President Donald Trump has seen a major improvement in his approval ratings among those aged 18-29, according to a poll.
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Why It Matters
Trump made gains among Gen Z and first-time voters in the 2024 election compared to 2020. Some surveys had suggested this support was slipping in the Republican‘s first few weeks back in office.
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What to Know
A recent AtlasIntel poll of 2,849 U.S. adults revealed Trump’s approval rating is evenly split, with 50.3 percent saying they approve of the job the president is doing and 49.7 percent saying they disapprove.
The survey was conducted between February 24 and 27, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
Among 364 respondents aged 18-29, the poll shows that Trump has an approval rating of 52.7 percent, with 47.3 percent disapproving. This gives the president a net approval rating of plus 5.4 percentage points among Gen Z.
This marks a significant change from the score the president recorded among this age group in a previous AtlasIntel poll conducted in the days after he returned to office for his second term.
A January AtlasIntel survey showed that 58.7 percent of Gen Z disapproved of the president, while 41.3 percent approved, giving Trump a net approval rating of minus 17.4 percentage points.
Trump recorded significant disapproval rates among other demographics in the latest Atlas poll, including those aged 30-44 (77.2 percent disapproval) and Black adults (73 percent disapproval).
Trump’s overall approval score remained largely unchanged between the two polls. The January AtlasIntel survey found Trump’s approval rating among all adults was 50.1 percent, with 49.7 percent disapproving.
The previous AtlasIntel poll was conducted from January 21 to 23 among 1,882 respondents, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. There were 301 respondents aged 18-29 in the January poll.
Trump won 47 percent of the vote among the 18-29 demographic in the 2024 election—up from 36 percent in 2020—compared to 51 percent for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to an AP VoteCast analysis of more than 120,000 voters.
Younger adults have historically backed Democratic candidates in elections, although they vote in smaller numbers than older demographics.
AtlasIntel was the most accurate polling company of the 2024 election, according to Silver Bulletin, the platform created by veteran pollster Nate Silver.
What People Are Saying
AtlasIntel posted on X, formerly Twitter, on February 28: “Latest Atlas national poll finds the American public split in half but steady support for Trump, with almost no change since January.”
The @earlyvotedata X account posted in reply:“Trump above water [overall] according to Atlas. Continues to be in a good position. Major impacts to this in the future will be Russia/Ukraine, tariffs, and the overall economy.”
David B. Cohen, a professor of political science at the University of Akron in Ohio, told Newsweek shortly after the 2024 election: “Young voters compose a crucial part of the Democratic base, and if that is eroding, where do they make up for that? Going forward, Democrats will have to figure out how to bring young voters back to the fold—particularly young men—if they want to be competitive nationally.”