19 hours ago - Those 12 months have been unpredictable, to say the least. But there was one regularity in American politics: the downwards trend of the president’s approval rating. Mr Trump started his second term with a net approval rating of 2.

2 hours ago - While his second term has been somewhat better reviewed by voters than his first, Trump started his current term with a net approval rating lower than any other presidents’ going back to Bill Clinton.

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8 hours ago - In a polling average from Decision Desk HQ, Trump has a 42 percent approval rating and a 54.9 percent disapproval rating.

9 hours ago - On Wednesday, CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten announced shocking results from new polling, which showed Trump’s net approval rating among Gen Z at negative 32 percentage points.

12 hours ago - Trump has a 40% approval rating in the latest poll released Wednesday.

1 week ago - For example, a January 4-5 Reuters/Ipsos survey showed Trump’s overall approval climbing to 42 percent—up from 39 percent in December—with a 3-point margin of error and a sample of 1,248 U.S. adults nationwide.

17 hours ago - The poll, which was conducted from January 9 to January 14, had Trump at a -14% net approval rating, with 40% approving his job performance and 54% disapproving.

17 hours ago - You see the same pattern when you look at individual polling firms. Here’s Trump’s net approval in the last five YouGov polls (with field dates ranging from December 17 through January 7): -18, -17, -17, -18, -18.

18 hours ago - The legislation, even if passed by the Senate, has virtually no chance of becoming law because it would eventually need to be signed by Trump himself.

1 day ago - With affordability at the top of his domestic agenda for 2026, President Donald Trump unveiled in rapid succession last week a series of proposals aimed at making Americans’ cost of living less, well, costly.

6 days ago - Approve — 41%. Disapprove — 52%. Here is Trump's approval rating as of Jan.

1 week ago - Presidential job approval ratings are one of the few metrics consistently and similarly measured in nearly all major public polls. An average of recent polls can often paint a more reliable picture of how the public views the president than a single poll can. The CNN Poll of Polls tracks President Donald Trump’s average approval and disapproval ratings in national polls.

1 week ago - President Donald Trump began his second term in office with a divided nation and polling numbers – 47% of those surveyed approved of him in January 2025, while 48% disapproved, according to Gallup.

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1 week ago - By the end of the year, that split stood at 86 points. But, significantly for Trump’s overall approval, his backing by self-identified independents (more than a third of the electorate) fell 21 percentage points over the course of the year.