President Donald Trump’s net approval ratings among millennials and the baby boomer generation have dropped to new second-term lows, a poll from The Economist and YouGov shows on Tuesday.
Previous surveys have also found that the president’s job approval ratings have fallen, including those on the economy, potentially hurting the Republican Party’s chances of keeping both congressional chambers in the upcoming midterms this year.
Trump has also landed record or near‑record lows among key voting blocs, including Gen Z and independent voters, potentially compounding headwinds for the White House and GOP amid public concern over the cost of living and the war with Iran.
In an email to Newsweek on Tuesday when asked about the poll, White House Spokesman Davis Ingle said, “The ultimate poll was November 5th 2024 when nearly 80 million Americans overwhelmingly elected President Trump to deliver on his popular and commonsense agenda. No other President in history has accomplished more for the American people than President Trump, who is working tirelessly to create jobs, cool inflation, increase housing affordability, and more. The President has already made historic progress not only in America but around the world, and this is just the beginning as his agenda continues taking effect.”
Why It Matters
Lessened approval of Trump from earlier peaks could become a trend affecting intraparty leverage, policy debates and turnout dynamics ahead of the crucial midterms.
The poll comes on the heels of Trump’s overall approval rating being relatively unscathed among Americans age 65 and up, CNN’s Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten reported earlier this month.
What To Know
According to the new poll from YouGov and The Economist released on Tuesday, Trump’s overall approval rating is 37 percent versus a 59 percent disapproval rating. Among those age 30 to 44, or millennials, his approval mark is 29 percent versus 65 percent disapproval.
Among those age 65 and up, or baby boomers, Trump’s approval rating is 37 percent versus a 61 percent disapproval rating.
The poll was taken among 1,836 U.S. adults from April 24 to April 27, with a margin of error of 3.2 percent.
YouGov’s Allen Houston said in a release sent to Newsweek in part on Tuesday that “One reason for Trump’s low net approval in this week’s poll is record-low second-term net approval among both 30- to 44-year-olds and those 65 and older — or, roughly speaking, Millennials and Baby Boomers.”
The last time the president’s net approval rating with 30- to 44-year-olds dipped close to the new -36 low was in a poll taken from February 27 to March 2, where it was -35 percent, polls show.
Columbia University professor Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek via email, “This indicates his low level of approval has not just occurred among younger voters who had shifted toward him in 2024 but also among older voters where he has had more support–voters more likely to vote. So we see low levels among major demographic groups, though higher levels of support still among his purely MAGA base.”
In a poll taken last week, Trump’s net approval rating with 30- to 44-year-olds was -20 percent and his net approval with 65-year-olds and up was -2 percent.
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