Donald Trump's Approval Rating Is Soaring
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Why It Matters
Republicans are experiencing a surge in popularity nationwide, with Trump improving his margins in all but two states in last year's presidential election against then-Vice President Kamala Harris . The GOP now holds control of the Senate and the House, positioning Trump to advance his agenda with fewer obstacles than during his first term.
Polls have also shown that Trump has higher approval ratings among groups that don't traditionally vote Republican , indicating a realignment in voter demographics that could have lasting implications for future elections.
What To Know
Quinnipiac University's poll from December 15, conducted among 924 registered U.S. voters, showed that Trump's favorability score was -9, with 41 percent having an unfavorable view of him, compared to 50 percent who said their view of Trump was favorable.
But since then, Trump's favorability rating has shot up to +2 in Quinnipiac's latest poll, conducted among 1,019 registered U.S. voters between January 23 and 27. In that poll, 47 percent of respondents had a favorable view of him, while 45 percent had an unfavorable view.
Trump has also seen an increase in his approval ratings in other polls conducted by YouGov and The Economist , Echelon Insights, and McLaughlin and Associates, albeit a smaller rise.
YouGov and The Economist gave Trump an overall favorability rating of -6 in their poll conducted among 1,425 registered voters between January 12 and 14. But weeks later, in their poll conducted between January 26 and 28, Trump's approval rating rose to +2.
Echelon's poll from December 9 to 12 put Trump on -2, with 50 percent saying they had an unfavorable view of him and 48 percent saying the opposite. Now, after their poll conducted between January 22 and 27, Trump has a favorability rating of +2. And according to polling by McLaughlin and Associates, Trump's approval rating has increased by 3 points since December 16, when it was +3. The latest poll, conducted between January 22 and 27, put his approval rating at the same number.
It comes as Trump's favorability has seen historic highs recently, according to aggregate polling FiveThirtyEight's tracker. It currently stands at -0.7 up from -20 in January 2021 when his first term ended.
However, while some polls may suggest that Trump's popularity is on the rise, others tell a different story. According to polling by Morning Consult last week, Trump's favorability rating remains at +3, the same as where it was in their poll conducted between December 6 and 8.
And according to the latest Gallup poll , conducted between January 21 to 27, Trump remains one of the least popular U.S. presidents in history, with the lowest approval rating of all elected presidents, dating back to 1953, and he remains the only elected president with sub-50 percent initial approval ratings.
Nonetheless, polls suggest that Trump's surging popularity may be driven by support for his agenda on immigration . Trump made immigration a central theme of his successful presidential campaign and has since taken steps to rebuild a wall across the southern border and to hold the largest mass deportation event in history.
According to Quinnipiac's latest poll, a majority of voters (60 percent) approve of sending U.S. troops to the southern border with Mexico to enforce border security, while 36 percent disapprove. The poll also showed that more than 4 in 10 voters (44 percent) support deporting all undocumented immigrants and sending them back to their home countries, while 39 percent only support deporting immigrants convicted of violent crimes, and 6 percent oppose both scenarios, with 10 percent not offering an opinion.
Meanwhile, a poll by AtlasIntel conducted between January 21 and 23, showed 69 percent of Black voters approve of Trump's job performance, compared to 50 percent of white voters, which could be explained by Black voter's support for Trump's immigration policies. According to the poll, 72 percent of Black voters see immigration as a key challenge for the U.S., ranking it higher than any other issue.
What People Are Saying
Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy said in a statement about support for President Trump's immigration policies : "The huge deployment of boots on the ground is not to a dicey, far away war theater, but to the American border. And a majority of voters are just fine with that."
Laura Smith, a presidential historian at Oxford University, previously told Newsweek : "Modern presidents normally begin their term with a so-called 'honeymoon' period, enabling them to be particularly active in their first 100 days."
She added: "...Trump has effectively convinced people to vote against their self interest, including their economic interest, and soon rhetoric will turn into reality and polls will change. I anticipate this is a transient sentiment, rather than a sea change in American politics, or even a reflection of support in his agenda. After all, as a candidate Trump has never run on clear policies, focusing more on rhetoric and character. Higher polls could reflect an appreciation of his version of strong leadership but consequences, expected and unexpected, will be forthcoming."
Andrew David, senior lecturer in social science at Boston University, previously told Newsweek : "The accepted wisdom about modern presidential politics is that, really, a president has something like 12 to 18 months to really get their agenda complete. After that, it's on to the midterms. As a lame duck upon entering office, those midterms might also see the soft start to the 2028 race and a further challenge to Trump's authority, sway and power. As with so much about Trump, this is pretty uncharted territory and a unique set of challenges for a president."
What Happens Next
It remains to be seen whether Trump's current approval rating will hold.
Since taking office, he has signed over 100 executive orders focusing on immigration, rolling back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and environmental protections, and imposing higher tariffs on countries like China, Mexico, and Canada .
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The moral to the story is clear: Keep your promises!
I believe you may be right about that. He was the only PotUS to keep his promises about Israel. However, that is the only positive thing I can say about him.
One thing that makes me feel good is that the American people have proven to me I was right when I was a teenager mixing with the kids from Buffalo and area spending summer vacation at Crystal Beach, Ontario, on the north shore of Lake Erie - when I came to the realization that the American education system was deficient.
That's good enough Buzz.
Next week the other leader who made an unbelievable comeback: Benjamin Netanyahu will be the first foreign leader to visit the new Trump White House.
Netanyahu acknowledges that Trump has done more to benefit Israel than any other PotUS.
And do you think Netanyahu did a fairly good job dealing with Isreal's enemies in the past year?
And one other thing:
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to combat antisemitism and pledged to deport non-citizen college students and others who took part in pro-Palestinian protests.
Trump administration to cancel student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters
I think Netanyahu did what he had to do in the circumstances.
Yes, I do agree with what Trump proposed about antisemitism and visa students. Let's see what he does to actually carry out those intentions.
I think he Aced it.
This is going to make some people cry.
People need to accept reality.
Yep, some lard core liberals are probably having coronaries (figuratively speaking of course) over that.
“Yep, some lard core liberals”
lol, now that there that is one funny typo.
How do you know it was a typo?
Lol
This doesnt make any sense, but its probably more sloppy proofreading than anything else.
Ya, probably, but we got it.
Any excuse rather than accept the reality that it may be true.
Democrats register their lowest approval rating in history, Republicans their highest in this poll.
Calling everyone who dares disagree with them a Nazi and demanding violent illegal aliens be protected from deportation will surely help them reverse their plunge.
And they show no signs of changing.
They are getting more insular and more shrill. At their latest DNC meeting yesterday they focused on ensuring Trans people were handed more seats in their caucus.
They won't be able to win with American voters. It seems those who would blindly toss them a vote (if they could) are being deported.
Both of Trumps two terms are the two lowest inauguration day approval ratings for a president since Gallup started polling it in 1953.
2016 is the lowest and the new one is the second lowest. That is the fact.
Presidents almost universally get good approval ratings when they take office. And I'm talking well above 50%. Far fewer people are giving him good will than previous presidencies. I wonder why.
Yet he's still much more popular than the opposition. That's what matters.
Trump is popular on the border issues and on inflation. The majority opposes almost all of his other policies according to Reuters/Ipsos.
When Trump dumps all the migrant construction workers, I was wondering who would be reconstructing what was destroyed in Los Angeles,
The economy and the border are the two most important issues to most. What dementia boy and cackles did with the border is 100% treasonous. But cackles lost because of misogyny, lol.
Unfortunately we will all likely end up watching Trump fuck up our economy and raise inflation yet again.
I expect Trump supporters to blindly defend him even then.
coulda, woulda, shoulda, may, could, possibly, might
ie, you have no idea.
Who knows? It certainly seems to have been true for Biden supporters...
Time will tell, he was very successful his first term and i expect more of the same this term.
If Trump pursues his tariffs (one example) prices will definitely rise.
Those who believe Trump is looking out for the good of this nation need to get a clue.
Sure, he could luck out. But he needs to stop playing emperor. It would be best if he just spent his days golfing and eating cheeseburgers.
Again, you have no idea.
Trying to push your opinion as fact is not a good look.
You do this constantly; do you not understand how to distinguish opinion from fact?
Here is a clue, bugsy, look for words that state something like 'this is a fact'. Most of the time we opine. Use that as your guide.
Sure, he could do that, because he has many people who work for him, but let's face it.
If he did this, you (collective you) leftists would be bitching and moaning about that too.
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Yep, meanwhile the triggered are bagging on Trump before he even starts and remain silent on cotton eyed Joes “actual” performance the last four years. SOSDD
Or it may get better. No way to know for sure right now. I sincerely wonder what the liberal left's response will be if it does. It will probably be called a aberration or a fluke and still be condemned.
There is always that possibility, but the actions Trump is taking are very bad for consumer prices and the economy in general.
Forget about this mythical 'the left' since ideology is a continuum and everyone to your left does NOT think or operate the same way.
If the economy were to improve (given it is in good shape now, this is very tough to do) then D partisans will likely operate as R partisans did (and still do) with Biden. Those who are still claiming that the economy under Biden was poor are clearly operating on partisan bullshit rather than facts. This kind of partisan blindness occurs with the Ds too, so expect the same.
There are, however, people to your left who can indeed think objectively and will give credit when credit is truly due and criticize when it is warranted. One example of warranted criticism for Biden was his tuition forgiveness nonsense, one example of warranted criticism for Trump is his tariff insanity (especially when the key objective is to LOWER consumer prices).
Well, I prefer to try to be optimistic and hope for the best rather than those (not you) who are pessimistic and expect the worst solely on the basis that Trump is in office.
I wonder if some of them would rather have the country do poorly so they can trash Trump than have Trump, and the country, do well.
I am all for optimism, Ed, but optimism needs to be realistic.
For example, is it realistic to be optimistic that prices will lower (or even remain stable) given Trump's irresponsible tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China have gone into effect.
Ironic, some of us wonder how people like you can support Trump when he is clearly taking actions that are bad for this nation.
Sometimes you just have to have hope and/or faith that things will get better in the world. I lost mine in 2016 and 2017 when my wife and my only son passed. I'm only just starting to get it back.
And some wonder how some people can make the same tired accusation again and again like it means something.
I think that it is very healthy to think positively and hope for the best. But that needs to be grounded in reality. We know Trump very well. The amount of data on Trump is more than most. Too many people ignore that which they do not want to be true and only accept that which is comforting. That, more than anything else, is why I think we are stuck with Trump as PotUS right now.
Possibly, but there are a lot of people that feel it was better to be stuck with Trump than another four years of Biden/Harris. All are entitled to decide for themselves either way.
Under Biden the economy was good except for prices being higher due to the prior inflation and interest rates still too high. There is really nothing a PotUS can do to impact consumer prices or interest rates so Trump has very little on the upside. However, a PotUS, can take a good economy and screw it up.
I am sickened to watch Trump irresponsibly play games with his new toy —the presidency— at the expense of all citizens and the negative effects on the balance of the planet. The increase in consumer prices resulting from these tariffs are a major league unforced error.
We can hope that nothing negative will happen, but we damn well better be realistic about it and plan on paying more for our goods.
That will rapidly evaporate since today Musk forced out the head of Social Security and Medicare disbursements.
Trump and Republicans repeatedly vowed cuts to all programs in the American social safety net.
Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security are heading for cuts very quickly.
No Republicans are courageous enough to stand up and save them. They dare not challenge Trump or Musk.
Yep, and when the prices of goods skyrocket because of trump's tariffs, his approval rating will plummet.