Economist/YouGov poll highlights Trump's collapsing approval rating

Alexangel Ventura
Jul 15
2 min read

A new poll from The Economist/YouGov showed that in many regards, Trump's approval rating is slipping far lower than the average of all polls according to the RealClearPolitics polling aggregate.

According to the poll, Trump's net approval rating stands at -11%, with a 41% approval rating and a 55% approval rating. His approval rating with whites is the largest among all racial groups, with 48% backing him while an equal 48% oppose.

Meanwhile, his approval among black voters is a mere 17% versus the 74% who disapprove, and among Hispanics who narrowly voted for Kamala Harris in 2024, over 65% of voters disapprove versus 35% in approval of the president. Also, among all age groups, the president is underwater, especially among those aged 18-29, as 66% disapprove and 28% approve.

While liberals formed a very solid base of opposition against the president with 97% disliking his job, conservatives formed a quite large divide with a significant 13% of the conservative base opposing him. Among moderates, the group that the president carried heavily in the 2024 Presidential Election, only 31% approve of him.

The poll also included favorability ratings of politicians including JD Vance, Mike Johnson, and Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, only has a net unfavorability rating of 5% as more are attracted by his appealing campaign against corporatism in the 2025 New York City mayoral election.

This poll is clearly an outlier in a sea of polls showing just a minor net disapproval rating for Trump. The RealClearPolitics aggregate has Trump down 4.7% on average including this -11% approval poll.

With YouGov and Economist polls being oftentimes very reliable, this is a very worrying sign for the Trump administration. This was the first poll taken after the barrage of tariffs on foreign trade powers like Brazil, the European Union, and Japan were announced, with the exception of a Morning Consult poll taken roughly two days from today and a Rasmussen poll taken yesterday (but, it tends to overstate Republican support).