Regret continues to mount among Trump supporters as nation careens into midterms: report
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Attendees pray during AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the death of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. December 20, 2025. REUTERS
Surveys conducted by The Conversation found that 84 percent of 2024 Trump voters say they would vote for Trump if given the chance to vote again in the 2024 election. That’s down 2 percentage points since analysts previously asked this question last July.
“But some groups of Trump voters are having second thoughts,” the Conversation reports.
The list of Trump hardliners remaining includes 93 percent of self-identified Republican Trump voters, 95 percent of self-identified conservative Trump voters and 92 percent of Trump voters over age 55.
But the most regretful are those with whom “Trump made significant gains in 2024,” the Conversation reports. “They include political independents, African Americans, younger people and those with more education.”
“Roughly three in 10 Trump voters from 2024 who identify as political moderates and African Americans said they would vote differently if the election were held again. And roughly a quarter of young and middle-aged Trump voters both suggested they would not vote for Trump if they could redo their 2024 vote.
“Twenty percent of Trump supporters with postgraduate degrees expressed a reluctance to vote for Trump if given a second opportunity,” the conversation said. “Voters with some college experience and those making less than $40,000 annually reported the same sentiment in similar percentages.”
But perhaps most politically perilous, 31 percent of independents who voted for Trump in 2024 would not vote for him again in an election do-over.
Negative perceptions of Trump’s performance on high-profile issues play the biggest role,” the Conversation reported. “A substantial portion of Trump voters who give the president a negative grade on the economy (22 percent), the Epstein files (37 percent) and the Iran war (49 percent) say they would not vote for him in an election redo.”
And while Trump may take solace in the continued loyalty of his strongest supporters, every vote counts in a close election, and November is not looking good for Republicans already.