Donald Trump is losing ground fast with Generation Z, with a string of new polls showing his approval among young voters has plunged to record lows.
The latest YouGov/Yahoo survey found Trump’s net approval among Gen Z voters collapsed from -23 in May to a staggering -41 in June, with just 27 percent approving of his job performance.
A separate Quantus poll showed his Gen Z approval dropped from 46 percent in June to just 35 percent in early July, and an ActiVote poll found disapproval surged to 62 percent.
It comes just months after he made surprising gains in the 2024 election.
Experts say the sharp drop reflects frustration with Trump’s handling of key issues like the economy, inflation and immigration.
On inflation alone, YouGov/Economist data shows his Gen Z approval sank from 32 percent to just 23 percent over the past month.
Trump had significantly narrowed the Gen Z gap in 2024, losing 18–29-year-olds to Kamala Harris by just four points.
A key part of that push was his teenage son Barron, who became an unlikely asset on the campaign trail.
Donald Trump is losing ground fast with Generation Z, with a string of new polls showing his approval among young voters has plunged to record lows – just months after he made surprising gains in the 2024 election (Pictured: rump signs the sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’)
President Donald had an approval rating that remained steady before and after the so-called ’12 Day War,’ new polling from the Daily Mail showed (Pictured: Workers repair the main entrance of Evin Prison after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike on June 23 in Tehran, Iran)
The 18-year-old emerged as a quiet but powerful influence on his father, with some calling him a political ambassador for his generation.
Barron understood what Gen Z cared about, and used that insight to help steer Trump’s outreach strategy.
He encouraged his dad to appear on comedian Theo Von’s podcast and helped line up his viral 90-minute interview with Kick streamer Adin Ross, which drew 500,000 live viewers and, according to Trump’s Truth Social account, racked up 100 million total views.
Working alongside conservative influencer Bo Loudon, Barron also pushed Trump to engage with Gen Z favorites like YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul and entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David, host of the PBD Podcast.
The approach appeared to work, at least for a while, but fresh polling suggests that goodwill is rapidly evaporating, as the broader electorate seems largely unfazed by his recent military actions.
Despite authorizing U.S. airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites during the so-called ’12 Day War’ between Israel and Iran, the president’s approval rating has remained frozen at 47 percent, according to a new Daily Mail/J.L. Partners poll.
It is the same figure recorded on June 6 – before Israel launched its initial strikes – and again on June 18, just days before the U.S. entered the conflict. His disapproval rating also held steady at 53 percent.
However, roughly a third of voters said their opinion of Trump had soured in recent weeks, with many citing fears of a broader conflict with Iran, concerns over his ‘dictatorial behavior’ for bypassing Congress, or frustration over what they saw as ego-driven decisions.
Another 30 percent said their view of the president had improved – crediting him for showing strength, keeping his promises, and taking swift action to defend U.S. interests abroad.
President Donald Trump’s landmark Big Beautiful Bill Act was only supported by 28 percent of respondents in the most recent poll for the Daily Mail
President Donald addressing the press at the conclusion of Wednesday’s NATO Summit in the Hague, has had an approval rating that remained steady before and after the so-called ’12 Day War,’ new polling from the Daily Mail
The poll, conducted June 24–25 among 1,025 registered voters, came just after Trump helped broker a ceasefire between Israel and Iran following a barrage of intercepted Iranian missiles. It carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent.
Meanwhile, a separate shock poll shows most voters are turning against Trump’s so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ – his massive tax-and-spending package that now heads to his desk after clearing both chambers of Congress.
The sprawling Republican-led bill promises $1,000 ‘Trump Accounts’ for newborns, eliminates taxes on tips and overtime, injects billions into the border wall, and bans states from regulating AI for the next decade. It also imposes new work requirements for Medicaid and food stamps.
While Trump and GOP leaders have hailed it as ‘the largest tax cut in history,’ most voters remain unconvinced.
Just 28 percent support the bill, while 36 percent oppose it, according to a new Daily Mail/J.L. Partners poll – giving it a negative net rating of -8. Support plummets outside of Trump’s base: Republicans back it by +36, but independents oppose it by -14 and Democrats by a staggering -41.
The Congressional Budget Office projects the bill will add $2.4 trillion to the national debt by 2034 while slashing taxes by $3.75 trillion.
Even some Republicans are uneasy. Sen. Ron Johnson threatened to block it over deficit fears, while Sen. Josh Hawley objected to Medicaid cuts.
A CBS News/YouGov poll also found that 47 percent of Americans believe the bill will hurt the middle class – further signaling trouble for Trump’s economic agenda ahead of November.
