Trump Approval Rating Dips To Second-Term Low In Latest 2 Polls

Nov. 10-10 net approval rating: Trump’s 44% approval rating is a low point for Morning Consult’s weekly polling in the latest survey taken Nov. 7-9 of 2,201 registered U.S. voters, with a two-point margin of error, while 54% disapprove.

Nov. 10-7: Trump’s approval rating slid to a second-term low of 44% in the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris poll of 2,000 registered voters taken Nov. 4-6 (margin of error 1.99).

Trump’s approval ratings on nine key issues the survey has asked about have slid below 50%, with his handling of crime and immigration receiving the highest marks.

The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll also found 75% oppose the government shutdown and 53% blame Republicans versus Democrats.

Nov. 3A CNN poll conducted by SSRS found Trump’s approval rating dropped to 37%—the lowest recorded by the network during his second term in office, but not quite as low as his 36% approval rating ten months into his first term.

However, Trump’s disapproval rating also reached 63%, one point higher than his 62% disapproval rating when he left office in 2021.

When asked which party they would vote for in next year’s midterm elections, Democrats maintained a small five-point lead ahead of Republicans among registered voters—but a notably smaller advantage compared to the 11-point lead the party held over Republicans at the same point in 2017 before the 2018 midterms.

Nov. 2Trump fared slightly better with a 41% approval rating and 59% disapproval rating in a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll conducted in October.

About 63% of respondents to that poll found Trump was “out of touch” with Americans—but even more (68%) said the same about the Democratic Party.

Oct. 29-19 net approval rating: Trump’s approval rating dipped to a second-term low of 39% in Economist/YouGov polling, while 58% disapprove of his job performance in the survey taken Oct. 24-27 among 1,623 U.S. adults (margin of error 3.5).

Trump’s net approval rating in the poll is also lower than all but one Economist/YouGov survey taken during his first term.

Trump told reporters Tuesday he has the “highest [poll] numbers I ever had,” repeating a claim he made Monday on Truth Social, despite polling averages and most individual surveys showing his approval rating has declined significantly since he took office in January.

Oct. 28-17: Trump’s job approval rating declined two percentage points, to 40%, in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll from its poll taken Oct. 15-20, when 42% approved of his job performance, while 57% disapprove (the poll of 1,1018 U.S. adults was taken Oct. 24-26 and has a 3-point margin of error).

Most respondents, 52%, said the government shutdown has no impact on their lives.

Oct. 27-5: Trump’s approval rating held steady from last week at 46% while his 51% disapproval rating was also unchanged in Morning Consult’s weekly survey taken Oct. 24-26 among 2,200 registered U.S. voters (margin of error 2).

Oct. 22-17: Trump’s approval rating declined 0.5 points since last week, with 39% approving of his job performance and 56% disapproving, according to an Oct. 17-20 Economist/YouGov survey of 1,621 U.S. adults (margin of error 3.4).

The survey found more respondents, 39%, blame Republicans for the shutdown versus Democrats (31%), though 24% blame both equally and 7% said they weren’t sure.

Oct. 21-14: Trump’s approval rating increased two percentage points in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll taken Oct. 15-20, to 42%, up from 40% in the groups’ Oct. 3-7 survey, while his disapproval rating declined two points, from 58% to 56%.

The survey also found more respondents, 50%, blame Republicans compared to 43% who blame Democrats in Congress, while 7% skipped the question.

Oct. 20-5: Trump’s approval rating increased to 51%, it’s highest point since late August, while 46% disapprove of his job performance, according to Morning Consult’s weekly poll of 2,200 registered voters taken Oct. 17-19 (margin of error 2).

Oct. 17-3: Trump’s approval rating increased one point from August in an Emerson College poll of 1,000 voters conducted Oct. 13-14, while approval of his handling of the Israel-Hamas war, in the wake of the cease-fire deal he brokered, increased 17 percentage points, from 30% to 47% (the most recent survey has a 3-point margin of error).

Oct. 13-8: Trump’s approval rating dipped one point, to his second-term record low of 45% over the past week, while his disapproval rating ticked back up to a record high of 53% in Morning Consult’s weekly survey of 2,202 registered voters taken Oct. 10-12 (margin of error 2).

Oct. 8-18: In a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken oct. 3-7, 40% said they approve of Trump’s job performance and 58% said they disapprove, a one-point decrease in his net approval rating from the groups’ September survey and consistent with his second-term low (the survey of 1,154 U.S. adults has a margin of error of 3).

Oct. 7-17: Trump’s approval rating dipped 0.7 points from last week in the latest Economist/YouGov poll of 1,648 U.S. adults conducted Oct. 4-6 (margin of error 3.4), with 39% saying they approve of his job performance and 56% saying they disapprove.

The survey found more respondents (41%) blame Republicans in Congress and Trump versus Democrats in Congress (30%) for the government shutdown that began Oct. 1, and 54% disapprove of the way Trump is handling the shutdown, compared to 33% who approve.

Oct. 6-4: Trump’s 46% approval rating in the Harvard CAPS/Harris monthly poll taken in September and released Monday is down one point from August, while 50% disapprove of his job performance (the online survey of 2,413 registered voters was taken Oct. 1-2 and has a margin of error of 2).

A slim majority (53%) of poll respondents blame Republicans overDemocrats (47%) for the shutdown, though 65% say Democrats should end the shutdown by accepting the Republican spending plan, according to the Harvard CAPS/Harris survey.

Oct. 6-6: Trump’s 46% approval rating and 52% disapproval rating is unchanged from the past four weeks in the latest Morning Consult survey of 2,200 registered voters taken Oct. 3-5 (margin of error 2).

Sept. 30-11: Trump has a 43% approval rating and 54% disapproval rating in a New York Times/Siena poll released Tuesday that found his rating on a string of issues, from the economy to managing the Russia-Ukraine war, is underwater with voters, though his support among Republicans remains steady at about 90% (the poll of 1,313 registered voters was conducted Sept. 22-27 and has a margin of error of 3.2).

Crime was the only issue, of seven the Times/Siena poll asked about, where Trump had a net positive approval rating of +1 point.

Sept. 23-17: A Reuters/Ipsos survey of 1,019 respondents conducted Sept. 19-21 found 41% approve of Trump’s job performance and 58% disapprove, a three-point net decline in his rating from the groups’ previous poll conducted Sept. 5-9 and a drop of six points in his approval rating since the start of his term (the most recent survey has a three-point margin of error).

Trump said earlier Tuesday in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly he “was very proud to see this morning I have the highest poll numbers I ever had,” though it’s unclear what survey he was referring to.

Meanwhile, another poll released Tuesday, from The Economist and YouGov found more than two-thirds of Americans believe the economy is in fair or poor condition (the survey of 1,551 U.S. adults was conducted Sept. 19 and 22).

Sept. 19-13: The latest Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos survey conducted Sept. 11-15 found 43% of 2,513 U.S. adults surveyed approve of Trump’s job performance, while 56% disapprove, compared to 39% who approved in the groups’ April poll and 45% who approved in February (the latest survey has a margin of error of 2).

Trump has a 42% average approval rating in his second term, consistent with Biden’s, but below all other recent presidents dating back to Harry Truman, according to Gallup.

Sept. 16-18: Trump’s favorability rating declined three points to 39% and the share of U.S. adults who have an unfavorable view of him increased two points to 57% compared to last week in an Economist/YouGov survey of 1,567 U.S. adults conducted Sept. 12-15 (margin of error 3.6).

The results represent an 11-point decline in Trump’s 50% favorability rating at the start of his term, according to Economist/YouGov polling.

Sept. 15-6 net approval rating: Trump’s job performance improved one point, to 46%, in Morning Consult’s weekly survey compared to the previous week, while his disapproval rating stayed stagnant at 52% (the poll of 2,204 registered U.S. voters was conducted Sept. 12-14 and has a margin of error of 2).

The poll found the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is the top story of 2025, with 67% of voters saying they’ve seen, read or heart “a lot” about it, according to Morning Consult, well above hundreds of other news events Morning Consult has asked about this year.

Sept. 10-14: On par with two other polls this week, Trump had a 42% approval rating in the latest Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted Sept. 5-9, while 56% disapproved, representing a two-point increase from the groups’ August poll in his disapproval rating and a two-point uptick in his approval rating (the poll of 1,084 U.S. adults has a margin of error of 3).

Sept. 8-7: Trump’s approval rating declined one point from last week, to 45%, tied with his record low since taking office, according to Morning Consult’s weekly survey that found 52% disapprove of his job performance (the poll of 2,201 registered voters conducted Sept. 6-8 has a margin of error of 2).

Sept. 7-12: Trump’s approval rating ticked up two points from July, to 44%, while his disapproval rating declined two points, to 56%, in the latest CBS/YouGov poll of 2,385 U.S. adults conducted Sept. 3-5 (margin of error 2.5).

The poll found the majority of respondents, 58%, oppose sending the National Guard to other cities outside of Washington, D.C., as Trump has threatened, though the sentiment is split along party lines, with 85% of Republicans in favors, compared to 7% of Democrats.

Sept. 3-14: A total of 41% of respondents in The Economist/YouGov weekly survey approve of Trump’s job performance, compared to 55% who disapprove, representing a one-point dip in his disapproval rating from last week, while his approval rating was unchanged (the Aug. 29-Sept. 2 poll of 1,691 U.S. adults has a 3.4-point margin-of-error).

Sept. 2-7: Trump’s approval rating declined one point from last week, to 46%, in Morning Consult’s weekly survey, while his 51% disapproval rating remained stagnant—as Americans’ views of his job performance have yet to bounce back from a post-“Liberation Day”decline from his 52% approval rating at the start of his second term, which is consistent with his record-high approval rating in March of his first term (this week’s survey of 2,202 registered voters was conducted Aug. 29-31 and has a two-point margin of error).

42%. That’s Trump’s average approval rating so far during his second term, slightly higher than his 41% average approval rating throughout the duration of his first term, according to Gallup.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/11/11/trump-approval-rating-hits-second-term-low-in-latest-poll-despite-his-claims-of-highest-numbers-ever/