US President Donald Trump organizes a chart during a speech during the “Make America Brogy Again” event in the Rose garden in the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington (photo chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
One hundred days after the second presidential term of the support of Donald Trump in Ohio softens.
Only two months ago the assessment of the president’s approval was six points higher than disapproval. Now it is under water.
Although approval of work is a different question than who returned in the election, it is a significant deficit for someone who won the state at 11 points in November last year.
“According to many national surveys, it turns out that Trump lost significant support for the first 100 days, suggesting that his honeymoon was short -lived,” said Robert Alexander, political scientist Bowling Green State University. “Having a negative net assessment in a state that won by 11 points should be disturbing Trump throughout the country.”
Alexander also said that if the numbers are still sliding: “We can expect that the Hopes of Democrats in Ohio will increase when they look at the election in 2026.”
The data comes from questionnaire Run by a network of democracy and public policy of BGS. Pollsters contacted 800 registered voters on April 18-24, and the survey has a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points. Most of their contacts are people Previously surveyed in February; With 235 respondents, no previously contacted.
The impression of voters for the first 100 days
The April study shows that the basis of Trump’s supporters remains intact, while independent and democrats are disappointed with his performance.
On a handful of broad quality questions about respect for the country abroad, the level of anxiety of the defendant and whether the results of Trump compared themselves with expectations, negative reactions led, but were not the majority.
Melissa Miller, BGS political scientist, despite the two -digit victory of the Republicans in 2024 in Ohio, “Trump’s administrative policy seems to be a mixed bag in Buckeye.”
Most of the respondents supported the federal recognition of only two sexes and the announcement of an emergency situation on the American-Maxic border. But most respondents opposed the change of the name of the Mexican Bay, withdrawing from the World Health Organization and the pardon of the accused on January 6.
Tariff policy, however, was a glaring exception. Most opted the 25% Trump tariff in Canada and Mexico, but provided support for 10% tariff for China. From April 9The import duties of most Chinese goods are 145%. According to the White House Some goods will have to face the 245% tariff.
In the margins of 2 to 1, survey respondents said that the tariffs would hurt them personally, and 49% stated that politics would harm the United States. Only 38% said that the tariffs would be beneficial to the country. Respondents also doubted who could gain politics. Sixty percent said that the benefits of luxurious and huge corporations. Meanwhile, most agreed that the tariffs would harm diminutive companies, trade unions, middle class, working class and car industry.
“No matter how you look at it,” said Alexander, “” Voters from Ohio do not like what they see with Trump’s tariff policy. “
Glancing before 2026
Pollsters also asked about the race of the upcoming governor. Among the Republican candidates, the entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswama runs a field with a huge margin. Lieutenant Jim Tressel and Prosecutor General Dave Yost collected 14% and 13% support, respectively, while Ramaswama has the support of 64% of GOP voters.
All three Republican candidates have an advantage over the only democratic candidate announced, former health director of the Department of Ohio Amy Acton. The survey suggests that Acton, a candidate for the first time, has work on consolidating democratic support. Given the selection, 59% of respondents stated that they would prefer the former US senator Sherrod Brown as a 20% Acton nominated. Former US representative Tim Ryan received 16% of the whole.
Miller argued that there are warning signs about distrust in the federal government. Among the Republicans, this number slightly marked up, but on the margins of the error. The growth for democrats and independent was greater.
“While the growing distrust in the federal government among Ohio Democrats is not particularly surprising,” argued Miller, “an 8-point augment in distrust among independent between February and April may have real consequences. They are independent.
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