"President Donald Trump's lagging popularity is showing up in multiple polls giving him the lowest job approval ratings of his second term. There's Reuters-Ipsos, whose February 16 survey pegged Trump's net job approval at minus-22 percent; this outlet had him at minus-16 percent in early December. There's Morning Consult's tracking poll, which now shows his net approval as minus-12 percent, after giving him modestly underwater ratings throughout 2025. A year ago this pollster had his net approval at plus-3 percent."
"On February 1, the notoriously Trumpy Insider Advantage outfit gave Trump just its second lowest net approval number of the second term (at plus+1 percent). Another Trump favorite, Rasmussen Reports, has had some very erratic recent net job approval numbers, dropping all the way to minus-16 percent on February 6, but suddenly (for no apparent reason) rebounding to minus-3 percent on February 18."
Multiple national polls in February 2026 register President Donald Trump's net job approval at or near second-term lows. Reuters-Ipsos (Feb. 16) shows net -22 percent; Morning Consult shows net -12 percent after earlier modest underwater ratings; Quantus Insights (Feb. 13) reports net -13 percent; AP/NORC (Feb. 9) reports net -26 percent; NBC News Decision Desk (Feb. 6) reports net -22 percent; Quinnipiac (Feb. 2) reports net -19 percent. A few outliers show higher or erratic results, including Insider Advantage (+1 on Feb. 1), Rasmussen (dropped to -16, rebounded to -3), and Economist/YouGov (net -12 on Feb. 16). RealClearPolitics averages sat at a second-term net low as of Feb. 18.
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