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7/15/2025, 9:01:36 AM
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls-middle-class-2096736
Donald Trump's standing with America's middle-income earners has taken a sharp hit, with new polling showing that recent gains in approval among this crucial voting bloc have reversed course.
Trump made inroads with middle-class voters in the 2024 election, who previously broke for the Democrats by around 56 percent in 2020, with 42 percent of voters on incomes between $50,000-$100,000 voting for Trump.
But by 2024, that had reversed almost completely, with middle-class voters breaking for Trump by 52 percent and 46 percent choosing the Democrats.
However, polling now suggests Trump's support among middle class voters may be crumbling.
According to the latest YouGov/Economist polling, conducted between July 4-7 among 1,528 adults, net support for Trump among adults earning between $50,000 and $100,000 a year—a key slice of the middle class—has fallen to a low of -14 points.
In May, 44 percent of middle-income respondents approved of Trump's job performance while 52 percent disapproved, giving him a net rating of -8 points. By June, that gap had narrowed significantly, with approval ticking up to 49 percent and disapproval dropping to 48 percent, bringing his net approval to just -1 point—the best level he'd seen with this group in months.
But that momentum has now evaporated. In the latest YouGov/Economist poll only 42 percent of Americans in the $50,000—$100,000 income bracket approve of Trump, while 56 percent disapprove—pushing his net approval among the middle class back down to -14 points.
Experts told Newsweek that economic anxieties seem to be increasingly driving down Trump's poll numbers among middle-class voters.
Donald Trump's standing with America's middle-income earners has taken a sharp hit, with new polling showing that recent gains in approval among this crucial voting bloc have reversed course.
Trump made inroads with middle-class voters in the 2024 election, who previously broke for the Democrats by around 56 percent in 2020, with 42 percent of voters on incomes between $50,000-$100,000 voting for Trump.
But by 2024, that had reversed almost completely, with middle-class voters breaking for Trump by 52 percent and 46 percent choosing the Democrats.
However, polling now suggests Trump's support among middle class voters may be crumbling.
According to the latest YouGov/Economist polling, conducted between July 4-7 among 1,528 adults, net support for Trump among adults earning between $50,000 and $100,000 a year—a key slice of the middle class—has fallen to a low of -14 points.
In May, 44 percent of middle-income respondents approved of Trump's job performance while 52 percent disapproved, giving him a net rating of -8 points. By June, that gap had narrowed significantly, with approval ticking up to 49 percent and disapproval dropping to 48 percent, bringing his net approval to just -1 point—the best level he'd seen with this group in months.
But that momentum has now evaporated. In the latest YouGov/Economist poll only 42 percent of Americans in the $50,000—$100,000 income bracket approve of Trump, while 56 percent disapprove—pushing his net approval among the middle class back down to -14 points.
Experts told Newsweek that economic anxieties seem to be increasingly driving down Trump's poll numbers among middle-class voters.
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