But his support outside of those counties is shrinking. In 2021, 56% and 51% of people polled in southern Minnesota and northern Minnesota, respectively, disapproved of him. In our latest poll, those figures jumped to 64% and 66%.
His disapproval rate in other metro-area counties, which includes outer suburbs and some rural areas, has grown from 52% to 60%.
The data suggests that the urbanization of the DFL base, which we also noted in 2022, is continuing.
Our pollster’s sample included 134 respondents who described themselves as independents who didn’t lean toward the DFL or GOP. With a small sample of true independents, we should be careful not to draw too many conclusions, but the poll found a majority of them also disapprove of all of the politicians and most of the policies they were asked about.
Fifty-eight percent disapprove of Trump’s job performance and 54% thought the same of Walz’s. About 60% disapprove of both Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
About six in 10 oppose Trump’s cuts to science and public health funding, his proposed Medicaid cuts and immigration policies, and say the president has acted beyond his authority.