Democrats have been desperate to land a glove on Donald Trump - but "Signal-gate" has not put a dent in his popularity.
A new poll from CBS News found Trump's approval rating holding strong at 50%. The poll was taken after The Atlantic published its story about the administration's leaked Signal chats.
Notably, most Americans told CBS that they do believe the Signal breach is "serious," but it hasn't impacted Trump's popularity. His overall job rating is split down the middle 50-50.
The poll, which surveyed 2,600 Americans on March 27 and March 28, found that some parts of Trump's agenda have been received better than others.
While the president's ambitious deportation plans remain popular, voters are cool to his sweeping tariffs, which are seen as an economic risk. And many Americans feel Trump isn't focused on lowering inflation as much as he should be.
64% said Trump is not focused enough on lowering prices, and 55% said he was too preoccupied with raising tariffs. Most expect tariffs to raise prices further.
While Trump has conceded that tariffs could cause short-term pain, he says they will redound to the nation's benefit down the line. Still, few Americans are willing to take the risk: only 5% said they want more tariffs.
On the other hand, Trump still has somewhat of a grace period. 38% of Americans still blame Joe Biden for economic woes, more than the 34% who point to Trump.
Overall, Trump's approval rating on the economy is 48%. But his handling of his signature issue, immigration, receives net-positive ratings. 53% approve, versus 47% who disapprove. And a whopping 58% approve of his deportation policy.
One of the most controversial elements of Trump's agenda - his effort to slash the government workforce with DOGE - is dividing Americans 50-50, the CBS poll found.
Democrats have struggled to coalesce around a leader or message since Trump's historic triumph in November. After months of getting steamrolled by the president, Democrats pounced on the recent publication of leaked messages that were inadvertently shared with a liberal journalist.
While 44% said the breach is "very serious," 31% said "somewhat serious" and 25% said not serious at all.
The takeaway from the poll seems clear: Americans want to see Trump do more about the economy, but they aren't holding "Signal-gate" against him.
The message for Democrats is that they cannot expect one mistake to throw Trump off track. And the problems facing Democrats are deeper and more fundamental: while Trump remains relatively popular, voters see his opponents as out of touch with the cultural mainstream.
In short, it looks like Democrats' dark days are far from over.
