President Donald Trump’s net approval rating is negative in six of the seven states where Democrats flipped Republican-held Senate seats in the 2026 midterm elections, according to new polling. Democrats gained seats in Iowa, Kansas, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas, securing control of the Senate. They won historically difficult territory, including the first Democratic Senate victories in Kansas since 1932 and Texas since 1988.
It followed a campaign blitz in which Trump repeatedly urged supporters to behave as if he were personally on the ballot. This tied Republican candidates’ fortunes more closely to his presidency. The latest Civiqs tracker, based on 140,524 responses from registered voters between January 20, 2025, and November 3, 2026, showed Trump with 33 percent approval and 60 percent disapproval nationally.
In the seven flipped states, his net approval ranged from even in Kansas to minus 33 in Maine. A White House official told Newsweek that the mood within the administration was "defiant." They said Trump was not personally on the ballot and that candidate quality had played an important role in the Republican losses. The official said Trump had sometimes done more to promote Republican candidates than the candidates themselves.
They added that voters who backed Democrats would experience "buyers’ remorse" if gas prices fell after the Iran conflict was resolved. "Regardless of how today plays out, President Trump’s resolve to stop the Radical Left is only going to become stronger," the official added. "Buckle up." Use the map below to compare Trump’s approval ratings in the seven states where Democrats gained Senate seats.
Midterm elections are frequently treated as referendums on the president and the party controlling Washington. That dynamic was particularly relevant in 2026 because Republicans controlled the White House and both chambers of Congress going into Election Day. Adam Hamilton, a pastor who founded the country’s largest United Methodist congregation, defeated Republican incumbent Roger Marshall and Libertarian David Graham.
Hamilton campaigned as a moderate focused on lowering the cost of fuel, groceries, housing and health care, while criticizing tariffs and war. Trump’s net approval was down 23 points from plus 23 at the start of his second term. The (AP) called the race for Hamilton, who led Marshall by 50.9 percent to 46.1 percent with an estimated 99 percent of votes counted.
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