Trump slammed ‘stupid people’ at Pennsylvania rally
President Donald Trump held his first domestic rally in months to kick off the 2026 midterm campaign trail.
- President Donald Trump’s approval rating has turned negative in the Republican-leaning states of Ohio and Iowa.
- Trump’s candidate for Miami mayor lost to a Democrat, the first to win the office in nearly 30 years.
- National polling averages show Trump’s approval rating is net negative, though it has slightly improved from a recent low.
President Donald Trump was in Pennsylvania on Dec. 9 talking up his record on affordability, as other eyes were on Florida for the Miami mayoral race.
Republicans have been up against warning signs of a blue wave in the 2026 midterm elections, after Democrats overperformed in several elections this year. Trump is also facing complaints he hasn’t been doing enough on the economy, and he defended his record in the Poconos on Tuesday night, the first of a series of rallies he is expected to do ahead of the midterm.
But in Miami, the candidate he backed for mayor lost to the first Democrat to win the office in nearly 30 years. So how are voters feeling about Trump’s job performance? Here is what to know about his approval ratings in key states.
Trump’s approval rating flips negative in 2 Republican-leaning states
Trump has a net positive approval rating in 22 states, according to Morning Consult, which gathers polls over the course of three months to get a look at state-level data among registered voters. The Dec. 5 update has two fewer above-water states compared to the previous month’s update.
Ohio and Iowa, which were considered Republican strongholds in the 2024 election, were the two states where Trump lost his standing with voters, according to Morning Consult. The pollster also found Trump’s disapproval grew to second-term highs in these 2024 swing states: Arizona (51%), Georgia (50%), Michigan and North Carolina (52% each) and Wisconsin (54%). His approval rating is negative in all the swing states.
In Pennsylvania, 47% approve of Trump’s job performance and 50% disapprove. In Florida, 50% approve of Trump’s job performance, compared to 46% who disapprove.
What is Trump’s average approval rating?
Averages based on RealClearPolitics and New York Times aggregators show Trump’s approval rating is net negative, but improving after a sharp drop last month.
As of Jan. 27, 50.5% approved, giving Trump a net positive rating until March 13, when it flipped to net negative with 47.8% approval, compared to 48.5% disapproval, RealClearPolitics graphics show. The approval rating reached a low on April 29 at 45.1% approval, which fell around Trump’s 100-day mark. It reached a new low of 42.3% on Nov. 14, as the controversy on Jeffrey Epstein’s emails heated up following the end of the government shutdown. The following week, his disapproval also ticked up to a term high of 55.6% on Nov. 21….
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