The declining support for Donald Trump can also be traced among Republican voters.
Donald Trump’s popularity among American voters has fallen to the lowest level of his political career.
This is according to a new opinion poll conducted by the analysis institute Ipsos for Reuters.
Thus, in the latest poll, the American president has the support of 32 percent of voters.
When Donald Trump returned to the White House as president of the United States in January 2025, support was 47 percent, writes Reuters.
According to Reuters, the development is an expression of growing dissatisfaction, especially among Republican voters.
Since Donald Trump started the Iran war in February, the prices of gasoline and diesel have risen significantly in the United States.
Against this background, Trump’s handling of the cost of living is now, for the first time, meeting with greater dissatisfaction than satisfaction among Republican voters.
Cost of living includes the expenses required to maintain a certain standard of living, such as housing, food, and transportation.
The record low voter turnout comes just weeks before the midterm elections in November, in which Trump’s party colleagues in Congress are up for election.
In the midterm elections, Americans must elect all members of the House of Representatives and about one-third of the Senate. The election can therefore have a major impact on how much political power the sitting president has for the next two years.
Leading up to the 2024 presidential election, the rising cost of living in the US was a central issue in the debate, and Trump promised to make it cheaper to be an American.
Last month, the US president witnessed his lowest ever voter turnout, with support at 33 percent.
Trump’s predecessor in the post, Joe Biden, despite adversity at the end of his presidency, never fell that far in the popularity polls.
When it looked darkest for Biden in October 2024 – a month before the presidential election – he had the support of 35 percent of voters.
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