Trump's Approval Ratings Have Hit a New Low

"In a CNN poll released Monday, 63 percent of respondents disapproved of his performance in office, leaving just 37 percent approving. As polling analyst G. Elliot Morris notes, the 26 point net gap in disapproval is the lowest Trump has ever clocked-even in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection, when many observers predicted his political demise. By comparison, an enfeebled and marginalized Joe Biden sported a 40 percent approval rating when he left office."

"It's easy to make too much of snapshot surveys of presidential approval, but, as Morris also notes, polling averages have been trending strongly away from Trump over the past two weeks. The intensity of that disapproval is also striking: "Depending on the polls you pick for your average," Morris writes, "between 46 and 50 percent of U.S. adults tell pollsters they "strongly disapprove" of the job Trump is doing as president. That is double the percent that strongly approve....""

Polling shows President Donald Trump's national approval at 37 percent while 63 percent disapprove, producing a 26-point net disapproval gap, his lowest on record. That gap persists compared with the post–January 6 period. Joe Biden had a 40 percent approval rating when he left office. A 42 percent approval plurality would indicate retention of the 2024 coalition, but current declines suggest independents and some traditional Republican voters are turning away. Tracker polls show Trump underwater in all seven swing states he won and in Texas. Between 46 and 50 percent of U.S. adults say they strongly disapprove, about double the share that strongly approve. Polling averages have trended away from Trump over the past two weeks.

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