Trump’s approval rating plunging among voters who sent him to White House: Poll

US President Donald Trump’s support among one of the most important groups that put him in the White House is dwindling drastically, casting serious doubts over the political fallout heading into the 2026 midterm elections.

According to an average of recent national polls presented on CNN, Trump’s approval rating among non-college white voters has plummeted since early 2025, shifting from strongly positive to negative.

Those voters formed the backbone of Trump’s winning coalition, and their distance from him is concurrent with surging economic anxiety and backlash over the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran.

The shift could reshape competitive Senate races, particularly in states Trump has dominated in recent elections, creating unexpected openings for Democrats.

Non‑college white voters were instrumental in Trump’s victories in 2016 and again in 2024, making their rapid disapproval politically significant.

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten pointed to economic dissatisfaction and backlash over the unprovoked US aggression against Iran as key drivers of the shift.

“We are talking about non‑college white voters,” Enten said, describing them as “the group that helped put him in the White House.”

That same group, he added, has now turned sharply against the president, calling the moment a political “ruh‑row.”

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In February 2025, Trump’s net approval rating (those who approve minus those who disapprove) with non‑college white voters stood at plus 32 points.

Today, Enten said, that figure sits at minus two — a dramatic 34‑point swing. And importantly, he noted, this was not the result of a single outlier poll.

“This is an average of polls,” Enten noted, explaining he combined data from three major polls conducted for CBS, Fox News, and CNN. “Donald Trump is actually underwater with non‑college whites.”

Meanwhile, Trump’s approval rating has dipped to a new second-term low among men, a new poll from Quinnipiac University revealed on Wednesday.

The Quinnipiac poll shows an unwanted trend for the president as he has faced additional record-low approval ratings in recent weeks amid the war in Iran and rising gas prices at home.

The record low approval among men could continue as a pattern that may affect intraparty leverage, policy debates, and turnout dynamics ahead of the 2026 midterms.

The poll surveyed 1,028 self-identified registered voters across the country from April 9 to April 13, 2026, with a margin of error of 3.8 percent.

This is the lowest that Trump’s approval rating has been in national surveys with the pollster amid his second term in office.

According to the poll, Trump’s approval rating with men is 41 percent, and his disapproval rating with the group is 52 percent. His overall approval rating is 38 percent versus a 55 percent disapproval rating.

There have been two instances of Trump polling lower with men in local races with the pollster. In a poll surveying 967 New York City likely voters from September 4 to September 8, 2026, Trump had a 32 percent approval rating with men and a 65 percent disapproval rating. The poll’s margin of error was 3.9 percent.

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