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President Donald Trump may “hate” his enemies, but new midterm data suggests one group of voters increasingly “despises” him.
CNN data analyst Harry Enten discussed the sharp decline in Trump's support among voters aged 18 to 24 during a Thursday conversation with anchor Kate Bolduan. He pointed to data showing the president's net approval rating among young voters had fallen from 43 percent in 2024 to just 15 percent this year.
“Look at this margin. Look at this margin. That is wild. Yeah, it’s huge. It’s a huge shift. I mean, that is like this isn’t over 20 years. This is over two years,” Enten said.
The shift marks a 28-point drop in Trump's standing with younger voters in just two years, Enten said.
“We are talking about a 28-point decline in terms of where he went from vote share to approval rating in just two years’ time,” he said. “This drove a historic shift away from the Republicans to the Democrats.”
“They, simply put, despised the president of the United States,” Enten added.
The decline follows a period when Trump made gains with younger voters. In 2020, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden held a 25-point advantage among young voters.
