Where is the Trump MAGA voted for?

Just over a year into his second term, it’s clear that President Trump is all out of ideas.  

With his approval rating cratering to an all-time low of 33 percent amid a stalled legislative agenda, rising inflation and a disastrous war in Iran, Trump seems more interested in designing ballrooms and presidential libraries than he does in helming the ship of state. When asked to speak to his political base at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, he unexpectedly declined. MAGA’s master salesman seems to recognize his presidency is a product few Americans are buying. 

In January, Trump announced he’d barnstorm the country once a week in the run-up to November’s midterm elections. That plan never got off the ground. A domestic policy pivot promised earlier this year by White House chief of staff Susie Wiles also disappeared from Trump’s schedule. Instead, the White House looks directionless and the president seems tired, while largely unsupervised Cabinet secretaries chart their own often conflicting paths.  

Trump’s stagnation hasn’t gone unnoticed by Trump’s fellow Republicans — or by voters.  

“I think that MAGA is dying. I do,” 27-year-old Republican strategist Samantha Cassell told The New York Times. Cassell’s view is shared by a growing number of the young conservatives responsible for returning Trump to power in 2024.  

A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found that just 33 percent of men ages 18 to 29 viewed Trump favorably, compared to 46 percent in 2024. Chief among their........

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