Support from non-college voters collapsing

[struggle4progress]

Josh Marcus in San Francisco
Tuesday 10 February 2026 08:54 GMT

... n the 2024 election, Trump’s approval rating with this group was 14 points higher than rival Kamala Harris’s, according to CNN polling expert Harry Enten, a dynamic that has since flipped so that Trump now has a nine-point negative split with the same voters.

“He is underwater by nine points,” Enten said during a broadcast on Monday. “That’s a 23-point switcheroo with his base of non-college voters. He is absolutely collapsing with the group of voters that helped put him into the White House” ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-poll-college-voters-midterms-b2917141.html

[RandySF]

1. It could be temporary.

[struggle4progress]

4. Yes but I suspect that this slow cultural turn can't reverse quickly

[walkingman]

5. Agree - when someone does not have individual values and bases their votes

on political promises then their votes are always in flux. I think it would be in their and our nations interest to better understand politics and it's nuances.

Three people you can never trust - politicians, car salesman, and lawyers.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. I expect it will last as long as the economy is shitty

That’s not expected to improve anytime soon.

[struggle4progress]

2. Approval Rating With Men Dips to 4-Month Low

Published Feb 10, 2026 at 06:29 PM EST
updated Feb 10, 2026 at 06:30 PM EST

By Anna Commander
Deputy News Editor

President Donald Trump's approval rating with men has dipped to a four-month low, new polling from The Economist and YouGov shows on Tuesday ...

According to the new poll, Trump's approval rating with men is 42 percent. His overall approval rating is 37 percent, and his disapproval rating is 56 percent. The poll was taken from February 6 to February 9 among 1,730 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of 3.1 percent.

In a poll taken from January 30 to February 2, the president's approval rating with men was 47 percent. Trump's approval with men dipped close to 42 percent in polls taken in January, hitting 43 percent. Trump's approval rating with men also dropped to 43 percent in a poll taken from November 7 to November 10 ...

https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-approval-rating-with-men-dips-to-4-month-low-poll-11499892

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. But are they registering as Democrats?