From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro.

This is the Daily.

A major new poll from the Times suggests that despite his seemingly unchecked power over the federal government and his own party,

President Trump's national support is crumbling to record lows, and Democrats are now poised

to win back many of the key voters who made Trump president in 2024. Today, chief political analyst Nate Cohn walks us through the polls results and what they

mean for this fall's midterm elections and the future of both parties.

It's Friday, May 22nd. Hi, Nate.

Hello.

How are you?

I'm great. That was such an enthusiastic greeting.

I had enough coffee, I guess.

Well, I'm glad to have you in such high, energetic, caffeinated spirits.

Well, it'll fade quickly, I promise.

Nate, this big new poll that the Times conducted arrives at a really fascinating moment.

Because if you're even a casual observer of American politics, you recognize that President Trump has racked up victory after victory after victory in his campaign to punish members of his party who he thinks has been disloyal in Indiana, in Louisiana, just a couple of nights ago in Kentucky.

It's been really a historic flexing of his power within the Republican Party.

But what you all found in this poll is that Trump's power over his party masks a real weakness and frankly an outright rejection of Trump nationally that's never been deeper

and a level of democratic popularity that we haven't seen in a really

long time. So just summarize what you found here. We did not find very much good news for the

president. We did find that a majority of Republicans still support the president. So, you know,

in that sense, the outcome of recent primary elections isn't very surprising. But beyond that core Republican base, the president has lost a tremendous amount of support. In terms of the president's approval rating, it was at just 37 percent. That is the lowest approval rating he's ever had in a Times Senate poll. And we've been doing this poll for the entirety of his political life. Yep. And we're not alone on that.

It's worth noting.

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