Measures consumer sentiment by party identification The drop occurred across age and wealth groups and weakened regardless of political affiliations, survey Director Joanne Hsu said in a statement.

Because when you break sentiment down by political affiliation, you see two entirely ... So that’s what we’re seeing, I think, a lot in the consumer, for sure,” said Lapinsky.

director of consumer surveys at the University of Michigan. She adds that the decrease in sentiment was “pervasive” across age and income demographics, as well as political party affiliation.

The University of Michigan’s latest survey, released Friday, showed that US consumer ... But changes in sentiment are beginning to diverge based on political affiliation.