Trump Approval Rating: Down 4 Points From January In Latest Poll—As Independents View Immigration More Negatively

Feb. 13The latest poll from AP-NORC found Trump has a 36% approval rating and 62% disapproval rating, compared to a 40%-59% split in the groups’ January poll (the latest survey of 1,156 U.S. adults was conducted Feb. 5-8 and has a margin of error of 3.9).

The poll is the latest to find widespread disapproval of his immigration policy, with 62% saying his deployment of federal immigration agents into U.S. cities has gone too far, while his approval rating on his handling of immigration generally has declined from 44% in August to 38%.

The share of independents who say Trump has “gone too far” in deporting immigrants has increased from 46% in April to 60% in the latest survey, and approval of his immigration policy as a whole has fallen among independents from 37% in March to 23%.

Feb. 9Trump’s approval rating decreased one point in Morning Consult’s weekly survey, to 44%, three points below where it was during this point in his first term, while 53% disapprove of his job performance (the survey of 2,200 registered voters was conducted Feb. 6-9 and has a margin of error of 2).

Feb. 5Trump’s approval rating improved one point from January, to 39%, in the Marist/PBS February poll, while 56% disapprove of his job performance (the poll of 1,462 U.S. adults was conducted Jan. 27-30 and has a 2.9-point margin of error).

Trump had a 38% approval rating in Marist’s poll at this point in his first term, significantly below the 52% average for U.S. presidents dating back to 1938, according to Gallup.

The Marist/PBS poll is the latest to find Americans have negative views of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s actions—in the wake of Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s killings by federal agents last month—with 65% saying ICE has gone too far, 12% saying it’s not gone far enough and 22% saying its approach is about right.

Feb. 4Trump’s approval rating declined three points, to 37%, in the latest Quinnipiac University survey compared to its poll last month, while 56% disapprove of his job performance (the poll of 1,191 registered U.S. voters was conducted Jan. 29-Feb. 2 and has a margin of error of 3).

The poll found 60% believe the Trump administration is being too harsh in its treatment of undocumented immigrants, 30% said it’s handling it about right and 7% said it’s being too lenient—61% also said they believe the Trump administration has not given an honest account of Pretti’s shooting, compared to 25% who said he has and 14% who have no opinion.

Feb. 4Trump’s approval rating declined one point, to 42%, in Marquette Law School’s poll of 1,003 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 21-28 (margin of error 3.4), with 58% disapproving of his job performance, compared to its last poll in November that found 43% approve of his job performance and 57% disapprove.

The poll also found 60% disapprove of the way ICE is enforcing immigration laws and 40% approve.

Feb. 4Trump’s net approval rating improved 2.2 points in the latest Economist/YouGov survey compared to last week, with 41% approving of his job performance and 56% disapproving (the survey of 1,504 registered voters was conducted Jan. 30-Feb. 2 and has a margin of error of 3).

Americans’ views of Trump’s handling of inflation and prices also improved—from a net -34 in October to -23 now, the Economist notes.

The poll found 50% of voters believe Trump’s approach to immigration is too harsh, 36% said it’s about right, 8% said it’s too soft and 7% are not sure.

A plurality, 37%, also said all immigration agents should be removed from Minneapolis, while 21% said the administration should send more.

Feb. 2Trump’s 45% approval rating in Morning Consult’s weekly survey was the same as last week, though his disapproval rating went up one point, from 52% to 53% (the survey of 2,201 registered U.S. voters was conducted Jan. 28-29 and has a margin of error of 2).

The rating is close to Trump’s record-low Morning Consult registered in November and is below his approval rating at this point in his first term, when 46% of voters approved and 50% disapproved of his job performance.

Trump “faces the worst news environment of his presidency,” Morning Consult reported, as voters are 28 points more likely to have heard something negative than positive about him in recent days.

Feb. 2The January survey from Harvard CAPS/HarrisX found 45% approve of Trump’s job performance and 51% disapprove, a two-point decline from his 47% approval rating in December and just one-point above his 44% record-low in the groups’ monthly polling (the latest survey of 2,000 registered voters was conducted Jan. 28-29).

More than half of respondents, 51%, said Trump is doing a worse job than former President Joe Biden, while 49% said he’s doing better.

A plurality of voters, 46%, also said Trump is performing worse than they expected, while 26% said he’s meeting their expectations and 28% said he’s performing better.

Jan. 29Trump’s approval rating declined three points, to 37%, in Pew Research’s latest survey, from 40% in the group’s fall survey.

Half of respondents said Trump’s actions since taking office have been worse than expected, compared to 21% who said they’ve been better and 28% who said they’ve met expectations (the survey of 8,512 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 20-26 has a margin of error of 1.4).

Confidence in all six metrics Pew surveyed is down from the fall, including a decline among Republicans in confidence Trump has the mental fitness needed to do the job, respects the country’s democratic values and acts ethically.

Jan. 27Trump’s approval rating dropped to 45% in Morning Consult’s latest survey, down from 46% last week, while the survey found 52% disapprove of his job performance (the survey of 2,201 registered U.S. voters conducted Jan. 23-25 has a margin of error of 2).

Jan. 26A Reuters/Ipsos poll found views of Trump’s handling of immigration dipped to a record low, with 39% approving and 53% disapproving, according to the survey of 1,139 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 23-25 (margin of error 3).

His overall approval rating was down three points from last week, to 38%, and his disapproval rating increased one point, to 59%.

Jan. 22Trump’s 40% approval rating and 56% disapproval rating in the New York Times/Siena poll is slightly below his 41% average rating in both his first and second terms, according to Gallup polling and is three points below his rating in the previous New York Times/Siena survey in September.

The poll also found 49% of respondents said the country is worse off after the first year of his second term, while 32% said it’s better and 19% said it’s about the same (the poll of 1,625 registered voters was conducted Jan. 12-17 and has a 2.8-point margin of error).

A majority of voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, immigration, the Russia-Ukraine war and Venezuela.

Trump called the results “fake” in a Truth Social post Thursday and said he would add the survey to his ongoing defamation lawsuit against the paper, claiming, without evidence, the poll was “heavily skewed toward Democrats.”

Jan. 22An Emerson College poll found 43% of voters approve of Trump’s job performance and 51% disapprove—a slight improvement from his 41%/50% approval/disapproval rating in the group’s previous survey in December (the poll of 1,000 likely U.S. voters was conducted Jan. 17-19 and has a margin of error of 3).

Jan. 22Trump’s net approval rating declined two points in the latest Economist/YouGov survey compared to last week, with 37% approving of his job performance and 56% disapproving.

His -19 net approval rating is a record low for his second term in the groups’ polling and is down from +2 when he took office (the latest poll of 1,722 U.S. adults was conducted Jan. 16-19 and has a 3.2-point margin of error).

Jan. 20Trump’s ratings improved slightly in Morning Consult’s weekly poll compared to last week—the share of registered voters who approve has increased from 45% to 46% and the share who disapprove has decreased from 53% to 51% (the poll of 2,201 registered U.S. voters was conducted Jan. 16-18 and has a margin of error of 2).

Trump’s approval rating has declined from 52% at the start of his term in Morning Consult polling, decreasing significantly after announcing a series of steep tariffs against U.S. trading partners in April last year and hovering at around 45% since.

Voters’ views of his handling of foreign policy recovered slightly from a record low of net -4 last week to net -1 this week, with 45% approving and 46% disapproving—in the wake of Maduro’s capture on Jan. 3, Trump has upped his threats to take over Greenland, intervene in anti-government protests in Iran and impose tariffs on some countries in the European Union.

Jan. 15Trump’s 40% approval rating in the Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research January survey is largely consistent with his numbers throughout the first year of his second term—and are similar to his ratings in his first term, when he entered the presidency with a 42% approval rating and left office with nearly the same number.

Americans’ views of Trump’s handling of immigration—one of his signature issues—have declined sharply throughout his first year in office, however, reaching 38% in January, down from 49% in March last year.

The poll overlapped with several high-profile shootings involving ICE officers, including the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, when an ICE agent shot multiple rounds through her car window at close range in an incident captured by bystanders’ video—prompting a heated partisan debate about whether she was aiming to hit the officer with her vehicle, with some on the right breaking with Trump and his allies in denouncing the shooting as an unjustified use of force.

Jan. 14Trump’s approval rating increased to 40% from 36% in December, while his disapproval rating decreased from 61% to 59% in the latest AP/NORC poll of 1,203 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 8-11 (margin of error 3.9).

Despite the improvement in Trump’s overall approval rating, the poll found a plurality of respondents (45%) want the U.S. to take a less active role in solving global issues, an increase from the 33% who said the same in December.

Jan. 14Trump’s approval rating was also at 40% in the latest Economist/YouGov poll released Wednesday and his disapproval rating was 56%, a slight improvement from last week (the poll of 1,437 registered voters was conducted Jan. 9-12 and has a margin of error of 3.1).

Jan. 6Trump’s 39% approval rating and 56% disapproval rating is unchanged from last week’s Economist/YouGov survey of 1,551 U.S. adults taken Jan. 2-5 (margin of error 3.3).

Jan. 6Trump’s approval rating dipped one point, to 46%, in the latest Morning Consult survey, consistent with his average job performance rating throughout his second term, according to the poll of 2,201 registered U.S. voters taken Jan. 2-4 (margin of error 2).

Jan. 5Trump’s approval rating ticked up three points, to 42%, and his disapproval rating decreased three points, to 56%, in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,248 U.S. adults taken Jan. 4-5, after the U.S. captured Maduro and his wife in a stunning raid early Saturday.

Views of Trump’s job performance improved to their highest point since October, despite only one in three Americans approving of the military operation and 72% saying they’re worried the U.S. will become too involved in Venezuela, according to the Reuters/Ipsos poll, which has a margin of error of 3).

Dec. 30Trump ends the year with a 39% approval rating and 56% disapproval rating in the Economist/YouGov’s weekly poll following a downward trend since the start of his second term linked to his handling of the economy—as more than half of poll respondents, 51%, said they believe the economy is getting worse (the latest survey of 1,550 U.S. adults was conducted Dec. 26-29 and has a 3.6-point margin of error).

Trump’s -17% net approval rating compares to a -14% net approval rating after the first year of his first term and a -10% net approval rating after Biden’s first year, according to Economist/YouGov polling.

Dec. 18Trump had a 41% approval rating and 50% disapproval rating in an Emerson College poll of 1,000 voters taken Dec. 14-15 (margin of error 3).

The numbers are nearly the same as they were in November, when Trump also had a 41% approval rating and a 49% disapproval rating, but are a sharp turn from his 49% approval/41% disapproval rating in the group’s January poll taken at the start of his term.

Dec. 17Trump’s overall job performance had a 38% approval rating in the latest NPR/PBS/Marist poll of 1,440 adults conducted Dec. 8-11 (margin of error 3.2), while 54% disapprove.

His 36% approval rating on his handling of the economy is at its lowest point for both his first and second terms.

Dec. 17Trump had a 40% approval rating and 54% disapproval rating in a Quinnipiac University poll taken Dec. 11-15 among 1,035 registered voters (margin of error 3.9), unchanged from Trump’s October approval/disapproval rating.

Dec. 16Trump’s approval rating decreased from 41% to 39% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll, compared to the groups’ poll the previous week week, while his disapproval rating also increased from 57% to 59% (the poll of 1,016 respondents was taken Dec. 12-15 and has a three-point margin of error).

Approval of Trump’s handling of the economy slipped from 36% to 33% while the share of respondents who said they disapprove increased from 52% to 58%.

Dec. 11Trump’s 36% approval rating was unchanged from AP-NORC’s November poll in its survey of 1,146 adults conducted Dec. 4-8 (margin of error 4), but his rating on the economy dipped to 31%, a low point for both terms.

Dec. 19Trump’s approval rating ticked up to 41% from 38% in late November in Reuters/Ipsos’ poll, while his disapproval rating decreased from 60% to 57% (the poll of 4,434 U.S. adults was conducted Dec. 3-8 and has a two-point margin of error).

The uptick coincided with an increase in his performance on the cost of living—from 26% last month to 31% this month among all respondents, driven by a 10-point gain among Republican voters.

Trump has sought to improve voters’ views on his handling of the economy, kicking off an “affordability tour” in Pennsylvania.

The New York Times’s polling average found Trump had a 42% approval rating and 55% disapproval rating after several weeks of declining support.

The data shows voters increasingly disapprove of his handling of the economy—net approval of his economic performance has fallen across surveys—with just 26% percent of respondents believing Trump is doing a good job at managing the cost of living, according to the Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Trump has also seen faltering numbers from within his own party and one-time supporters: Only 75% of Republicans approved of his handling of the economy in November, down from 82% in July, according to Marquette University polling, and his approval rating among white, college-educated men has dropped to 40% from 47% in June, according to polling from Fox News.

Dec. 2The Economist/YouGov’s weekly poll of 1,628 U.S. adults taken Nov. 28-Dec. 1 found Trump had a 38% approval rating and 57% disapproval rating, the seventh straight week his net approval rating was -15 or lower (the survey has a margin of error of 3.2).

In Trump’s first term, his net approval rating never dipped to or below -15 for more than three consecutive weeks, YouGov noted.

Biden had a -9 net approval rating at this point in his term and Trump had a -15 net approval rating at this point in his first term, according to Economist/YouGov polling.