- “Mom Confession” sketch on SNL dramatizes a Trump voter’s sudden doubts and struck a wide audience.
- Recent polls show rising reservations among 2024 Trump voters, even if outright regret remains limited.
- Pew, Fox and NYT-Siena surveys reveal significant drops in strong policy support and issue-level disapproval.
- Smaller, subtler measures (confidence, mixed feelings) suggest disenchantment may be growing.
Why the sketch landed
Saturday Night Live’s “Mom Confession” skit, which shows a mother nervously admitting doubts about President Donald Trump, landed as both sharp satire and familiar reality. The sketch works for viewers across the political spectrum — mocking overeager critics while portraying a recognizable moment of buyer’s remorse for others.
Watch the sketch
Saturday Night Live’s “Mom Confession” clip (YouTube)
What the polls show
The sketch’s premise — that some Trump voters are quietly pulling away — is supported by multiple recent surveys.
A Pew Research Center poll found 20% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say the Trump administration has been “worse than expected.” Pew also reported that the share of these voters who said they supported “all” or “most” of Trump’s policies fell from 67% in February 2025 to 56% in late January 2026.
Fox News polling that examined 2024 Trump voters showed 16% disapproved of his job performance. The Fox survey also tested a dozen issues: on 10 of them, Trump’s disapproval among his 2024 voters exceeded 20%, and on half the issues it reached at least 25%.
The New York Times–Siena College poll found 12% of 2024 Trump voters disapproved overall. That survey added that 17% described Trump’s first year back as “unsuccessful,” 16% said it was worse than expected, and 16% reported a negative emotion when asked about it — suggesting a chunk of voters feel at least uneasy.
Earlier work, such as a Washington Post–Ipsos survey from October, directly asked about regret and found 7% of Trump voters said they regretted their 2024 vote. A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll documented a drop in the share of Trump voters who were “very confident” in their vote, from 74% in April to 69% in August, and reported roughly 3 in 10 had some reservations.
What it means
Across surveys a pattern emerges: explicit, outright regret remains a minority position, but subtler indicators of doubt and concern are rising. Voters often resist admitting disapproval in blunt terms, yet reveal unease when asked about specific policies, emotions or confidence in their choice.
The SNL sketch captures this mix — a moment of private hesitation that doesn’t always translate into public recantation. For political observers, the key question is whether those small shifts add up to larger changes in behavior. For now, the data suggest a slow, measurable cooling among some Trump voters — visible enough to inspire a hit comedy sketch, but not yet a mass defections narrative.
Short, specific polling questions will remain the best way to track whether the skepticism seen in satire turns into broader political consequences.
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