President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance pressed a midterm campaign swing through Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida as a September 24–28 AP-NORC poll of about 2,140 adults showed steep disapproval of his handling of the economy and the Iran war, AP wire roundups, The Hill, Fortune, and the AP-NORC release itself report. About 73% disapproved of Trump’s economy handling; 65% blamed his policies for high prices; and 69% said cost-of-living management had been worse than expected. On the Iran conflict, about 71% disapproved of his handling and 69% said the war was not worth fighting.

The numbers land five weeks before the Nov. 3 midterms and beside the same-day military-buildup story toward Iran. Trump has argued prices will fall once the war ends and has tied energy and immigration messages to the campaign trail. Republican strategists quoted in Hill coverage treat the cost-of-living gap as the clearest vulnerability; Democratic desks call the poll confirmation that voters have not credited Trump’s Iran strategy or household bills.

Backstory: AP-NORC has tracked Trump’s second-term approval through the war’s eighth month and a sticky inflation path after August’s softer PCE print. The poll and campaign swing are confirmed multi-outlet reporting — not a prediction of midterm seats. Watch Friday’s September jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern for the next hard data point into the same economy debate, plus any new Iran kinetic or mediation headline that moves the war numbers. Full toplines are posted at apnorc.org for readers who want the crosstabs behind the disapproval shares.