Core Part of Trump’s Base is Abandoning Him: ‘Rural voters are rapidly souring on the president, thanks in large part to his decision to tank the economy for no reason’

https://newrepublic.com/post/194791/shock-poll-core-part-trump-base-abandoning

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  1. As per [original article](https://newrepublic.com/post/194791/shock-poll-core-part-trump-base-abandoning) 📰:

    – Donald Trump, who saw an increase in support from rural voters in the 2024 election, is now seeing huge defections, according to a new PBS/NPR/Marist poll.

    The poll taken last week found that only 40 percent of rural voters approve of Trump’s job performance, down from 59 percent in February, according to Newsweek. Forty-five percent of respondents said they disapproved of Trump’s performance in April, which is up from 37 percent who said they disapproved in February.

    In the weeks between polls, Trump has unveiled a slate of policy directives that threaten the livelihoods of rural voters, including his sweeping “reciprocal tariff” policy that has undermined essential trade with America’s top trading partners.

    Last month, the European Commission agreed to levy tariffs of up to 25 percent on cigarettes from Florida, beef from Kansas and Nebraska, chicken from Louisiana, car parts from Michigan, and most importantly, soybeans—of which the European Union bought $2.43 billion’s worth in 2024. Trump responded with his own insipid optimism, counseling everyone to “BE COOL!”

    Farmers were also hurt by Trump’s dismantling of USAID, which lost them $2 billion, and the administration’s upending of programs for farms to provide produce for schools and food banks lost them at least another $1 billion.

    Farmers aren’t the only rural residents hurt by Trump—workers and small businesses have also been impacted by shrinking consumer confidence and fears about an impending economic recession caused by roiling markets. Some believe it’s already begun.

    But that’s only the tip of the iceberg. The president’s massive cuts to disaster preparedness programs threaten vulnerable rural regions that could be hit by the oncoming hurricane season. After Trump floated eliminating FEMA altogether, the agency stopped paying for temporary housing for more than 1,200 families displaced by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.

    As recently as Friday, Trump’s directive to slash federal funding at NPR and PBS would also disproportionately impact rural areas, which receive the most of the sliver of money granted by the government for educational and cultural programming.

    The only group of voters, between those in urban, suburban, and rural areas who reported an increase in support for the president, were small-town voters, with 53 percent approving of his job performance, in an increase from 46 percent in February.

    In the 2024 presidential election, a whopping 62 percent of rural voters supported Trump, while only 36 percent backed Kamala Harris, according to AP VoteCast. This demonstrated a 4 percent increase in rural support for Trump compared to 2020.

  2. I doubt they really are. They’re upset that they are being hurt by the policies, yeah. But they are still MAGA when it comes to voting.

  3. 40% isn’t really saying sour to me. It says “dumbasses.”

  4. No there is a reason it just hasn’t been revealed yet. World Domination

  5. If you think about it. Most old people (Trump’s base) are living off the money they earned from working and he immediately just pulls the rug out from under them. Tanks their investments and triggers inflation which decreases the value of their savings. I guess I can understand why they are pissed.

  6. Yeah, New Republic, there’s a hardcore 35% or so that’s with him, regardless. Even if they hate what he’s doing.

  7. Those dumb assholes can’t help themselves from voting against their own interests. Just watch, Trump will say the word “trans” and they’ll go right back to slobbering his dick. I don’t give a shit how hard life gets for them.

  9. I would love to believe this, but I’ve seen MAGA embrace so many of his lies. It’s like they will hork down an infinite amount of shit as long as it comes out of his diaper.

  11. Those who like him because he’s an asshole won’t ever leave him. Those who voted for him for the economy were simply stupid. They clearly did not pay attention during the campaign.

  12. No reason? He literally ran on policies to wreck the economy, they voted for this and he’s giving them what they wanted.

  13. Rural farmers Rural Hospitals Rural communities better understand the billionaire fat cats are coming for us all: Trump making money hand over fist from the Oval office while we pay for golf get away ever weekend

  14. Those dumb dumbs will still vote R no matter what happens, so this doesn’t matter.

  15. There are very few people that were dumb enough to fall for this Conman a second or third time who are also capable of remorse. I highly doubt a large percentage of his base will ever lend a second thought to what he’s done to this country and what they would like to consider “fellow Americans“.

  16. MAGA 4 life. These people will vote R with their dying breath.

  17. Trump doesn’t care about them. He got what he wanted from them – the election win. His only use for them now is the affirmation he needs to boost his fragile ego.

  18. It’s not for no reason. It’s because Putin told him to.

  19. Half of these lunatics believe in some fantasy narrative where Trump was spared by God during his assassination attempt and think he is on a holy quest to save America. That’s why they have so much patience for his complete blundering and incompetence.

  20. I don’t trust a goddamned poll anymore. They are worthless.

    [spouses lied for voting for Kamala](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/10/couples-trump-harris-voting), people lied saying they voted for Kamala when they actually went for Trump just so they wouldn’t be correctly ostracized by their family and friends

    The chickens have come home to roost to them *personally* and they would still vote for Trump this ***very night***

    [only 2% would consider changing their vote and realistically that is 0%](https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-myth-of-the-regretful-trump-voter)

  21. “Abandoning” a second term president after you voted for him is a fake idea.

  23. Note that the corruption, fascism, and ethnic cleansing were fine with them. Only money changes their minds.

  24. I’m gonna say nooo. I could believe they’re ready to move on from him, but they don’t have any problems with what he’s doing. They want the house to burn down. No magic <40% approval numbers will change that.

  25. Rural voters very explicitly wanted this so as to destroy liberal ways of life. When this is finally over, we won’t be able to subsidize them anymore because we’ll barely be able to keep our own states afloat, since we’ll be as poor as they are currently.

  27. They call his stupidity 3D chess, but are they wrong he has literally blundered himself into being an American Emperor!

  29. It’s not for no reason: he’s doing it to destabilise the West for Russia. 

    We have to stop pretending that we don’t know why he’s doing it 

  30. Things might be bad now, but at least they’re not as bad as it’s going to be.

  31. “No reason” lol. There’s a reason, stock market cash grab. These idiots are just too dumb to understand it. Expect more of this

  32. Nah. Fuck those people. They haven’t soured on anything and they’d vote for him again.

  33. Yeah, right. They’ll vote for him again for an illegal third term.

  34. It’s not for no reason, he’s a Russian asset. 🇷🇺🤡

  35. They’ll finally vote democrat maybe that would be cool

  36. Bullshit title for this article! These GOP reps are not abandoning anything. They just making these statements that they are opposing tRump’s attempts to appease their constituents. But they’re all lying. They aren’t doing ANYTHING to stop what the asshole president is doing.

  38. Except there is a reason. Trump tanked the economy to force Fed Chairman Powell to lower interest rates. Problem is, Trump did way, way, way too much damage. He did damage to the economy that would take generations to repair

  41. I highly doubt they wouldn’t vote for him again. They’ll get to the voting booth, look at the options, and think “well, he’s the reason the country is in the shitter, but I’m never voting for a democrat”

  42. Heres the best part tho- fixing some parts of it is gonna be a multi decade campaign. It takes months building up a tower and three seconds to knock it all down. Some places are never buying american again, reducing their reliance on red state products. So even if you drop the tariffs right before mid terms, it wont fix a thing

  44. He’s tanking the economy out of spite and he’s surrouneded by incredibly unqualified people who are whispering in his ear.

  45. I always hear this and yet they seem to remain steadfast cult members. I think they would starve and still remain loyal.

  46. I live in a rural area.

    I still see almost as many trump signs as before the election.

    I don’t know a single person who’s turned on him.

    This is just hopebait. That part of the electorate is not going to turn on trump. They like the way he is.

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