'How low can you go?' CNN data guru gobsmacked by Trump's 'nightmare' approval ratings

CNN data analyst Harry Enten showed that President Donald Trump's numbers are growing so bad that he is drawing comparisons to the 1980 race between President Jimmy Carter (D) and President Ronald Reagan (R).

Reagan infamously asked Americans, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" particularly on the economy. When Americans are asked that question now, Trump is worse than even Carter on the numbers, particularly when it comes to independent voters.

In Oct. 2024, when asked whether Trump will or is making you "worse off," 38 percent of Americans agreed with the statement. That number is now 57 percent who say Trump has made them "worse off." The "better off' number was 44 percent in 2024, but today it's 14 percent.

At the top of the segment, CNN host John Berman said, "You know, the promise of a Trump presidency in the minds of the American people have turned into a reality. And a reality that for them is a nightmare."

"Look at these numbers down through the floor on the better off," said Enten. "Meanwhile, the 'worse off,' up like a rocket."

But 14 percent isn't as low as it goes.

"How low can you go?" Enten teased. He revealed that those numbers among Independent voters drop to just 8 percent of those who say they're "better off" today than they were before Trump. In Oct. 2024, that number was 40 percent. "Worse off" went from 38 percent to 64 percent.

Co-host John Berman called the numbers "staggering."

"I mean, 8 percent is not zero, but it's closer to zero than it is to 50," he quipped.

Enten agreed, saying, "When you when you're closer, when you're closer to 0 percent than you are to 50 percent as a politician, you know your numbers are bad."

One of the key demographics in Trump's base is non-college white voters. They've dropped from thinking they'd be "better off" financially under Trump in Oct. 2024 to just 15 percent saying they're "better off" financially. It was at 54 percent. Today, "worse off" financially is 52 percent.

Under Trump, tariffs have sent prices on goods soaring, and amid the Iran war, high fuel prices have made transporting food or other items more expensive, too.

"These are numbers that would make me, if I were a Republican running in the midterm elections, be quite, quite worried," said Enten.

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