Gen Z support for Trump collapses amid Epstein fallout
The US president's approval rating among 18 to 29-year-olds fell from roughly even around the time of his inauguration in January to minus 40 by July, according to analysis of YouGov data by the pollster G Elliott Morris.
Gen Z voters swung towards Mr Trump in last year's election, even though support for Republican candidates tends to lag among younger voters, but this has collapsed in the months since.
Mr Trump is facing the biggest crisis of his second term over his handling of the Epstein files, with his administration refusing to make public all of its documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein, the paedophile financier, who died in 2019.
By the US president's own account, he was friends with Epstein for about 15 years before they fell out in the early 2000s.
The drop in support could be a hopeful sign for the Democrats, many of whom were panicked by Mr Trump's support among younger voters when he won last year's presidential election, almost equalling his opponent Kamala Harris for support among 18 to 29-year-olds.
However, data appear to show that a drop in approval for Mr Trump is not necessarily translating to support for the Left-wing party, Axios reported.
A separate poll for CBS News and YouGov published on Sunday showed 8 per cent of Democrats, 17 per cent of independents and 50 per cent of Republicans approved of Mr Trump's handling of the Epstein case.
It also revealed widespread scepticism of his handling of the economy, with 36 per cent approving of his handling of inflation compared with almost two thirds against.
Almost half believed Mr Trump's ' one big, beautiful bill ', which passed Congress last month, would hurt their family, compared with 25 per cent who believed it would help.
The legislation extends tax cuts from the president's first term in 2017, but also cuts funding for Medicaid, which covers medical costs for low-income Americans, by trillions of dollars, despite Mr Trump's election pledge not to do so.
However, the Democrats are hugely unpopular, failing to regroup following a series of shattering defeats in November's elections.
Just 28 per cent had a favourable opinion of the party, according to a CNN poll conducted between July 10 and July 13, compared with 54 per cent who were unfavourable.
This marks a small dip from shortly before Mr Trump's inauguration in January this year, when 33 per cent had a favourable opinion compared with 48 per cent who were unfavourable.
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