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   CNN Polling Guru Blown Away by Trump's Disastrous New Lows   
   "At this point, I don't really know who to even compare Donald Trump to   
   because he's just so low."   
   By Martha McHardy   
   The Daily Beast   
   Published Feb. 16 2026 12:27PM EST   
      
   CNN data analyst Harry Enten says President Donald Trump is now in a   
   league of his own when it comes to sinking approval ratings.   
      
   Citing an average of recent surveys from AP-NORC, NBC News,   
   Yahoo-YouGov, and Quinnipiac, Enten noted that Trump's net approval   
   rating now stands at -22. By comparison, Joe Biden was at -13 in   
   February 2022, while Trump sat at -12 during the same point in his   
   first term.   
      
   "Look at this, I got four numbers across for you on this screen here.   
   They are all second-term lows for the given pollster. What are we   
   talking about? AP-NORC, 26 points below water. NBC, 22 points below   
   water. Yahoo-YouGov, 20 points below the water. Quinnipiac, 19 points   
   below water. So we're ranging from -19 points, all the way to -26   
   points," Enten said.   
      
   He said people keep asking, "Where is the floor for Donald Trump?"   
      
   "And I'm not sure there is a floor, because if there is one, Donald   
   Trump, at least in term No. 2, has just fallen through it to another   
   low level!"   
      
   He added: "The bottom line is this: Donald Trump is setting new records   
   for himself in term No. 2, setting new records for himself compared to   
   where he was at this time in term No. 1. And he is doing worse than   
   Biden, which is of course a comparison that Donald Trump does not want   
   to be because we all know what happened to Joe Biden," noted Enten.   
      
   Pressed by anchor Kate Bolduan on what's driving the decline, Enten   
   pointed squarely at independent voters.   
      
   In February 2018, during his first term, Trump's net approval among   
   independents was -17, according to Quinnipiac. Now, that figure stands   
   at -27.   
      
   "Well, we're talking about independents, we're talking about   
   independents. When you lose the center of the electorate, you lose the   
   American people. Trump's net approval rating among independents, you   
   know, at this point, you go back, term number one, he was 17 points   
   below water. Now, according to Quinnipiac, he is 27 points below water.   
      
   "I don't understand how this works out well for the president of the   
   United States. When you are 27 points below water, underwater, with the   
   center of the electorate, with independents, you lose, your party   
   loses," he said. "At this point, I don't really know who to even   
   compare Donald Trump to because he's just so low, and he's so low with   
   the center of the electorate," Enten said.   
      
   Polls have shown Trump's ratings tanking in recent weeks amid   
   controversy over the administration's aggressive immigration   
   enforcement policy, and pessimism about the economy.   
      
   Multiple polls have shown growing support for abolishing ICE, while   
   Enten said earlier this month that a stark 55 percent of Americans   
   believe the economy has worsened under Trump.   
      
   Meanwhile, polls have shown Trump losing support among key voter groups   
   that propelled him into the White House in 2024 like young men,   
   Hispanics, and non-college educated Americans.   
      
   "If you know anything about Donald Trump, you know that he built his   
   two presidential victories on winning voters without a college degree,"   
   Enten said. "Well, Donald Trump's base with non-college voters is   
   absolutely collapsing."   
      
   A trio of surverys also found last week that Americans think Biden did   
   a better job in the White House than Trump has so far.   
      
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