President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE on Tuesday touted an Emerson College poll released a day earlier, saying it showed that "most Americans, especially Hispanics" said they were better off financially now than they were two years ago under former President Obama.

A recent Emerson College ePoll said that most Americans, especially Hispanics, feel that they are better off under President Trump than they were under President Obama. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018

Trump's tweet is a a bit misleading.

The Emerson survey did find that 62 percent of Hispanics said they are better off financially now than they were two years ago.

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The poll also found that a plurality, 42 percent, of all voters said they were better off financially now than two years ago. Most of those polled, however, did not say they were better off. Thirty percent said they were doing about the same, while 26 percent said they were doing worse financially.

Only 25 percent of Hispanics said they were worse off financially today than two years ago.

Among blacks, just 30 percent of respondents said they were doing better than two years ago, compared to 40 percent who said they were doing worse.

Spencer Kimball, the adviser for the Emerson College Polling Society, said this month's poll marked the first time the college asked voters how their financial situation compares to two years ago.

"We wanted to see if that issue was better or worse than, basically, when [Trump] got elected," Kimball said.

Trump has touted the economy repeatedly as unemployment has fallen to 3.8 percent.

At rallies and White House events, Trump has highlighted the low unemployment rate figures for Hispanics, African-Americans and women. He often takes credit for positive economic indicators, such as monthly job gains, and he has touted the GOP's tax cuts from 2017 as a boon to the economy.

Despite the strong economic numbers, however, the Emerson poll included some potentially bad news for Republicans when it comes to the midterm elections.

On the generic ballot, 49 percent said they would back a Democratic candidate for Congress, compared to 42 percent who said they would back a Republican candidate. The split in the Emerson poll in January had Democrats up 45 percent to 40 percent.

Among Democrats, 33 percent said their financial situation has improved in the last two years, while 32 percent indicated they feel they are worse off, according to the poll. On the Republican side, 57 percent said they are better off, while 16 percent feel they are worse off and 25 percent said they're about the same as two years ago.

The poll was conducted July 6-7 among a sample of 900 voters — evenly split between landline respondents and online participants. It has a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.



