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Young Americans' Views on Trump Shift in Early 2025 Polls
Approval ratings for President Trump among 18- to 29-year-olds have dropped sharply from 48% at his January 2025 inauguration to between 25% and 33% in recent months, according to YouGov and the Economist polls. Young voters cite inflation, job losses and unmet promises as key concerns. The trend coincides with rising pessimism, with only 13% saying the U.S.
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Recent polls show President Trump's approval rating among Americans aged 18-29 has fallen since his January 2025 inauguration. YouGov and Economist surveys place his net approval in this group between -27 and -47 in recent weeks, down from +5 at the start of his term. The Guardian reported that 25-33% of young Americans currently approve of Trump.
Trump won the 2024 election despite losing the youth vote to Kamala Harris by 19 percentage points, according to Pew Research. That margin was narrower than Hillary Clinton's 30-point lead among 18- to 29-year-olds in 2016 or Joe Biden's 26-point advantage in 2020.
The BBC noted that voters will judge Trump on the economy. Gas prices have risen since inauguration, though the outlet reported broader global factors at play in current price levels. The U.S. has lost 82,000 factory jobs since January 2025. In a focus group cited by The Guardian, Lizabel, a young voter who supported Trump, said: "Things are pretty chaotic lately.
Rachel Janfaza, who researches youth voting trends, told The Guardian: "It kind of boils down to this ... Just 30% of young Americans believe they will be better off financially than their parents." The Harvard Youth Poll released in December found that only 43% of young Americans say the country is headed in the right direction, while 57% say things are on the wrong track.
The Atlantic reported that AI-generated deepfakes are increasingly used in financial scams. Such AI scams cost Americans nearly $1 billion in 2025, according to the FBI's annual internet crime report released in April 2026. OpenAI released an updated model last week that includes multiple layers of image-specific safety protection and generates images with certain metadata, an OpenAI spokesperson said.
The company prohibits the use of its technology for fraud or scams.
