If there is one group of voters that has formed the backbone of Donald Trump’s political support for more than a decade, it is men.
Men made the difference in Donald Trump’s victories over Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Kamala Harris in 2024. Male voters voted for Trump over Hillary Clinton 52% to 41%. In 2024, Trump received 55% of the male vote, compared to 43% for Kamala Harris. The only group that came out better for Trump were white voters, where he received 57% of the vote in 2016 and 2024.
One might expect that one of the groups of voters supporting Trump’s tough rhetoric on immigration would be men, and in the 2024 election and during his first year in office that was true, but the situation has now changed and men are moving away from Trump on immigration.
Reuters reported on his new survey:
The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that support for Trump’s handling of immigration has declined significantly among men in recent weeks compared to late last year.
Male voters played an outsized role in Trump’s 2024 election victory, and throughout 2025 his immigration approval rating among men remained near 50%. But the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that 41% of men give him a positive opinion on this issue. Among women, Trump’s support for immigration has fallen from about 40% through most of 2025 to 35% according to the latest survey.
This is bad news for Republicans if they want to have any hope of winning the midterm elections.