Trump hits lowest approval ever as he loses grip on MAGA issues that built his political brand, new shattering poll reveals
Donald Trump's 'golden age' has hit a second term slump with a slew of warning signs flashing red for his administration - even on issues that helped him secure re-election a year ago.
The president's approval rating is down to 45 percent, according to the Daily Mail/JL Partners latest exclusive polling.
That's a drop of six points from the previous survey and 10 point drop over the last two months,
Many of the elements that once made Trump - who has declared as recently as last week that his presidency will mark the dawn of a new 'golden age' - so appealing to voters now appear to be the reasons why they are abandoning him.
The president's economic and immigration policies, as well as his 'approach to governing' are the top three reasons voters are souring on him.
Healthcare also plays a role, as evidenced by the White House's struggle to put together a plan to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of February.
The Daily Mail poll was conducted November 19-20 and is actually slightly more optimistic than other polls which have his approval on the economy sitting between 36 and 42 percent.
Perhaps most surprising: Trump's net approval on ICE operations dropped four points - suggesting even tough immigration enforcement has its limits with voters.
The White House pushed back on the outcome, telling the Daily Mail that in less than a year Trump has 'already delivered on many of the promises he was elected to enact, but there will always be more to accomplish.'
President Donald Trump's approval in his second term has hit its lowest so far in his second term, dropping 10 points in the last two months, according to the Daily Mail/JL Partner's polling
'He's secured the border; tackled Biden's inflation crisis; lowered drug prices; ended taxes on tips, overtime, and social security; cooled inflation; deported criminal illegal aliens; implemented important reforms putting American workers first; and more,' White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement on the poll's results.
A progressive Democratic operative told a different story, claiming that Trump 'failed' to 'fix' the things he said he would – pointing to his failed 'tariff circus' being the root of the economic bust, with worst yet to come.
'Many have asked when would people see it's 'Don the Con' and the answer is now and we haven't hit rock bottom,' Bradley Beychok with American Bridge told the Daily Mail.
Trump has boasted about his tariffs and said that his economic policy is improving the lives of everyday Americans.
But voters in the Daily Mail/JL Partners November 19-20 poll disagree.
Those who say inflation is their top issue give Trump only a 40 percent approval rating and those who put economic growth at the top of their list give the president 44 percent approval.
Americans don't seem to agree on a large scale that Trump is helping boost the economy as much as his administration claims he has, according to the poll.
Hispanic and young voters represent the largest demographic who are abandoning their support for Trump, with just 36 percent among each demographic.
Trump has recently seen a blow as close ally Marjorie Taylor Greene (pictured right) has left Congress
The president's economic and immigration policies, as well as his 'approach to governing' are the top three reasons voters are souring on him
Additionally, only 24 percent of black voters approve of Trump.
'We're watching the immigrant community be policed and surveilled inhumanely and without regard,' immigration attorney Benjamin Peña said on the declining approval amid nationwide ICE operations. 'I think that if you're witnessing what's happening, the human element plays a key role.'
The economic impact is really what's touchy for voters.
At the end of September, inflation was at 3 percent, a slight uptick from 2.9 percent the month prior. While this is a moderately elevated inflation rate, its near the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target after peaking at over 9 percent in 2022.
But Americans' say their pocketbooks are still hurting as the price of goods are surging with the sweeping tariffs Trump imposed on nearly every country this year.
Since Trump's tariffs took effect, apparel and textiles are up between eight and 17 percent and groceries and food are up between 1.6 percent 2.8 percent – with some products at a whopping 25 percent increase.
It got so bad that Trump had to place some exceptions on consumables like coffee and bananas.
Now Trump is promising a $2,000 tariff stimulus check to help middle and lower income Americans – though its unclear where the exact avenue in which this would be done.
Additionally, subsidies for Obamacare are on the brink of running out even though Republicans promised they would negotiate on extension with the end of the government shutdown.
This was one of the sticking points with one-time MAGA darling Marjorie Taylor Greene, who just announced after he breakup with Trump that she's retiring mid-term in January.
The economy is the thing that's hurting Trump's approval the most, according to voters who ranked this as the top one reason why they don't approve of Trump's job as president
Those who approve of the president point to Trump's record on border security and improving crime and safety as the top reason they maintain a positive view of the administration.
This was the cornerstone of his 2016 'build the wall' campaign and reemerged as a top issue in 2024 after record-breaking illegal immigration during former President Joe Biden's single term and a spike in violent crime in the US.
In September, Trump had the highest approval rating of the Daily Mail's polling at 55 percent.
But now in November's poll, that's the same number of voters who disapprove of the job he's doing as the president nears his one-year anniversary of being back in office.
In mid-October the polling had Trump at 51 percent approval.
Only 36 percent of people aged 18-29 approve of Trump's presidency and the same percentage goes for Hispanic voters.
With an overall margin of 10 percent among all 1,246 respondents, voters are becoming increasingly disenfranchised by Trump's approach to politics.
Specifically, 41 percent of those who disapprove of the president say the way Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been tasked with enforcing Trump's immigration agenda is why they don't support the current administration.
An immigration attorney in New York speculated to the Daily Mail that it's likely not 'many Trump supporters imagined ICE operations would be this brutal on the immigration community.'
'I think these factors are slowly impacting even those who supported Trump. If his approval rating has been impacted, that could very likely be the reason why,' Pena said.
