Trump Has Lost Almost All Gen Z Support, Brutal Poll Shows

Young voters across the country voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in the 2024 election. But less than two years into his term, the MAGA leader has completely lost them.

A NBC News Decision Desk Poll released Friday reveals a stark reversal in Gen Z’s opinion of the president, indicating that only 24% approve of Trump’s performance, while 76% disapprove.

This drop is largely due to the war with Iran and the resulting cost of living crisis caused by sky-high fuel and oil prices. A total of 81% of Gen Z respondents said they somewhat or strongly disapprove of Trump’s handling of the Iran war, and 72% said the United States should completely stop its military operations in Iran.

Some 48% of young Americans surveyed said inflation and the rising cost of living were the most important economic issues facing them and their families right now, an 8% increase from August 2025.

Meanwhile, about 80 percent of Gen Z respondents said the United States is on the wrong track, the highest percentage of any age group surveyed, and nearly half (47 percent) of young adults surveyed said they would choose to live in the past if they could. A minority of respondents appear optimistic about the future: only 10% say they would choose to look ahead to a future shorter than 50 years if the option were hypothetically available to them, and 5% say they would skip time by more than 50 years.

Respondents said their feelings about the future were influenced by their relationship with technology and a “growing unease about being connected to the internet at all times,” reported NBC News. Current technological and geopolitical uncertainty has inspired nostalgia for a world less chaotic and less dependent on technology.

The survey found that 62% of Gen Z respondents believe their lives will be worse than those of previous generations. Only 25 percent said they thought quality of life would improve compared to the past, and 13 percent said it would stay the same.