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Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Changes Direction With Urban Voters [upwards]
Newsweek ^ | Jan 29, 2026 at 04:20 AM EST | Sam Stevenson, Associate News Editor

Posted on 01/29/2026 12:03:15 PM PST by Olog-hai

President Donald Trump is starting 2026 with a shift in an unlikely corner of the electorate: Americans living in the nation's largest cities.

A new Fox News poll—conducted January 23-26 under the joint direction of Democratic pollster Beacon Research and Republican pollster Shaw & Company Research among 1,005 registered voters nationwide—found the president's job approval rising modestly among urban residents, a group that has been one of his weakest since he returned to office.

Newsweek contacted the White House for comment via email outside regular business hours. […]

Trump gained ground with urban voters in the late-January Fox News poll, which had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, as approval in cities rose to 40 percent from 34 percent in December, while disapproval fell to 60 percent from 66 percent, according to the Fox News survey's cross-tabs and top lines. …

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: newsweak; newsweek; poll; polls; samstevenson; trump; urban; voters
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1 posted on 01/29/2026 12:03:15 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe it is having these modern day KKKers and their antics in Minneapolis and elsewhere finally waking up urban voters.


2 posted on 01/29/2026 12:08:23 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Olog-hai
urban voters

♫ In the get toe ♫

3 posted on 01/29/2026 12:08:38 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: Olog-hai

“Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Changes Direction With Urban Voters”

President Trump’s Approval Rating Up With Urban Voters”

You see what they did there?


4 posted on 01/29/2026 12:12:25 PM PST by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: OttawaFreeper

It’s just because black voters realize the democrats party cares more about illegals than it does about them.


5 posted on 01/29/2026 12:13:50 PM PST by ckilmer (`61)
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To: Olog-hai

Yeah, illegals are loving him!


6 posted on 01/29/2026 12:16:10 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: TheDon

Yup, that’s the lov’n legacy media for ya fer relevance!!


7 posted on 01/29/2026 12:18:09 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: Olog-hai

Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Changes Direction With Democrat Voters.

Fact check completed

TDS feral fever on the rise.


8 posted on 01/29/2026 1:15:01 PM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Olog-hai

They see the Somali and illegal trash taking free stuff and want it back in their ‘hoods.


9 posted on 01/29/2026 1:17:05 PM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: Olog-hai

Beacon/Shaw had Trump +2 over Karamela with three weeks to go at the same time ABC and Economist (*spit*) had Karamela up +2 /+3.


10 posted on 01/29/2026 1:21:40 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Trump II)
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To: Olog-hai

Mentaly ill leftist women are America’s greatest threat.


11 posted on 01/29/2026 2:36:26 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILLL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Olog-hai

I don’t trust Fox News Polls ... only Rasmussen Polls


12 posted on 01/29/2026 2:45:48 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

13 posted on 01/29/2026 4:35:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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