Why a growing number of Trump supporters are experiencing voter’s remorse
The share of 2024 Trump voters who would not vote for him again has risen to 16%, with independents and moderates showing the most regret.
- A new nationally representative YouGov poll indicates that while 84% of 2024 Trump voters remain loyal, a growing number—particularly political moderates and African Americans—would vote differently if the election were held again.
- Dissatisfaction with the Trump administration's handling of key issues is driving cracks in the coalition, as voters cite negative grades on the economy , the Epstein files , and the Iran war .
- Political commentator Tucker Carlson, once a stalwart Trump loyalist, expressed remorse in April 2026, stating he is "sorry for misleading people." Additionally, 31% of independents who voted for Trump in 2024 would not do so again.
- Researchers from UMass Amherst—including Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, and Jesse Rhodes—suggest this dissatisfaction could undermine Republicans' ability to mobilize key swing voters, potentially costing the party Congress in 2026.
- Data compiled by pollster G. Elliott Morris shows Trump's popularity has been steadily declining over the past year, as Americans seriously question his handling of inflation, immigration, jobs, and foreign affairs during one of the worst polling periods of his career.
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Surveys conducted by The Conversation found that 84 percent of 2024 Trump voters say they would vote for Trump if given the chance to vote again in the 2024 election. That’s down 2 percentage points since analysts previously asked this question last July. “But some groups of Trump voters are having second thoughts,” the Conversation reports.The list of Trump hardliners remaining includes 93 percent of self-identified Republican Trump voters, 95 …
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Why a growing number of Trump supporters are experiencing voter’s remorse
Most Trump supporters remain in his camp, but some independents, young people and Black Americans who voted for the president in 2024 would not do so again in an election do-over.
Why a growing number of Trump supporters are experiencing voter’s remorse
by Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst; Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst, and Jesse Rhodes, UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In recent months, some prominent conservatives and erstwhile allies of President Donald Trump – former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and journalist Megyn Kelly, for example – have voiced their displeasure with him on several issues. They range from Trump’s handling of the …
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