One demographic is ‘ripping the heart out of Trump’s presidency,’ pollster warns

Donald Trump is losing ground among the very voters who powered his three White House campaigns, according to CNN data analyst Harry Enten. White non-college-educated voters, who Enten says were central to Trump's rise, have now turned negative on him, and the shift comes as the midterms approach. Enten made the case on CNN News Central while explaining to host John Berman why Trump had pledged a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa the day before, according to The Independent.

The numbers Enten cited are stark. Trump once led Kamala Harris by 25 points with this group but now sits at -2, a swing of 27 points. Enten said Trump leans on these voters more than any earlier Republican president did, yet stands lower with them at this stage of a second term than any of his predecessors, including George W Bush, Ronald Reagan and Dwight D Eisenhower. He pointed to Bush's second-term midterms, when Republican-leaning voters switched sides and the party lost both chambers of Congress. Enten blamed the economy: the group gave Trump another chance after losing faith in Joe Biden, and his approval on inflation with them has fallen from 24 points to -39.

The White House pushed back. Trump posted a clip of Enten on Truth Social noting that MAGA loyalists still approve of him at 98 percent. Fox News host Jesse Watters aired it too.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →