As President Donald Trump wraps up the first year of his second term—one marked by US aggression abroad and rising political violence at home—a wave of new polls released this week shows him and his policies at remarkably high, and in some cases record, levels of unpopularity. Across nearly every major measure, Trump is generating more backlash than loyalty, deepening distrust as his personal standing continues to slide.
A new CNN poll released Friday found that nearly 60 percent of Americans describe Trump’s first year back in office as a failure. Trump is faltering even on issues that have historically been his strongest, like the economy. A majority of Americans (55 percent) say he has made the economy worse, while just 36 percent believe he has focused on the right priorities—a nine-point drop since the start of his term. CNN also found Trump’s overall job approval rating languishing at 39 percent, down from 48 percent last February. A clear majority say he has gone too far in using presidential power. You can read the full results here.
CNN’s numbers are not outliers. A new Associated Press–NORC poll, released on Thursday, shows erosion even within Trump’s own party. Only 16 percent of Republicans say the president has helped “a lot” with the cost of living, down sharply from 49 percent in April 2024. Trump’s approval on immigration—still one of his strongest issues among Republicans—has slipped as well, falling from 88 percent in March to 76 percent in the latest survey. Overall, just 38 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of immigration, a marked decline, while 61 percent disapprove. Across the poll, voters say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities, abusing power, hurting the economy, and leaving the country worse off. The survey marked his lowest approval ratings on the economy reported by AP pollsters during both stints in the White House.
Other surveys this week echoed the same themes. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Trump deeply underwater overall, with 58 percent disapproving of his job performance and just 36 percent approving of his handling of the economy. The poll also found overwhelming opposition to Trump’s foreign adventurism, with 71 percent saying the use of military force against Greenland would be a bad idea. Meanwhile, a Marist poll released Friday found that 56 percent of Americans oppose the United States taking military action in Venezuela.
He doesn’t care. He doesn’t need anyone’s votes anymore.
I’m betting he’ll be dead from a heart issue or stroke before any of it matters and we’ll be dealing with the next (possibly worse) Nazi scumbag that wheels in to replace him
A quarter of your country is Nazis scumbags. Start dealing with them now.
And what would you suggest be done? Because the quickest and easiest way I have thought of is to cripple or dissolve the various conservative propaganda networks be them radio, TV, or online and to be dissolve Facebook and twitter before beating Musk and Zuck to death with 2x4s while calling them slurs.
A few folks in Minneapolis did a pretty good job of handling a Nazi yesterday. Start there.
That’s not handling the problem though, not in any meaningful way at least. Sure we could shove them underground again but the problem is societal not individual, it’s a political cult built up for about 50 years minimum that has to be uprooted to solve.
Not saying that doesn’t help but at best it gets them to move somewhere else.
Schumer is alllllmost ready to write that strongly worded letter. He can practically taste the envelope glue.
I hope the door hits him in the ass as he is leaving.
Jesus, I think I hate Schumer more than Trump at this point. He is such is sniveling coward. He reminds me of Wormtail in Harry Potter.
Who cares? Unless republican voters suddenly discover morality Trump doesn’t matter. Disapproval of a single person like Trump is immune to the republican voter block. Conservative Americans ensure the worst of the world… you won’t see meaningful change until you address that group.
Nazi party in America means America is a Nazi country. Get specific with the cure.
They have been saying that since 2016.
I hope that translates into something meaningful happening in the midterms. Of course, even if the election does end up being a big rebuke of Trump, that will hardly bring an end to the conflict. We’re probably only just getting started.
I like your optimism. Midterms. LOL. I hope your right.
Even Russia holds elections. We just have to make sure it’s fair and people are held accountable.
Oh you call those elections huh?
Russia’s elections will never be free and fair so long as they’re still using windows.
Those are laudable goals, but the appetite for democratic reforms currently seems rather anaemic in the US.
Story of his life. Everyone hates him because he lies, steals, sues people into oblivion and threatens them. Somehow that’s helped him fail upwards. Lather, rinse, repeat, constantly moving onto bigger targets. He will never, ever stop until his body quits, and he always has hordes of enablers to ensure he extracts what he wants from his next victim. He is evil incarnate.
Wow. A lot of people still can’t admit they were wrong.
Of all the things that start chipping away at his base, immigration was my last choice. I though convicted felon/rapist would do it.
They will still vote for him.
The fact that there are still 35-40% of voters who still think he’s doing a good job is wild. As is the fact that no matter what he does that number will never change.
And it doesn’t matter a single bit.
Not in Congress, which is the only place it matters.
Sure.
There will always be the 35% who support him. It’s a deranged cult. And because another 35% cant be bothered to get off their asses and vote, we will continue to be screwed.
We’ve been seeing headlines like this daily since before his first election.
You think the election will mean anything.
How very innocent.
They’re trying to make it so, but fascists are pathetic little incompetent losers, so it’s possible that they will fail. Slim chance, but it’s the last america has
