Framing Analysis
Gallup's latest quarterly poll reports 49% of U.S. voters leaning Democratic and 39% leaning Republican, producing a 10-point gap that reverses a Republican four-point advantage recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024. The same data places the Democratic edge as the largest since 2008. Separate Gallup figures record Trump's approval at 52% upon his January 2025 inauguration and at 38% in a later reading with 58% disapproval.