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President Donald Trump’s approval rating dipped two points in a survey released Tuesday compared to the group’s previous survey—as his poll numbers are slightly above his average approval rating during his first term but below those of almost all other modern presidents.
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-5 net approval rating: Trump’s approval rating dropped from 48% to 46% in this week’s Morning Consult poll compared to its previous survey, while his disapproval rating was stagnant at 51% (the May 30-June 2 poll of 2,205 registered voters has a 2-point margin of error).
-3: Trump’s approval rating stayed stagnant, at 48%, in Morning Consult’s weekly poll released Tuesday, while his disapproval rating increased one point, to 51%, compared to last week’s survey (the May 23-25 survey of 2,208 registered voters has a two-point margin of error).
Trump had a 41% average approval rating during his first term, the lowest of any post-World War II president, though Biden was a close second with a 42% average approval rating, according to Gallup.
-8: Trump’s score improved one point, from 43% to 44%, in an Economist/YouGov survey of 1,660 U.S. adults conducted May 23-26 (margin of error 3.2) that found his disapproval rating stayed stagnant, at 52%, compared to the groups’ survey last week.
-10: Trump’s approval rating dipped to 42% in the latest Ipsos/Reuters survey of 1,024 U.S. adults taken May 16-18 (margin of error 3), a two-point decline from the groups’ May 12-13 poll, while his disapproval rating held at 52%.
The 42% approval rating matches Trump’s lowest approval rating recorded by Reuters/Ipsos during his second term.
-8: Trump’s approval rating, 43%, was unchanged in the Economist/YouGov poll of 1,710 U.S. adults conducted May 16-19 (margin of error 3.2) compared to the groups’ previous poll earlier this month, while his disapproval rating (51%) ticked down one point.
-2: Trump’s approval rating has improved two points, from 46% to 48%, and his disapproval rating has decreased two points, from 52% to 50%, in Morning Consult’s most recent poll, compared to its previous weekly survey (the most recent poll of 2,208 registered voters taken May 16-19 has a 2-point margin of error).
-1: Trump’s approval rating stands at 47% and his disapproval rating at 48% in a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll that also found widespread approval of his trip to the Middle East last week, with 59% of voters supporting his efforts to have strong relations with Saudi Arabia and 59% approving of his removal of sanctions against the Syrian government (the May 14-15 survey of 1,903 registered voters has a 2.2-point margin of error).
The poll found a three-point decrease in Trump’s net approval rating compared to the groups’ April survey.
-9: Trump’s disapproval rating remained steady at 52%, while his approval rating ticked up one point, to 43%, in the Economist/YouGov’s weekly survey of 1,786 adult citizens taken May 9-12 (margin of error 3), compared to their poll last week.
-6: Trump’s standing with voters in Morning Consult’s weekly poll was unchanged from last week, with 46% approving and 52% disapproving in the May 9-11 survey of 2,221 registered voters (margin of error 2).
-16: Trump’s approval rating ticked up two points, to 41%, while his disapproval rating decreased by two points, to 57%, in an Associated Press/NORC survey of 1,175 adults taken May 1-5 compared to the groups’ previous survey last month that found Trump with a net -20 disapproval rating (the latest poll has a margin of error of 4).
-6: Slightly more than half, 52%, disapprove of Trump, a rating unchanged from last week’s Morning Consult poll, while 46% approve, a one-point increase, according to the survey of 2,263 registered voters conducted May 2-4 (margin of error 2), as voters’ sentiment about his handling of the economy improved from a net -6 to net -2.
-10: An Economist/YouGov survey taken May 2-5 among 1,850 U.S. adults also found Trump has a 52% disapproval rating, and a 42% approval rating, marking the second week in a row Trump’s approval rating did not fall after several weeks of decline (the poll has a margin of error of 3.5).
-11: A PBS/NPR/Marist survey of 1,439 U.S. adults, taken April 21-23 found 53% disapprove of Trump’s job performance and 42% approve, compared to a 49%/45% split in the groups’ March survey (the latest poll has a margin of error of 3.3).
The survey found 61% believe Trump is rushing changes without considering the impact of his actions, though 39% believe he’s taking the appropriate actions to get the country back on track.
-10: The majority, 55%, of the 2,356 U.S. adults who responded to an April 23-25 CBS/YouGov poll disapprove of Trump’s job performance, while 45% said they approve.
The majority, 69%, also said Trump is not putting enough emphasis on lowering prices, and 62% said he’s putting too much emphasis on imposing new tariffs.
-18: Trump’s 59% disapproval/41% approval rating is the lowest for any newly elected president at this point in their term, dating back to Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s, according to a CNN/SSRS poll of 1,678 U.S. adults conducted April 17-24 (margin of error 2.9).
-10: A poll from NBC News, which surveyed 19,682 adults from April 11-20, found 55% of Americans disapproved of Trump’s handling of his job, while 45% approved (margin of error of 2.2 points).
Furthermore, 60% of respondents said America is on the wrong track, and more respondents disapproved than approved of Trump’s handling of immigration and border security (51% disapproved), his handling of inflation and the cost of living (60% disapproved) and his handling of tariffs and trade (61% disapproved).
-12: Trump had a 42% approval rating and 54% disapproval rating in a New York Times/Siena poll that also found the majority of voters reject his handling of immigration, management of the federal government, the economy, trade, foreign conflicts, the Russia-Ukraine war and the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia (the poll of 913 voters conducted April 21-24 has a 3.8-point margin of error).
More than half also said the words “scary” and “chaotic” describe the Trump presidency well, including significant shares of Republicans: 47% for chaotic and 36% for scary, though 82% of Republicans also said the word “exciting” describes Trump’s tenure well.
-19: Pew found 59% of 3,589 respondents to an April 7-13 survey (margin of error 1.8) disapprove of Trump’s job performance, compared to 40% who approve, a seven-point decline in his approval rating since February.
The majority of respondents said they aren’t confident in Trump to handle each of the 10 issues Pew asked about, while the 45% who said they’re confident in Trump to handle the economy represent his worst marks since 2019.
-11: A majority, 53%, of respondents to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken April 16-21 disapprove of Trump’s job performance, while 42% approve, a steep decline from his +6 net approval rating in the groups’ poll taken during the first week of his second term, but largely unchanged from the groups’ previous survey taken March 31-April 2 (the latest poll of 4,306 U.S. adults has a margin of error of 2).
Trump’s handling of the economy received a net -14 approval rating (37% to 51%), better than Biden’s 34% economic approval rating in December, but below Trump’s worst economic approval rating (44%) during his first term, Retuers/Ipsos found.
-30: A Harvard Kennedy School survey of young adults found 61% disapprove of Trump and 31% approve, while 42% think Trump will hurt their personal finances and 20% believe he’ll help, 9% said he’ll have no impact and 26% said they don’t know (the poll of 2,096 18- to 29-year-olds taken March 14-25 has a margin of error of 3.2).
Younger voters typically lean toward Democratic presidential candidates, though Vice President Kamala Harris’ numbers with the demographic were below the 60% average support for Democratic presidential candidates since 2008, according to a NPR analysis.
While more young men voted for Trump in 2024—56% compared to 41% in 2020, according to an analysis of Associated Press exit polls by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University—the Harvard poll found 34% of young men approve of Trump’s job performance and 59% disapprove.
-13: An Economist/YouGov poll of 1,625 U.S. adults taken April 19-22 (margin of error 3) found 54% disapprove of the way Trump is doing his job, compared to 41% who approve, representing a two-point decline in Trump’s approval rating since the groups’ previous poll released April 16.
The share of registered voters who say they identify with Trump’s Make America Great Again movement has increased sharply during Trump’s second term, according to NBC polling. A total of 36% of 1,000 registered voters polled March 7-11 said they consider themselves part of the MAGA coalition, compared to a 23% average in NBC’s March polling and 27% in the network’s 2024 polls (the most recent poll has a 3.1-point margin of error).
43%. That’s Trump’s average approval rating so far during his second term, higher than his 41% average approval rating throughout the duration of his first term, according to Gallup.
56%, according to Gallup’s June 1-18 average.
Trump announced on May 12 he’d slash the 145% tariffs on China down to 30%, for at least 90 days, marking his latest reverse-course from the steep “Liberation Day” tariffs he announced on April 2 against nearly all U.S. trading partners. The move sent stock markets in the U.S. and abroad into a tailspin, fueled recession fears and prompted some of Trump’s allies in the business community to speak out against the policy. A 10% baseline tariff on all countries took effect April 5, and steeper rates for countries the U.S. runs a trade deficit with were imposed for less than a day in mid-April, until Trump announced a 90-day pause for all countries except China. Other big moments in Trump’s presidency include the leak of U.S. military attack plans to Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, what was widely considered to be the first major blunder of his second term. Trump’s tariff war with U.S. trading partners, and his efforts to slash the federal workforce with the help of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, have largely consumed his first few months in office. He’s hosted several world leaders for Oval Office sit downs, including most recently South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who Trump argued with over false claims that white farmers in the country were victims of a genocide. In an explosive Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in February, he and Vice President JD Vance berated the Ukrainian president in front of the media. Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport migrants has also led to allegations he’s flouted due process and defied court orders, sparking a broader debate about the judiciary’s authority over the executive branch.
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