{"id":17226,"date":"2026-08-22T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T04:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17226"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T04:11:13","slug":"trump-underwater-in-47-states-and-dc-new-projection-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17226","title":{"rendered":"Trump underwater in 47 states and DC, new projection finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amid President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> record-low approval ratings nationally, a new YouGov\/Economist projection<\/a> shows the president’s net job approval is negative<\/a> in all but three states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Economist and YouGov<\/a>, more people disapprove than approve of Trump\u2019s job performance in 47 out of 50 states and in the District of Columbia. The three states where the majority of respondents still approve of the president are Wyoming (+14), Idaho (+9), and West Virginia (+6). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a meeting with cryptocurrency executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2026.\u00a9\u00a0JIM WATSON, AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All three went for Trump in the 2016, 2020, and 2020 presidential elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lowest net job approval rating for Trump was in D.C. (-83). The two states that disapprove of the president’s job the most are Maryland and Vermont, both at -50. The three are all historically Democratic strongholds that voted for\u00a0former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a>\u00a0in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House did not immediately respond to USA TODAY\u2019s request for comment on Friday, Aug. 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See map of Trump\u2019s net approval<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A historic run<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s negative net approval in most states in the country comes as the president continues to see record-low approval numbers in nationwide polling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a new Reuters\/Ipsos poll released<\/a> on Aug. 17, only one in three Americans said they approved of Trump\u2019s job performance, the lowest approval rating the president has seen in Reuters\/Ipsos tracking since his return to the White House in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s bad polling numbers come as an overwhelming majority of Americans said they were concerned that the war against Iran would continue for an extended period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Aug. 17 poll,<\/a> 80% of Americans, including 87% of Democrats and 71% of Republicans, believed the U.S. involvement with Iran would continue for an \u201cextended period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do polling averages show?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While individual polls vary, major polling averages continue to show Trump in negative territory overall:<\/p>\n\n\n\n