Link: https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-21-april-strength-in-numbers-verasight-poll

President Donald Trump has now been in office for about 15 months, and his numbers keep getting worse. Our latest Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, conducted April 10–14, finds just 35% of U.S. adults approving of his job performance, with 61% disapproving — a net approval rating of -26. That’s a new low in our poll, down from -23 last month and a steep fall from (an already poor) -16 when we first began tracking this question in May 2025.

This deterioration has been driven largely by his handling of the economy and prices. Trump’s net approval on prices and inflation has fallen to -46 — the worst rating on any single issue in the history of our poll, and a stunning 6-point drop from March’s already record-low -40. Nearly three-quarters of Americans (72%) now disapprove of the way Trump is handling prices.

Here are the poll’s headline findings:

Headline poll findings

• Job approval: 35% of U.S. adults approve of Trump’s job performance; 61% disapprove (net -26, down from -23 in March)
• Generic ballot: Democrats lead Republicans 50% to 43% among registered voters, a 7-point margin
• Direction of the country: 55% say things are going poorly and major changes are needed, a new high. Just 8% say things are going well
• Prices: Trump’s net approval on prices/inflation has fallen to -46, the worst rating on any issue we have ever recorded
• Border security: The one bright-ish spot — border security bounced back to net +1, making it once again the only issue where Trump is not underwater
• Iran: 64% of Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth the cost, up from 58% in March. 48% say the U.S. should never have gone to war in the first place

Simply amazing how Republicans have squandered their power (and will likely lose big in the midterms) while standing by such an unpopular president.

Even more astounding is how all of this has happened while Democrats cant decide if they should be super glued to corporate donors or not.

Because trump is doing so poorly means that politically they can still attach themselves to corporate donors.

Some of them will be working this to further ingrate themselves to monied interests by presenting themselves as a stable and sane solution.

We, of course, have to push back and fiendishly work to punish those who might hold out their hand or have in the past held out their hand to corporate interests.

Primaries are this summer; I'm already looking at my rep to see if he can be replaced.