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Explained: Inflation, tariffs and a voter revolt: The midterm verdict on Trump's economy
Compiled Nov 5

Trump was publicly humbled by inflation in Tuesday's midterm elections, with Republicans suffering losses in House, Senate and gubernatorial races
- AP Voter Poll
- A survey of more than 100,000 voters conducted by SSRS for AP and major news networks
- AP VoteCast
- A separate AP survey tool used to measure voter sentiment, referenced for comparison to 2022
- S&P 500
- A stock market index tracking 500 large U.S. companies, used as a gauge of economic health
- Federal Reserve
- The U.S. central bank responsible for setting interest rates to influence inflation
- tariffs
- Taxes on foreign imports, which the article says Trump imposed and voters say harmed the economy

