Trump Hits Brutal New Polling Low as Dems Win Stunner in MAGA Country

Donald Trump’s approval rating just hit an https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-approval-falls-33-lowest-his-presidency-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2026-08-17/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">abysmal low of 33-64 in Reuters polling.

That’s only one survey, but Trump also just hit https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a new low of 37-59 in New York Times polling averages, which suggests he’s likely in the mid-30s and may be trending toward the Reuters number.

This comes as Democrats https://x.com/VoteHub/status/2090126051061997723" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">appear to have flipped a state legislative district in western Pennsylvania that Trump won in 2024 by 18 points.

Though that race hasn’t been called yet, either way it’s an 18-point shift, a very good omen.

Meanwhile, a https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/2089381245985677570?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CNN analysis finds Trump badly bleeding Hispanic men, a demographic he carried in 2024, another sign his coalition is imploding.

We talked about all of it with Michael Cohen, author of a https://truthandcons.substack.com/p/the-gop-continues-to-have-an-extremism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new piece on GOP extremism for his Substack, https://truthandcons.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Truth and Consequences.

We discuss what the Pennsylvania swing portends, why a Democratic Senate majority is now at least possible, why Trump losing Latinos is a huge deal, and what it means that Democrats are voting as if Trump is on the ballot this fall. Listen to this episode https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent/id1728152109" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.