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Trump is in the White House, his approval ratings are scraping rock bottom, and 2026
2026 Elections: Governors](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/900x900+350+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F61%2Ff4%2F13dfa3be4c3e9322309c37441df8%2F2026-governors.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5739331/governor-2026-election) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Here's a look at the 36 races for governor this year](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5739331/governor-2026-election) ## **It's still the economy ...** Trump's approval ratings
Trump’s approval rating, and brought about the worst energy crisis in modern history?  People walk next to a symbolic mock-up of an Iranian missile, on a street in Tehran
ratings of Trump and are less enthusiastic. Forty-five percent of them say they're "very enthusiastic" to vote. Parents who have children under 18 voted for Trump by 8 points in the 2024 election
2026 Senate races to watch: From most likely to flip to Democratic long shots](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-5806271/2026-midterm-elections-control-senate-race) At the same time, Trump's unpopular second term agenda and record-low approval ratings
approval rating. This kind of naked fury from the president of the United States toward his perceived opponents ("NUT JOBS," "TROUBLEMAKERS," "low IQs," "nasty") might once have made headlines. In 2026, it's a Thursday
2026 midterms: Democrats’ desire for change in the wake of the party’s devastating losses to Donald Trump in 2024, the president’s enduring grip on Republican voters despite his falling approval ratings
2026,·29 mins # LIVE at Maida Vale studios… How popular is Donald Trump in the US? [Americast](/sounds/brand/p07h19zz) Available for over a year Why aren’t Democrats more popular, given the president’s low approval
approval ratings. Iowa is also a state where Trump administration policies like tariffs and the war in Iran disproportionately impact farmers, and is a state governed by Republicans but has voted for Democrats in recent
Trump’s approval ratings have also dropped drastically. Republican lawmakers Tom Barrett of Michigan, Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky broke party lines two weeks ago when the last vote was held
approval ratings, his war in Iran is unpopular, and views of the economy continue to be negative. With the GOP's razor-thin majority in the House, all of that has made Democrats the odds
2026. **Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images** Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images Trump announced Sunday that a negotiating team was headed to Islamabad on Monday evening and warned Iran against walking away from negotiations. Trump said
2026 midterms and hoping to win back blue-collar workers. Other union leaders running campaigns include smokejumper [Sam Forstag](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/sam-forstag-montana-workers) in Montana, ironworker [Brian Poindexter](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/18/brian-poindexter-ohio-congress-candidate) in Ohio, organizer [Clair Valdez
approval rating is down across the board, and Republicans want the war to end. **Republicans are quickly working to redraw and pass new congressional maps in time for the midterms,** after a recent Supreme Court
approval ratings [deep underwater](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/donald-trump-second-term-approval-rating-drops), gas prices [high](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/24/iowa-truck-stop-gas-prices) and historical political trends [favoring](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/28/midterms-democrats-house-senate) the party out of power, Democrats this year are considering a comeback in Iowa
rating hitting a record low in his second term, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released earlier this week. Only 22 percent of Americans approved of Trump’s handling of the cost of living. Khanna claimed
2026 election calendar](https://apps.npr.org/primary-election-results-2026/). **The House narrowly voted yesterday to allocate roughly $70 billion to the Department of Homeland Security** for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, [concluding a 115-day standoff
approval ratings and presiding over an unpopular war. Even if the conflict ends soon, voters could still be grappling with pain at the petrol pump deep into the election season, as Republicans struggle to defend
approval ratings from voters. [](https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5647318/congress-retirement-2026-house-senate-primary) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [The record-setting pace of retirements from Congress continues, led by Republicans
approved vaccine for this strain as yet. Here’s what we know:  Charred hospital beds stand in a smouldering Ebola treatment centre after the facility was set on fire by people angry