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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Should Democrats stick with Harris? New poll shows surprising result in Trump rematch
If President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Kamala Harris were to have a rematch election, Harris would be the victor, according to a new poll. The Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll shows Harris winning 40% of the vote in a hypothetical rematch while Trump only wins 36%. Only 1% of adults who responded said they were undecided. Even though 40% of adults said they would vote for Harris over Trump, 43% of them said they would not vote at all, according to the poll. If you remove those who won't vote from the poll, however, Harris is still the victor, receiving 47% of the vote to Trump's 42%. The survey's findings present a scenario where the electorate is not pleased with Trump's overall performance, according to the poll's summary. The poll found that 56% of respondents said they think Trump's policy decisions have made the economy worse, while 22% said the policies have made things better. A total of 15% said the impact of Trump's policies is neutral and 7% said they 'don't know' or are 'not sure,' the poll's summary reads. Despite these dour numbers for the president, the Democratic Party only has a slim advantage when it comes to voters trusting them on policy issues. When it comes to jobs and the economy, 41% of adults responded that they trust Democrats to handle this issue better than Republicans. Only 39% said they trust the GOP more on jobs and the economy, according to the poll. Democrats also have a slight advantage on inflation, with 38% of adults saying they trust the party over the GOP while 37% say the opposite. Democrats do have a sizable advantage on three issues: government funding and social programs (48% trust Democrats, 35% trust Republicans), healthcare (46% Democrats, 33% GOP) and education (46% Democrats, 35% GOP). Republicans, meanwhile, hold an advantage on immigration. Of those who participated in the poll, 46% of adults trust Republicans on the issue of immigration over Democrats, while 33% trust Democrats over Republicans. For border security, the GOP holds an advantage here, too, with 50% of adults trusting the Republicans on border security over Democrats. Only 29% of respondents say Democrats are better trusted on this issue. Republicans also have a leg up on Democrats when it comes to deportations, with 45% of adults trusting the GOP over Democrats and 34% saying they trust the Democrats over the GOP. On the issue of foreign policy, however, both parties were tied at 40% each, according to the poll. If the 2026 midterm elections were held today, 47% of adults said they were more likely to vote for a Democrat for their congressional district compared to 41% who said they would vote for a Republican. A total of 12% of adults said they don't know or are not sure. 'Voters do not trust the major parties to handle the country's most pressing problems,' the poll's summary reads. 'With control of Congress up for grabs in 2026, voters look to be leaning toward Democrats, and disproportionately regret voting for Trump in 2024,' it added. 'But Republicans retain a strong base of support and are not down and out yet.' The poll has a sample size of 1,000 U.S. adult residents and was conducted from May 1-6, 2025. It has a margin of error of 3.2%. Who will be Donald Trump's successor? New poll shows clear favorite Boston mayoral candidates clash over city budget, housing and transit in first forum Trump admin announces certain Social Security beneficiaries will face 15% cuts in June Trump administration continues 'unraveling' Harvard as it cancels wave of grants Is Qatar's 'palace in the sky' 747 offered to Trump a flying white elephant? Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
New poll shows Trump's approval rating is underwater on nearly every issue
President Donald Trump has returned to Washington, D.C. from the first state visit of his second term in office, with the White House hailing the supposed successes of his trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. While the communications team has been highlighting how productive the tightly scheduled week was, the president nevertheless comes back to a slew of domestic issues to tackle, including his 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' currently stalled in committee in the House of Representatives. He also returns to some poor approval ratings that his team will doubtless hope are lifted off the back of his trip. The latest polling from Strength in Numbers/Verasight may make for some tough reading for President Trump, showing him underwater with American voters on every single issue, with the exception of border security. According to the poll, 40 percent of people either strongly or somewhat approve of Trump's overall handling of the presidency, while 56 percent disapprove, split by the same modifiers, putting him 16 points underwater. In terms of specific policy areas, Trump has a net minus 32-point rating on prices and inflation in the poll, and a minus 17-point net rating on jobs and the economy, areas in which he has historically had his highest marks. Americans are also very dissatisfied with his approach to trade, putting him minus 21 points underwater. Further, he scored minus 20 on government funding and social programs, and minus 17 on healthcare. For foreign policy, he came out 16 points under, while in education and managing the federal government workforce, he is down minus 15 points and minus 12 points, respectively. His tough stance on immigration and deportations also sees him down, minus two points and minus six points. It's only on border security where Trump has a net positive approval rating of 10 points, with 52 percent approving of his record, and 42 percent disapproving. The poll was conducted between May 1 and May 6 among 1,000 adults. It has a margin of error of 3.2 percent. Politics is a fickle game, and there are still 17 months before the congressional midterm elections in 2026. A run of bad numbers could lead to a shift in policy by the administration, though currently there is a determination to press ahead and what appears to be a firm belief in that strategy. In the same poll, respondents were asked if the election were held today, in a generic congressional ballot, would they vote for the Republican or Democratic candidate. It's a key question given that a shift in control could hinder or halt the Trump policy agenda. While a sizeable chunk, 12 percent, said they did not know or weren't sure, 41 percent named the Republicans, and 47 percent opted for the Democrats, giving them a healthy lead. This tracks with other polling data that generally report a Democratic advantage that could flip the House of Representatives and perhaps even the Senate. While most polls give the Democrats a one or two percent lead, Newsnation's latest survey puts it at five percent, and Fox News at seven percent. The RealClearPolitics polling average has the Democrats ahead by two percent, 45.5 percent to 43.5 percent in a generic congressional vote.
The Independent
17-05-2025
- Business
- The Independent
New poll shows Trump's approval rating is underwater on nearly every issue
President Donald Trump has returned to Washington, D.C. from the first state visit of his second term in office, with the White House hailing the supposed successes of his trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. While the communications team has been highlighting how productive the tightly scheduled week was, the president nevertheless comes back to a slew of domestic issues to tackle, including his 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' currently stalled in committee in the House of Representatives. He also returns to some poor approval ratings that his team will doubtless hope are lifted off the back of his trip. The latest polling from Strength in Numbers/Verasight may make for some tough reading for President Trump, showing him underwater with American voters on every single issue, with the exception of border security. According to the poll, 40 percent of people either strongly or somewhat approve of Trump's overall handling of the presidency, while 56 percent disapprove, split by the same modifiers, putting him 16 points underwater. In terms of specific policy areas, Trump has a net minus 32-point rating on prices and inflation in the poll, and a minus 17-point net rating on jobs and the economy, areas in which he has historically had his highest marks. Americans are also very dissatisfied with his approach to trade, putting him minus 21 points underwater. Further, he scored minus 20 on government funding and social programs, and minus 17 on healthcare. For foreign policy, he came out 16 points under, while in education and managing the federal government workforce, he is down minus 15 points and minus 12 points, respectively. His tough stance on immigration and deportations also sees him down, minus two points and minus six points. It's only on border security where Trump has a net positive approval rating of 10 points, with 52 percent approving of his record, and 42 percent disapproving. The poll was conducted between May 1 and May 6 among 1,000 adults. It has a margin of error of 3.2 percent. Politics is a fickle game, and there are still 17 months before the congressional midterm elections in 2026. A run of bad numbers could lead to a shift in policy by the administration, though currently there is a determination to press ahead and what appears to be a firm belief in that strategy. In the same poll, respondents were asked if the election were held today, in a generic congressional ballot, would they vote for the Republican or Democratic candidate. It's a key question given that a shift in control could hinder or halt the Trump policy agenda. While a sizeable chunk, 12 percent, said they did not know or weren't sure, 41 percent named the Republicans, and 47 percent opted for the Democrats, giving them a healthy lead. This tracks with other polling data that generally report a Democratic advantage that could flip the House of Representatives and perhaps even the Senate. Newsnation 's latest survey puts it at five percent, and Fox News at seven percent. The RealClearPolitics polling average has the Democrats ahead by two percent, 45.5 percent to 43.5 percent in a generic congressional vote.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump's Approval Rating Is Tanking in Just About Every Category
Once again, new polling has President Trump's approval rating underwater on nearly every single issue. Just weeks after multiple polls showed him tanking with Americans everywhere—and young people in particular—data from Verasight U.S. for Strength In Numbers makes it clear that those numbers didn't lie. The poll, conducted between May 1 and May 6 with 1,000 adults, showed that 56 percent disapprove of the overall job that Trump is doing as president. Trump is also sitting on multiple net negatives. He is -32 on inflation and -17 on jobs and the economy, policies that were central to the promises he made in his reelection campaign. He is -16 on foreign policy and -15 on education. The only exception was border security, where 52 percent approved of his signature policy. But on immigration more broadly, 49 percent still disapprove of the president compared to 47 percent who approve. While each poll has its own level of bias and margin of error, multiple polls have shown the president to be in dire straits, especially with young people, independents, and Latino people—groups that were absolutely crucial to his victory last November. Even as Trump's numbers remain robust among conservative voters (around 72 percent according to Verasight) these early patterns certainly raise questions regarding how his reputation will impact critical downballot races in the 2026 midterm elections.
Economic Times
15-05-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
Donald Trump would lose to Kamala Harris if elections were held today, claims new poll
A new poll shows Kamala Harris might beat Trump if elections were held today. While she lost in 2024, many still support her. Trump's falling popularity, especially on the economy, could help her chances. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads 2024 US Election results Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads FAQs A new strength In Numbers/Verasight poll says Kamala Harris would beat Donald Trump in a re-run of the 2024 election. If elections were held today, 47% would vote for Harris, 42% for people who wouldn't vote were also to be counted, Harris gets 40%, of the popular vote while Trump languishes at 36%. The poll was done between May 1 to 6, with 1,000 adults and a 3.2% margin of actually won in November 2024, beating Harris in popular vote 50% to 48%. He won big in the electoral college, 312 votes to Harris 226, which ultimately sweeped the results in his that election, some polls showed Harris leading or tied with people who didn't vote in 2024, 36% now support Harris, only 22% support Trump. But 43% of these non-voters say they still wouldn't vote if given a second people who voted in 2024, Harris and Trump are tied at 43% lost in 2024, but many still think she could be a strong candidate in hasn't said if she'll run, but some in the Democrat's ranks think she might. Some also say she might run for Governor of California in say she ran a better campaign than Joe Biden did before he dropped out in 2024. They believe she helped close the gap against Trump despite the campaign already I'm disarray due to Biden's perceived ill others in the party are vying for fresh faces and new leaders instead of Harris. Some also say Harris hurt her popularity by supporting moderate Republicans like Liz popularity dropped after he launched "Liberation Day" tariffs on April 2. The tariffs caused stock markets to crash, the worst since June 2020. Since then, many voters don't trust Trump on the the same poll, more people didn't like how Trump is handling the 38% said they approve, while 58% don't, that's a -17 score. On prices and inflation, it's even worse, only 31% approve and 63% don't, giving him a -32 53% of people said the country's economy got worse in the past year. Just 25% think it got poll shows Trump is unpopular on all issues, except border/ on immigration, he's barely ahead, 49% disapprove, 47% approve. This matches results from a Fox News poll got flak for a controversial deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from Maryland. The DOJ called it an "administrative error." The Trump admin said Garcia was part of the MS-13 gang, now labeled a terrorist group. But his family and lawyers deny any gang the poll, half the people were told about Garcia's story. Among those, support for deporting all undocumented immigrants dropped to 39%. 43% were against mass asked about people with court protections like Garcia, 49% were against deporting them, 29% supported deporting them, 22% were unsure, 45% said wrongly deported immigrants should be allowed to return, 35% said they should stay negative view of Trump might help Kamala Harris if she runs again in 2028. She has not confirmed if she's running yet. But polls show she's the front-runner right other polls say Kamala Harris isn't doing as well. In an April poll by Data for Progress, only 18% of people said they'd vote for her in the Democratic Buttigieg got 14%, AOC and Cory Booker got 12% each, Newsom got 8%, Josh Shapiro got 5%, and Tim Walz, Gretchen Whitmer, and J.B. Pritzker each got 4%.Other recent polls show different numbers. One by Echelon Insights in April showed Harris at 28%. A YouGov poll from March showed her at 25%. And a Survey USA poll from February had her at 37%.Here's what some politicians are saying about Kamala Harris, Senator John Hickenlooper from Colorado told The Hill that Harris 'will add value to the national conversation.'Many Democrats will have different opinions on what the party should focus on next, he added.Q1. Will Kamala Harris run for next president?She has not said yet, but many think she might.Q2. Why are people unhappy with Trump?Most don't like how he's handling the economy and prices.
