ten years. Each state is responsible for creating a map that features the appropriate number of districts, each with roughly the same number of people.
The redistricting process varies by state. Some states appoint political commissions to tackle redistricting. Some also design those commissions to be politically neutral. But in most states, including North Carolina, state legislators draw the maps themselves — and often to give their own party a built-in advantage, using past election results and other data, a process known as gerrymandering.
Why are lawmakers redrawing congressional districts now?
The president’s party typically loses seats in Congress in midterm elections, and that trend appeared likely to continue next year since Trump’s polling numbers have been falling in recent months.
Trump, a Republican, wants the GOP to maintain control of the U.S. House to ensure that his legislative priorities are accomplished. Republicans control the chamber by only a slim margin currently — 218 seats are needed for a majority, and the GOP has 219.
Republican state leaders across the country have jumped into action to redraw their congressional maps ahead of 2026, hoping that a new round of gerrymandering will be enough to maintain that majority and stomp out growing popular support for Democrats.
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