'They won't be voting Republican': Trump warned he infuriated an energized voting bloc
Protesters march during a "No Kings" rally at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble
May 21, 2026
President Donald Trump may have energized a massive voter bloc that could sink the Republican Party's chances of holding onto their congressional majorities, according to a new analysis.
CNN's Harry Enten zoomed in on polling that measured the opinions of registered voters who stayed home in 2024, and he found their view on the 79-year-old president has soured tremendously in the first year and a half of his second term.
"They have becomeabsolutely perturbed," Enten said. "I dare saythey are p---ed off at thepresident of the United States,voters who didn't cast a ballotin 2024. Trump's net approvalrating back in November of 2024,just after the election. Look athis net approval rating, was plus-four points for his plans inoffice. But look at that, it isfalling. Yeah, whoo! There yougo."
"CNN News Central" host Sara Sidner whistled in astonishment at the graphic Enten showed on screen.
"It hasfallen through the floor, lookat this – minus-50 points on Trump'sapproval rating among voters whodid not, in fact, cast a ballotin 2024," Enten said. "That is, you don't haveto be a mathematical genius. Anover 50-point move against thepresident of the United States among those who are kind oflike, meh, you know, in terms ofvoting in 2024, but now they arep---ed off."
Enten drilled into that simmering anger and found it's largely driven by affordability concerns.
"Look, anyone who's beenfollowing these segments, anyonewho knows anything about American politics knows it'sthe economy," he said. "It is the economy,smarty pants ... and you can just see ithere. I mean, view of Trump inthe economy, again, among voterswho did not cast a vote in 2024,in November of 2024, 60 percent were confident in Trump to makegood decisions when it came tothe economy. But, again, thisnumber has just absolutelyplummeted. Look at his approvalrating now on the economy amongthose who didn't cast a ballotin 2024, it's 19 percent. It's only athird, a third of those who areconfident back in November of2024. Again, we are just talkingabout numbers that are fallingthrough the basement."
Just because those voters didn't cast ballots in 2024 doesn't mean that will be the case in November, according to Enten.
"This is thekey question, because it's notjust about persuasion – it'sabout turnout, baby," Enten said. "It's aboutturnout, and these folks are notjust p---ed off and want to voteDemocratic, a lot of them areactually very likely to vote.Okay, voters who didn't cast aballot in 2024 for their 2026choice for the House. Look atthis, Democrats are winningamongst them by 31 points, and48 percent of them are either verylikely or almost certain to votein the midterm elections."
"Sothis is a group I'm really payinga lot of attention on, becausethe reason why Democrats aredoing so well in the genericballot is, in large part, amongthose who stayed home in 2024," he added. "Many of them will vote in 2026,and they won't be voting Republican. They'll be voting Democratic because truth is,they're just p---ed off at thepresident of the United States."