In recent months, some prominent conservatives and erstwhile allies of President Donald Trump – former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and journalist Megyn Kelly, for example – have voiced their displeasure with him on several issues. They range from Trump’s handling of the Iran war and the economy to the release of information concerning his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Most notably, political commentator Tucker Carlson, once one of Trump’s most stalwart loyalists, expressed remorse for his previous support for the president, declaring in April 2026, “It’s not enough to say, well, I changed my mind – or like, oh, this is bad, I’m out.” Carlson said he will be “tormented” by his support for Trump “for a long time” and that he is “sorry for misleading people.”
Growing unease with the Trump administration among these former allies comes amid some of the worst polling of Trump’s career. According to data compiled by pollster G. Elliott Morris, Trump’s popularity has been steadily declining over the past year. Americans are seriously questioning his handling of key issues, such as inflation, immigration, jobs and foreign affairs.
But beyond former prominent Trump allies, are there other Trump supporters having second thoughts about their votes in the 2024 presidential election? To answer this question, The Conversation conducted a nationally representative poll of 1,000 U.S. adults who were recruited from an online panel maintained by YouGov, a survey research firm.
The Conversation asked self-identified Trump voters about their votes in the 2024 election. The results suggest that a growing number of them – especially moderates, African Americans and young people – are experiencing voter’s remorse.
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He told them great lies, he would indeed have been a wonderful president if they were true.
Let them burn. They belittled those that warned them. Now we all suffer. So fk them.
Swing voters and non-voters are the most spineless motherfuckers in America.
Swing voters my ass
They were always going to vote red
If his supporters drive the way they vote, they’d have their licenses taken away. Maybe they should sit out voting, permanently perhaps.
Duh. He’s still 90+ percent approval with MAGA. That leaves only the independent swing voters.
Deport the swing voters!
Imagine being a swing voter, having lived through the first Trump administration and thinking, “I dunno, maybe this guy’s got what it takes.”
Dumb assess.
No surprise. And as much as I want to yell at them and ask why they thought a guy who already tried one coup and told people to inject bleach and stick UV lights in bodily orifices would do a better job this time, and I really do, it won’t do much good going forward. We need to get those people back if we want to get a fighting chance to claw back the damage he’s done.
The morons we call them
Proving Independents and Democrats are so much smarter than MAGAs.
Further proof that swing voters are some of the dumbest people alive.
Which means Republican voters don’t regret a fucking thing.
“Gave him a shot”?….he had a shot, he had an entire term.
1 million Americans died and there was an insurrection.