Americans are increasingly down on President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy, according to a new December AP-NORC poll, as both parties get set to duke it out over affordability ahead of the coming midterm elections.

Just 31 percent of respondents approve of Trump’s economic leadership, though results were predictably along partisan lines: 69 percent of Republicans and only 7 percent of Democrats approved. That overall number is down from 33 percent in November and 40 percent in March. But the president continues to insist that the outlook is strong — and that Democrats’ focus on the stubbornly high cost of living is a hoax.

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