Anxiety over the cost of living has risen in Tennessee since President Donald Trump took office, according to a Vanderbilt University poll released Thursday.

Tennesseans across the political spectrum are worried about their finances. Roughly 87% of respondents said the daily cost of living is too high.

“People are worried about paying their bills, perhaps more than anything else,” said Josh Clinton, co-director of the Vanderbilt Poll. “Certainly, there is a portion of the population that is thriving, but for the average person trying to make their way in the world, it’s rough, and we see that in the data.”

A majority ranked the U.S. economy poorly, but confidence in the state economy remains high, with 61% rating Tennessee’s economy as “very” or “fairly good.”

Still, most respondents w

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