US EditionGeorgia Voters Assess Trump’s First Year Amid Economic Concerns
A CNN/SSRS poll shows 58% of Americans view Trump’s first year in office as a failure amid concerns on trade, prices, and energy costs in Georgia.
- On Friday, the CNN/SSRS poll showed 58% of Americans call President Donald Trump's first year a failure, while Jeff Zeleny reported from Southern Georgia interviewing 72-year-old farmer Franz Rowland.
- Amid on-again, off-again trade shifts, local businesses report items rising from $15 to $30, and voters blame trade policy, tariffs, and high energy costs linked to data centers.
- Quoting Rowland, `I don't know who dropped the ball in Washington to allow these prices, this trade, to diminish like it has, but somebody dropped the ball`, as farmers await relief payments from the $11 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance Program.
- With control of Congress at stake, Georgia's verdict could determine control as keeping Trump's winning coalition intact becomes central after last fall's defeat of two Republican public service commission members and Baldwin County flipping for Trump in 2024.
- Within the GOP, about 42% of voters who identify with the 'Make America Great Again' movement say he should be doing more, CNN/SSRS poll finds.
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By Jeff Zeleny, CNN. Franz Rowland has heard President Donald Trump boast endlessly about a booming economy, but he's seen little sign of it on his cotton farm here in South Georgia. “Trump says, you know, be patient. The farmer is going to be better than ever,” Rowland said, standing at the edge of his field, about 12 kilometers north of the Florida-Georgia border. “Well, he better hurry up because we can't wait any longer.” Rowland voted for T…
From ‘A+’ grade to ‘we can’t stand this much longer,’ Georgia voters take stock of Trump’s first year back in office
Franz Rowland has heard President Donald Trump endlessly brag about a roaring economy, but he’s seen few signs of it from his cotton farm here in southern Georgia.
'We can't stand this': Swing state MAGA voter losing patience with Trump
In the swing state of Georgia — which President Donald Trump won in 2024 after losing it in 2020 — some of Trump's supporters are not impressed with how the president has managed the economy as the first year of his second term comes to a close.CNN correspondent Jeff Zeleny reported Friday from Southern Georgia, where 72 year-old Republican voter Franz Rowland is struggling to keep his farm afloat. Rowland was primarily motivated by the economy …
Trump Voter Tells President to ‘Hurry Up’ on the Economy Because ‘We Can’t Stand This’
On Friday’s edition of Erin Burnett OutFront, CNN’s Jeff Zeleny spoke with Franz Rowland, a farmer in Southern Georgia who voted for President Donald Trump in 2024, as he urged the president to “hurry up” on aiding the economy because “we can’t stand this much.” “I don’t know who dropped the ball in Washington to allow these prices, this trade, to diminish like it has,” said the 72-year-old Rowland, “but somebody dropped the ball. Somebody wasn’…
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