President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dipped to a new all-time low across both terms and has surpassed former President Joe Biden’s lowest, a poll from The Economist/YouGov shows this week.
Trump has landed consecutive record or near‑record lows among key voting blocs recently, including Gen Z and independent voters, potentially compounding headwinds for the White House and GOP amid public concern over the cost of living and the war with Iran heading into the November midterm elections.
YouGov’s Allen Houston in an email release to Newsweek on Wednesday said in part, “Only one in three Americans approves of how Donald Trump is handling his job as president, lower than Trump’s approval in any weekly Economist/YouGov Poll over his two terms as president, and lower than Joe Biden ever received during his term.”
President Donald Trump delivers a speech on the economy at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, New York, on May 22. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
What To Know
According to the poll, Trump’s total approval rating is 34 percent versus a 59 percent disapproval rating. Among those ages 18 to 29, the president’s approval is 19 percent. Among Hispanics, it’s 23 percent and 30 percent with women. With Republicans, Trump’s approval is 80 percent.
The poll was taken from May 22 to May 26 among 1,520 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of 3.6 percent.
“Trump’s net approval of -26 is also a record low for either of his terms or Biden’s term,” Houston added in part in the release.
When asked last week about another poll showing Trump hitting his lowest approval rating this term, White House Spokesman Davis Ingle told Newsweek: “The ultimate poll was November 5th 2024 when nearly 80 million Americans overwhelmingly elected President Trump to deliver on his popular and commonsense agenda. No other President in history has accomplished more for the American people than President Trump, who is working tirelessly to create jobs, cool inflation, increase housing affordability, and more. The President has already made historic progress not only in America but around the world, and this is just the beginning as his agenda continues taking effect.”
When reached for comment on Wednesday about the new YouGov/Economist poll, Newsweek was sent the same statement.
In a survey by the pollster last week, Trump’s approval rating was 37 percent, and his disapproval was 57 percent. Among women, the president’s approval was 35 percent, and 28 percent among those ages 18 to 29. With Republicans, Trump’s approval last week was 83 percent.
Columbia University professor Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek on Wednesday, “Trump’s approval rating among Republicans and the decisive victories in Republican primaries of the candidates whom he has supported are now unequivocal evidence for his power over the party — even as this party may suffer a major defeat in the midterm elections with the larger electorate, over whom Trump has decreasing sway.”
D. Stephen Voss, political science professor at the University of Kentucky, also told Newsweek via email that, “Trump has maintained his hold over the Republican electorate, but in most parts of the country, Republican voters alone cannot determine general-election outcomes. The Republican share of the electorate has eroded, and independents are increasingly turned off by the Trump Administration. Trump’s sinking approval ratings will haunt the candidates the President supported when November rolls around.”
What Other Polls Show
A Morning Consult poll shows Trump’s approval rating at 42 percent versus a 55 percent disapproval rating. The poll was taken from May 15 to May 17 among 2,203 registered U.S. voters and has a margin of error of 2 percent.
A poll from the American Research Group Inc. shows that Trump’s approval rating is 31 percent versus a 64 percent disapproval rating. The survey showed that 5 percent were undecided. The poll was taken from May 16 to May 20 among 1,100 U.S. adults, with a m
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