As the Trump administration marks its first 100 days, new polling shows Americans are growing increasingly dissatisfied with the president’s second term, including in key swing states that were crucial to his return to the White House.
President Trump is holding a rally Tuesday in Michigan, one of the battleground states he won against former Vice President Kamala Harris. Michigan has been especially impacted by Trump’s steep trade tariffs and escalating tensions with Canada.
Michigan’s unemployment rate has climbed for three consecutive months, with a 1.3% jump in March pushing it to 5.5%, one of the highest rates in the country and well above the national average of 4.2%.
The auto industry has also taken a hit. Stellantis halted production at plants in Canada and Mexico after Trump announced a 25% tariff on imported vehicles, leading to temporary layoffs for 900 U.S. workers. Industry groups have warned the administration that continuing tariffs on imported auto parts would further increase vehicle prices and risk triggering layoffs and bankruptcies across the sector.
On Tuesday morning, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the administration would ease some of the tariffs on cars and auto parts to help struggling U.S. automakers.
An online poll conducted by Civiqs between January 20 and April 28, 2025, found that Trump’s approval ratings in swing states are all below 50%.
Arizona: 46% approve, 49% disapprove, 4% neither
Georgia: 44% approve, 52% disapprove, 5% neither
Michigan: 45% approve, 51% disapprove, 4% neither
North Carolina: 45% approve, 51% disapprove, 4% neither
Nevada: 46% approve, 49% disapprove, 4% neither
Pennsylvania: 44% approve, 51% disapprove, 5% neither
Wisconsin: 46% approve, 50% disapprove, 3% neither
Trump’s highest approval rating was recorded in Wyoming at 71%, and his lowest in Vermont at 26%, according to the same poll.
Nationally, Trump’s approval rating dipped to 41 percent based on a mid-April CNN poll, down from 48 percent approval in February and 45 percent in March.
Speaker Mike Johnson commented Tuesday that every new administration faces challenges, describing these early struggles as expected “bumps in the road” as Trump aims to become the most “consequential president of the modern era.”
During Trump’s first term, approval ratings remained steadier, with CNN polling consistently finding him at around 44 to 45 percent in early 2017.
Now, amid growing economic uncertainty and plunging consumer confidence which has hit a five-year low polls show Trump’s approval rating on the economy, once considered one of his strongest areas, has slipped to 39 percent.