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The Hill
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
72 percent of Democratic voters ‘extremely motivated' ahead of midterms
Nearly three-quarters of Democratic voters are feeling motivated to vote in the next election cycle, according to the latest CNN/SSRS poll. The survey, conducted this past weekend, shows 72 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters are 'extremely motivated' to vote ahead of the midterms, compared to 50 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters. Among Democrats, motivation to vote his increased in the early months of President Trump's term in office — up 10 points from October, when 62 percent of Democratic voters said they were eager to vote in the 2024 presidential elections. Republican enthusiasm, meanwhile, has declined by 17 points from October, when 67 percent said they were extremely motivated to vote in the election. In September of last year, 68 percent of voters from both parties said they were excited about voting in the 2024 election. The latest data could be good news for Democratic Party, which saw nearly half as much enthusiasm in a poll taken in the October ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. 2024 Election Coverage In that poll, 44 percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters were excited to vote in the midterms—close to the 48 percent of Republican and Republican-leaners who were eager to vote at the time. In the 2022 election, Democrats kept the Senate but lost the House to GOP control. In the 2024 election, Republicans won the majority of both chambers of Congress. The poll was conducted on July 10-13 and included 1,057 respondents. The margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.
Newsweek
3 days ago
- Politics
- Newsweek
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Flips With Gen X
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. President Donald Trump's approval rating has flipped among voters from Generation X, a poll has revealed. According to a CNN/SSRS survey, Trump's popularity has increased by 23 points since April with voters aged 50 to 64. The polling shows that this age group—who fall under Gen X, born 1965-1980—is the only demographic where Trump is enjoying a net positive approval rating. Why It Matters Trump's popularity has fluctuated throughout his presidency and recent polls have suggested he has an overall negative approval rating. News of Gen X support may help Trump bolster the support of his allies as he tries to unite the Republican Party ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections. Trump's net approval rating among those aged 50 to 64 has increased by 23 points in just under three months. Trump's net approval rating among those aged 50 to 64 has increased by 23 points in just under three months. Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Associated Press/Canva/Getty What To Know Some 55 percent of Gen X voters approve of Trump while 45 percent disapprove, according to the CNN/SSRS poll. This means he has a net approval rating among this group of +10. The survey of 1,057 voters, sampled across different age groups, was conducted between July 10 and July 13, 2025. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points. A previous CNN/SSRS poll, conducted between April 17 and April 24, found that 43 percent of voters in this age range approved of Trump and 56 percent disapproved, leaving him with a net approval rating of -13. That means Trump's popularity among Gen X voters has increased by 23 points in just under three months. Trump is doing well with other groups, too. According to polling by YouGov/The Economist, the president has a net approval rating of +80 from conservatives. This is similar to the levels it was at during the start of his second term. He is also gaining more traction with Hispanic voters, a crucial demographic who traditionally support Democratic candidates, a poll has shown. Other polls paint a bleaker picture. A Tyson Group poll, conducted June 25-26 among 1,027 U.S. adults, showed Trump at 45 percent approval and 51 percent disapproval overall. The latest CNN/SSRS poll showed Trump's overall approval rating at net -16, suggesting that the president is still struggling to command unanimous support. President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House on July 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House on July 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. AP Photo/Alex Brandon What People Are Saying Thomas Whalen, an associate professor who teaches U.S. politics at Boston University, told Newsweek: "Trump has a strong foothold on middle-aged voters approaching the back nine of their lives. And this age group is the one that traditionally is more likely to go to the polls to vote at election-time. "Of course, the big question is whether the support is sustainable in the long term given the dramatic cuts Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill to social safety programs this groups usually enjoys, namely Medicaid. "Also, rising inflation due to tariffs will eat away at their retirement savings and standard of living. Should be interesting to see what the same poll will say next year." What Happens Next Trump's approval rating among different demographics will likely fluctuate throughout the course of his presidency as voters respond to his policy offering as well as international events.
USA Today
4 days ago
- Business
- USA Today
'Big, fat tax break': Vance starts push to sell signature Trump law amid polling concerns
After narrowly pushing President Donald Trump's signature second-term legislation across the finish line earlier this month, Republicans are now faced with the challenge of selling the new law. Vice President JD Vance began that process July 16 with a trip to a blue-collar enclave in swing state Pennsylvania, where he touted the measure as a win for working families, even as some in his party opposed it because of big cuts to health care for lower-income individuals. 'If you're building here, if you're making here, if you're working in the United States of America, we just gave you a big, fat tax break,' Vance said during a speech at a machine shop in West Pittston. Vance highlighted a new tax break for overtime pay and a program establishing $1,000 investment accounts for newborns, among other aspects of the new law. Polling shows Vance and his GOP colleagues have work to do, though, in trying to convince many Americans that Trump's new law is good policy. The law extends tax breaks on individuals and corporations that Trump passed in 2017, while adding new tax cuts. It also boosts spending on immigration enforcement and the military and makes deep cuts to the Medicaid health care program for the poor. The Medicaid cuts generated opposition from some Republicans, and three voted against the bill in the Senate, requiring Vance to break a 50-50 tie. The bill then passed the House 218-214 with two Republicans opposed. Multiple polls leading up to the vote showed the legislation was unpopular. A SSRS survey conducted for CNN after Trump signed the measure on July 4 found 61% of adults opposed the new law. A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll conducted from July 6 through 8 found voters evenly split on the legislation, with 44% in favor and 44% opposed, but opposition increased to 48% among those who had heard of the measure. A majority of respondents to the CNN/SSRS survey said the tax measures in the law were a reason to support it. Meanwhile, a plurality of those surveyed said the law's changes to social safety net provisions, including Medicaid, were a reason to oppose it. Republican lawmakers largely shrugged off concerns about the legislation as it advanced, saying it would prove out over time. Democrats have vowed to make the new law a major campaign issue, saying it disproportionately benefits the rich and hurts lower income people. The messaging battle over the law will play out ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats believe backlash to the law could help them pick up seats. 'Republicans are celebrating after they gutted healthcare in their deeply unpopular bill,' House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on social media the day after Trump signed the measure. 'The American people will remember the cruelty of it all next November.' Vance's first trip to sell the legislation was to the northeastern Pennsylvania district held by Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, who is a prime target for Democrats after he flipped a blue seat in 2024. Both Vance and Trump spoke on July 16 about doing more to pitch the new law. 'We'll start talking about it, but, once we do, I think we're going to have the greatest midterm that you've ever seen,' Trump said during a White House event.
New York Post
4 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Vance vows ‘Big, Beautiful Bill' will get US manufacturing ‘roaring back to life' ahead of pivotal 2026 midterms
WEST PITTSTON, Pa. — Vice President JD Vance gave an early preview of the Republican message ahead of next year's midterm elections Wednesday, saying at a machine shop in northeast Pennsylvania that the newly-enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act will bring 'American manufacturing roaring back to life.' 'This facility employs people who are participating in the proud tradition of manufacturing, of making great, big and beautiful things with American workers and with American hands,' Vance told his audience at Don's Machine Shop, many of whom were decked out in 'Make America Great Again' gear. Vance, 40, recalled that his late father, also named Don, owned a similar business that fell on hard times because 'what the Chinese and other Asian, primarily, [and] Mexican manufacturing economies were doing is they were stealing American jobs. 'They were making it easier to undercut the wages of American workers and the United States lost a lot of great big beautiful factories during that period, thanks in large part because of bad decisions made by American leadership.' 3 JD Vance's trip to Pennsylvania was the second visit to the Keystone State by Trump or his vice president in as many days. REUTERS Addressing Don's management, the veep predicted 'while you guys thrived with bad policy coming from Washington DC, I think that you're going to take off into a rocket ship with good policy coming from Washington DC under Donald J. Trump's leadership.' Vance launched his sales pitch for the massive Trump agenda bill on the same day new polling from CNN and SSRS showed 61% of respondents opposed the bill — and more than half (51%) said they expected it to hurt the economy more than help it. 'For decades in this country, the story was that blue collar workers in particular, they might get a little pay raise or they might not get any pay raise at all, but it was never enough to keep pace with inflation,' Vance told his audience. 'No matter how hard you worked, no matter how hard you came to work every single day, no matter how hard, how many overtime hours, for example, you put in, you were falling behind. Way too many good Pennsylvania families were falling behind. 'And under just six months of the president's leadership, we've got — inflation is coming under control, and blue collar wages are rising faster than they have risen in 60 years. That is a testament to great presidential leadership and the great American people.' 3 JD Vance greets a pair of supporters during a stop for lunch in West Pittston, Pa. AP West Pittston is part of Luzerne County, whose residents — many of them working-class voters with Polish or Italian ancestry — have voted for President Trump in each of his three runs for the White House after backing Democratic candidates since Bill Clinton in 1992. The VP made a point of noting that no Democrats had supported the Big Beautiful Bill Act, which narrowly passed the House and Senate earlier this month, and mocked their opposition to Trump's proposed tariff regime. 'Democrats seem to like everything that increases taxes,' Vance said. 'If you've got a health care problem, they'll say, we'll just raise taxes, right? Health care costs in this country, we're working on it, they're way too expensive. Democrats say, we'll just raise taxes. We've got not enough people working. Democrats will say just raise taxes. That's their solution to every single problem. But you know, the one group of people in the entire world that they don't seem interested in penalizing is foreign countries that take advantage of this country, and that's got to stop. 3 Locals crowd Don's Machine Shop to hear Vice President JD Vance, the odds-on favorite for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination. AP 'Part of the big beautiful agenda is saying that if you're going to build something in the United States of America, we're going to reward you and we're going to fight for you. But if you want to build something overseas, you're going to pay a big fat tariff before you bring it back into the United States of America, and that's exactly how it should be.' Vance's Wednesday remarks followed Trump's trip to Pittsburgh Tuesday to unveil a $90 billion AI and energy investment package that he said will boost jobs in the Steel City area. The president claimed his tariffs would lead foreigners to set up factories in the US to build the AI and robot technology that may be needed to fill future jobs.
The Hill
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Most say Trump hasn't paid enough attention to key issues: Survey
Most Americans say President Trump isn't prioritizing the most important issues facing the country, according to the latest CNN/SSRS poll. In the survey, conducted over the weekend, 63 percent say Trump hasn't paid enough attention to today's problems, compared to 37 percent who say Trump has the right priorities. That's slightly down from early March, when 57 percent said Trump wasn't prioritizing the right issues and 43 percent said he was. The month before, in mid-February, the gap was even narrower, with 55 percent saying Trump was focusing on the wrong problems and 45 percent saying he had the right priorities. In the latest poll, three-quarters of Republicans say Trump has the right priorities, down from March, when 87 percent said Trump was prioritizing the right issues. Democrats have also seen a drop, from 11 percent saying Trump had the right priorities in March to 4 percent this month. Independents, however, have seen little change from March, when 32 percent said Trump had the right priorities. Today, that level is at 31 percent. The survey included 1,057 respondents and was conducted July 10-13. The margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.
