61% of Americans Said They Had to Cut Back on Groceries [View all]
Concern about rising prices has reached a fever pitch as Americans sit down to Memorial Day barbecues across the country. A majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents said that they had changed their purchases from grocery stores to stay within budget in the last several months, according to polling from CNN.
Another 59 percent of Americans said they had cut back on extras and entertainment.
More than three quarters of Americans, including 55 percent of Republicans, said President Trump’s policies had increased the cost of living in their community.
Survey after survey has found that Americans are feeling growing financial uncertainty. Nearly half of all voters gave the economy the lowest rating, “poor,” in the latest New York Times/Siena poll, up 11 percentage points since January.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/us/politics/americans-groceries-inflation-affordability.html
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