Detroit News: Michigan Voters Sour on Trump Economy Ahead of Visit Arrow

Asked to grade Trump on his handling of the economy, twice as many respondents gave the president an "F" as gave him an "A"

Key Point: "As President Donald Trump prepares to visit Detroit on Tuesday as part of an unofficial 'affordability tour,' close to two-thirds of Michiganians said they are seeing their household costs increase… 64% of respondents said their household costs have gone up in the past year, with an overwhelming 82.5% of those individuals pointing to food and groceries as the budget category that is rising the most. The survey found that 48% of respondents said Trump's economic policies have made the national economy overall weaker … 'I think your polling shows exactly what people are experiencing, which is their lives have not been getting better as a result of this president and the actions he's taken, but in fact he's directly led to their costs going up.'"

Detroit News: Michigan voters sour on Trump economy ahead of visit, poll shows

By Grant Schwab and Melissa Nann Burke

• As President Donald Trump prepares to visit Detroit on Tuesday as part of an unofficial "affordability tour," close to two-thirds of Michiganians said they are seeing their household costs increase, according to a new poll from The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.

• The telephone survey of 600 likely Michigan voters found that 64% of respondents said their household costs have gone up in the past year, with an overwhelming 82.5% of those individuals pointing to food and groceries as the budget category that is rising the most.

• The survey found that 48% of respondents said Trump's economic policies have made the national economy overall weaker, while 38% said his policies have made the economy stronger. About 10% said his suite of tariffs, tax cuts, regulatory rollbacks and more has had no impact.

• Asked to grade Trump on his handling of the economy, twice as many respondents gave the president an "F" as gave him an "A."

• Independent voter Gary Steed, 51, of White Lake Township, gave Trump an "F" for his handling of the economy, though "I'd give him a Z if the score went that low," he said. Prices are up, wages are stagnant, and misinformation is rampant, he said.

• "Every time I turn around when I go to the grocery store, it's $300 or $400," said Steed, who took part in the survey. "The price of beef, it's crazy. For three steaks, it's $75 to $100. For three steaks! You can go to a steak restaurant and get a meal for that price."

• "It's trickled down with everything. Gas isn't the only thing it's impacting. Data centers and energy. Shopping for computers is outrageous right now, because there's a run on memory RAM that you put in your computer," he said.

• "It's not just one thing. It's everything."