Monday, November 17, 2025

Independents Are Souring on Trump

YouGov runs approval polls of the president weekly. These provide lots of data for comparison purposes. One analysis, by G. Elliott Morris, is of Donald Trump's approval in Trump v.2.0 vs. Trump v1.0 among independents, the only group that could swing substantially in an election. Here are the data:

Posted by A_Friend at 11:39 AM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink

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The difference is enormous. First, Trump largely held steady among independents all of his first term. This time the dropoff has been almost continuous, from net -5% at the start to net -35% now. Second, at this point in his first term, Trump was at -19%. That is -35% now.

#1 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-17 11:40 AM

While the graph above is the national average, Trump's approval is under water in every state, although it is much less under water in the reddest of states. Still, under water even in red states is not good.

#2 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-11-17 11:41 AM

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