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Brian Rauch has felt the squeeze of higher gas prices \u200bon his 30-mile (50-km) drives from his home in rural Stevensville, Montana, to the doctor’s office. He has also noticed food prices going up and, \u200cas an Air Force veteran, sees little rationale for the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These are among the reasons the 42-year-old increasingly disapproves of the performance of\u00a0President Donald Trump<\/a>, the man he voted for in the last three presidential elections, putting him among a growing portion of rural Americans disappointed by his leadership in Washington.

Trump’s approval rating among rural Americans dropped in June to a new low of 50%, \u200baccording to the June 3-8 Reuters\/Ipsos poll. That compares with 60% approval in February 2025 shortly after Trump took office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rural disapproval of Trump’s performance meanwhile \u200brose to 48% from 34% in February 2025, according to the poll of 4,531 U.S. adults nationwide. The poll, which was \u2060conducted online, had a margin of error of 3 percentage points for people in rural areas and 2 points for Americans overall.

The discontent is notable for a voting \u200bbloc that has strongly supported Trump in his presidential campaigns, and could have implications for Trump’s Republican party inNovember’s midterm elections<\/a>, where they will defend slim majorities in the U.S. Congress.

Trump \u200bwon rural voters by 40 points in the 2024 election, up from 31 points in the 2020 election and 25 points in 2016, according to an exit poll analysis by Pew Research Center.

GAS PRICES WEIGH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump’s overall approval rate of 35% is also near the lowest of his political career, as most Americans fear a continued rise in gas prices fueled by the Iran war, the \u200blatest Reuters\/Ipsos poll showed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bryan Shaver, 62, an insurance agent in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, voted for Trump in the 2024 election but said he is frustrated by persistently high food prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaver, \u200bwho said he has long supported Republican politicians and once worked for Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker when he was a congressman, is now concerned that high prices will hurt the party \u200cin the \u2060midterms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I have a feeling we\u2019re going to be in big trouble in November,” he said.


“We\u2019re \u200bin bigger water fights with AI, we\u2019re all paying more for groceries and we\u2019re all paying more for gas,” Rauch \u200bsaid. “My day to day \u2060is negatively impacted and I haven\u2019t seen these other benefits.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rural Americans may be more exposed to higher gas prices because they drive more on average than urban Americans, according to federal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those living in rural places travel an average of 30 miles daily in a vehicle, compared to 17 miles (27 km) for urban residents, according to 2022 data from the Department of \u2060Transportation’s National \u200bHousehold Travel Survey, the most recent available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other factors affecting rural America include <\/a>a difficult year for farmers, saddled by \u200brising fertilizer costs aggravated by the Iran war, low crop prices, and curbed exports due to Trump’s trade war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diesel prices in several states have also hit all-time highs, threatening<\/a> slim margins for farmers as well as fishermen<\/a> opting \u200bto keep their boats docked rather than spend tens of thousands more on fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting by Leah Douglas and Jason Lange in Washington; editing by Scott Malone and Deepa Babington


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