New polling shows how President Trump's performance with Americans has changed following his State of the Union address.
A Scripps News and Talker Research poll run in the wake of this year's address to Congress showed most respondents had a positive impression of the president during his speech.
The poll gathered responses only from people who watched the address. And most people who watch a State of the Union are a member of the same party as the president delivering it. In this year's example, respondents accordingly skewed slightly Republican.
By and large, respondents thought that the president spent a lot of time on the priorities that they care most about. Scripps News' previous polling shows those are the economy and, to a lesser extent, immigration and health care.
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The president portrayed confidence in his plans on affordability. 48% of respondents said they had increased confidence in those same plans. But 52% say their opinion either didn't change or they have less confidence in the president's plans when it comes to affordability.
And 50% of respondents said President Trump's tariffs are hurting Americans. There was also not a whole lot of confidence in the president's trade and tariffs agenda going forward.
