Trump losing support from core supporters as approval drops to record low in new polling

President Trump’s net approval dropped to a new low in this week’s YouGov/The Economist poll, fueled by declining support from the president’s core backers. 

The latest survey shows Trump’s net approval sinking to -23 points — with 35 percent of Americans approving and 58 percent disapproving of Trump’s handling of the presidency. 

That marks a notable decline from the net approval of -18 points last week, net -19 points the week before and net -15 points a week earlier. The net approval is also markedly lower than former President Biden’s net -6 percentage point approval at this point in his presidency and Trump’s net -11 percentage point approval at this point in his first term.

Biden’s worst net approval rating was also -23 percentage points, a low point recorded only twice in his presidency, both during his final year in office. 

Trump’s approval and disapproval ratings are also near his records. YouGov and The Economist only recorded a lower approval rating for Trump once during both terms — when 34 percent of Americans approved of his performance in November 2017. 

His disapproval rating similarly only surpassed current levels once — when 59 percent disapproved in February 2026.

The decline in Trump’s approval rating is largely driven by a softening of support from Trump’s own base, which has come amid a ramping up of U.S. military action in Iran, a partial government shutdown and a decline in the stock market.

The latest survey shows, among 2024 Trump voters, 76 percent approve of his handling of the presidency, compared to 19 percent who disapprove. That net +57 approval marks a 15-point drop from three weeks ago, when 84 percent approved and 12 percent disapproved. 

The latest survey marks a new second-term low for Trump’s net approval among Americans 65 and over, who’ve registered a net -17 percentage point approval of the president, with 57 percent disapproving and 40 percent approving of his handling of his job in office. Last week, net approval was -10 points, after starting this presidency at net -1 percentage points. 

Voters under 30 have also seen a sharp drop in support, with net approval at -40 percentage points this week, down from net -25 points last week, -39 percentage points the week before and net -29 points the week before that. 

Young voters recorded their lowest net approval of -54 percentage points in October 2025, after beginning his second term with a net approval of +5 percentage points. 

The survey, conducted on March 27-30, included 1,679 respondents and had a margin of error of 3.2 percentage points.

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