President Donald Trump is discovering what some people already know: buyer’s remorse from his voters. According to a new analysis by The Economist, Trump’s net approval rating has turned negative in 15 states that he carried in 2024, including all of the swing states where he won and locked in his return to the Oval Office.
Michigan (-11), Nevada (-12), North Carolina (-8), Wisconsin (-13), Arizona (-12), Pennsylvania (-12) and Georgia (-6). Last November, those states were the crucial bricks in Trump’s victory wall. Now? They are throwing metaphorical tomatoes at it.”
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The plunge is not confined to the so-called battlegrounds, either. Even deep red strongholds like Texas (-8), Ohio (-6) , and Utah (-5) are seeing more thumbs down than up. When Texas begins to doubt its loyalty, that rodeo’s got something shaken.
Toss in Missouri (-2), Indiana (-3), Florida (-3), Kansas (-4), and Iowa (-4), and suddenly, it seems that Trump’s approval is playing political limbo, but how low can it go?
The president’s recent policy blitzkrieg, most of it cooked up in the hard-right fever dream Project 2025, is being met with anger from many quarters. And the “Liberation Day” tariffs: an economic sucker punch that has the world’s economists and average Americans reaching for their wallets. Then there is the immigration crackdown, which has sparked outrage and led to “No Kings” protests across the country.
This is not only a liberal pile-on. Trump is suffering approval hits in the very places where he once basked in MAGA glory. And as he continues to decline in areas where he was holding firm, such as Arkansas, South Carolina (+16), Alabama (+12), Alaska (+10), and Kentucky (+9) … even those numbers are feeling less like loyalty and more like stubbornness. In the words of some, they remain in the “F#@k Around Phase.” Give it time.
Now, pull the lens back to the national stage. The trend isn’t pretty:
YouGov/Economist (June 13-16): 41% approve, 54% disapprove
Morning Consult (June 13-15): 46% approve, 52% disapprove
J.L. Partners (June 16–17) Approval unchanged at 46%, disapproval up 11 points to 51% since February
Reuters/Ipsos (June 11-16): 42% approve, 54% disapprove
HarrisX/Harvard (June 11-12): 46% approval, 50% disapproval
Translation: the vibe is off. Badly off.
And if you’re curious, what does it look like in deep blue states? D.C. is screaming at the sky with a stunning -73 net rating. Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, California, and New York bathe in disapproval, each at -24 or worse.
The numbers are headed in the other direction quickly. Trump may have won over the map in 2024, but less than one year later, if you squint, it’s beginning to look like the map is turning back on him.
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