President Donald Trump’s approval rating is at a record low for his second term, according to a New York Times/Siena poll released Monday, with Democrats opening up a double-digit edge on the generic ballot ahead of this year’s midterm elections.While the poll shows widespread discontent with Trump’s presidency, the results suggests the economy and his decision to launch a war with Iran are the leading factors bringing his approval rating to new lows and potentially setting up a massive backlash in November. Only 30% of voters think launching the war was the right decision, and, by a 55% to 21% margin, voters believe the war will not be worth the cost of waging it. Fifty-nine percent of registered voters disapprove of how Trump is handling his job as president, with just 37% approving. The number of voters who strongly disapprove of Trump’s job performance, 49%, more than doubles the 23% who strongly approve of his tenure in office. The only demographics in which a majority of voters approve of his job performance are white voters without a college degree and Republicans. His numbers are especially poor among voters he wooed away from Democrats in 2024: Just 19% of voters ages 18-29 approve of Trump’s job performance, as do just 20% of Hispanic voters. Trump’s approval rating on economic issues and inflation is even worse than for his overall performance: Sixty-four percent of voters disapprove of how he’s handling the economy, and a whopping 70% disapprove of how he’s handling the cost of living. Nearly two-thirds of voters disapprove of how he’s handling the war with Iran.The survey has Democrats opening up a wide lead on the generic ballots for the midterms, with 50% of registered voters saying they would prefer to vote for a Democratic candidate for Congress and just 39% saying they would prefer to back a Republican. Notably, the poll shows that 8% of those who backed Trump in 2024 would now prefer a Democrat in 2026, with the party winning those who did not vote in 2024 by a 55% to 24% margin. Independents break for Democratic candidates by a 51% to 33% margin.The Times and Siena College surveyed 1,507 registered voters nationwide from May 11 to May 15. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 2.8 percentage points. Close