Poll Watch: CBS News, New York Times Poll Show Trump Crashing To 37%

May 18, 2026 Hunter Wallace 2026 Midterms, Conservatism, donald trump, MAGA, MIGA, Politics, Poll Watch, Populists 1

Get the Orange Clown out of here.

White voters are against him. Independents are against him. Young voters are against him. He lost all the non-Whites, particularly Hispanics, who voted for him in 2024.

CBS News:

“Big numbers of Americans are concerned and stressed about finances, and feelings of being secure and content about them are down from this time last year. It’s all part of increasingly bad views of the U.S. economy.

Those ratings, which have long been low, have slid even lower — to levels not seen since 2023. Three-quarters say incomes aren’t keeping up with inflation. …”

New York Times:

“Most voters think President Trump made the wrong decision to go to war with Iran, a New York Times/Siena poll found, leaving the Republican Party on rocky political footing heading into the midterm elections as his approval rating sinks and economic concerns rise.

Majorities of voters said that the war was not worth the costs and held deeply pessimistic views about the economy.

Mr. Trump’s approval rating — a key historical predictor of how a president’s party will fare in an election — has sunk to a second-term low in Times/Siena polls of 37 percent amid the deeply unpopular Middle East conflict.

Nearly two-thirds of voters said that going to war had been the wrong decision, including almost three-quarters of politically crucial independents. Less than a quarter of all voters thought the conflict had been worth the costs. …”

New York Times:

“Over the last decade, it’s often been said that President Trump’s support has a low ceiling but a high floor.

In this morning’s latest New York Times/Siena poll, whether Mr. Trump really has a high floor is starting to be put to the test.

Just 37 percent of Americans approve of his performance as president, a drop of four percentage points from the last Times/Siena poll in January and his lowest approval rating in any Times/Siena survey in either term.

A four-point decline isn’t necessarily huge, but it puts Mr. Trump’s ratings in new political territory. While recent presidencies have often been unpopular and polarizing, no president’s approval rating has been under 38 percent for more than a few days in the last 17 years, according to our average. If there has been a floor during this partisan era of politics, Mr. Trump’s ratings today have fallen to it. …”

37% support!

John McCain lost in 2008 with 45.7% of the vote.

Mitt Romney lost in 2012 with 47.2% of the vote.

Bob Dole lost in 1996 with 40.7% of the vote.

George H.W. Bush lost in 1992 to Bill Clinton with 37.5% of the vote. Dole and Bush had third party candidates on the ballot who dragged down their level of support.

Herbert Hoover lost to FDR in 1932 with 39.6% of the vote. Alf Landon lost to FDR in 1936 with 36.5% when he swept 48 states. Wendell Wilkie lost with 44.8% in 1940. Thomas Dewey lost with 45.9% in 1944.

1 Comment

  1. Does Trump have any motivation for higher poll numbers ?

    He’ll never run for another elected office, what does he care ? Even if he’s impeached, what does it matter ?
    Even if impeached, he can step down and have Vance pardon him.
    In the interim he can line his pockets and his family’s with market manipulation and I’m certain there will be a very substantial Israeli payoff.

    Given the above schemes , Trump may become increasingly dangerous and go full warfare, to the limits of his executive power.

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