By Bill Wilson
While the mainstream media and Democrats looking to snatch back power in the 2026 Congressional midterms would like to do everything they can to convince the American people the economy under President Donald Trump is in a dire state, public sentiment is shifting.
Consumer prices are finally slowing after Biden-era inflation, with prices growing 2.4 percent over the past 12 months in January while average weekly earnings increased 4.3 percent according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Just a month ago, inflation was growing at 2.7 percent and earnings at 3.7 percent. This moves up the estimated break-even point for exiting Biden-era inflation to the end of this year, instead of mid-2027 according to an Americans for Limited Government Foundation analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
While earnings are catching up to inflation as the Trump administration’s economic engine continues to eat away at Biden-era inflation and spark wage growth — much to the dismay of Congressional Democrats who were banking on bad economic sentiment as their key bargaining chip in November — concerns about inflation remain a persistent issue for voters.
The latest Economist/YouGov survey from Feb. 6-9 shows 26 percent of Americans — the largest share — cite inflation as their most important issue. Another 13 percent cite jobs, and the economy as their most important issue. While Americans are just beginning to feel the ease of Biden era-inflation that has plagued the economy since peak inflation in June 2022, voters are feeling much more optimistic about the economic recovery ahead.
A string of new polls reveals a significant rise in optimism about the direction of the economy compared to last year as President Trump has worked to reverse the catastrophic damage inflicted by Joe Biden and his panel of globalists. Now, voters increasingly say they are optimistic about the economy, economic concern is falling, and voters are placing increasing importance on immigration as President Donald Trump continues to execute on his promise to secure the border.
A Napolitan News poll published Feb. 16 finds that concern over the economy has plummeted over the last three and a half months, while immigration has doubled in priority to voters. In a press release, Napolitan News states that in their Nov. 2025 survey, 44 percent of voters said the economy was their most important issue, and that number is now down to 23 percent, a twenty-one-point decline.
As concern about the economy has dropped, an increasing share of voters — especially conservatives — are prioritizing completing President Trump’s border security and deportation program. Immigration has risen in importance from nine percent in Nov. 2025 to 20 percent as of Feb. 9-12. As the economy has improved, more Americans are realizing that a secure border and deportation will be key to keeping it that way.
It is Republicans who are more likely to prioritize immigration compared to Democrats according to the survey. Immigration is the number one priority to Republicans, with 30 percent prioritizing immigration and 26 percent prioritizing the economy. For Democrats this is flipped, with nineteen percent prioritizing the economy and twelve percent prioritizing immigration. In other words, voters who are concerned about immigration are disproportionately conservatives who are more likely to back President Trump’s border security mission.
Other polling shows a complete reversal of negative economic sentiment. In the latest Gallup survey released Feb. 9, Americans say by thirteen points, 49 percent to 36 percent that they believe the economy will rise over the next six months. This is a complete reversal from the Gallup survey from April 21, 2025. In that survey Americans said by ten points, 48 percent to 38 percent, they expected economic growth to decline. The same goes for the stock market. In April 2025, voters said by a massive 29-point margin — 58 percent to 29 percent — they thought the stock market would decline over the next six months. Now, Americans say by two-to-one, 50 percent to 25 percent, they expect the stock market to rise over the next six months.
Inflation is still a concern that Republicans will need to battle with as the midterm election cycle approaches, and with the break-even point occurring late this year economic perception over inflation could still cause damage in the midterms. That said, poll after poll shows the American people do not trust Democrats over Republicans on most key issues, including the economy. The main strategy Democrats had was to push the narrative that President Trump’s policies were continuing to drive up prices and stagnate wages, and with inflation slowing and wages catching up, the argument simply isn’t true.
The exact opposite has been true, and Americans are beginning to feel that. What is important is that this turnaround in wages and fall in consumer prices isn’t due to one Trump policy, it is due to a multi-pronged approach that is slowly reducing taxes for small businesses, encouraging companies to return to creating their products in the U.S., reducing dependence on cheap foreign labor, rooting out fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars, reducing crime to numbers not seen since 1900, and deporting illegal aliens. All of these metrics are important, and all of them are contributing to the economic turnaround.
Bill Wilson is the former president of Americans for Limited Government.
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