One of the keys to President Donald Trump's 2024 election victory was the massive gains that he made among young men, who have traditionally been an important Democratic voting bloc.
However, Puck News' Peter Hamby reports that new polling is showing that Trump has already lost significant support from this group just one month into his second term.
Hamby recently spoke with pollster John Della Volpe to discuss new data he'd found showing real deterioration among a group of voters who backed him because they believed he would be better for the economy than Vice President Kamala Harris.
"Six weeks into the new presidency, Della Volpe said that Trump’s support among young voters is already taking an unambiguous hit, as expectations about a shiny new economy collide with our current reality," writes Hamby. "Trump’s overall favorability with younger voters has dropped seven points since his January poll, the weekend before the inauguration. Trump came into office with a 50 percent favorable rating among Gen Z voters. Now, he’s at 43 percent."
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The pollster then drilled down to show the specific issues that are hurting Trump among this demographic.
"In January, 62 percent of men under 30 approved of Trump’s handling of the economy," writes Hamby. "Now, just 48 percent approve—a drop of 14 points in just one month. On handling inflation, Trump has taken a 15-point hit, dropping from 55 percent approval before the inauguration to just 40 percent today. And those downward trends are from Della Volpe’s February poll, which was in the field two weeks ago—before multiple news cycles about nagging inflation, before tariffs sent the markets spiraling, before egg prices hit an all-time record, and before Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies took a massive hit."
The pollster tells Hamby that if Trump doesn't start lowering the cost of living quickly, then "even his strongest backers may conclude he can’t deliver.”