Donald Trump’s approval rating has been consistently low throughout his second presidency, to the point where it played a major role in his party’s major losses in last week’s midterm elections. But the huge loss hasn’t helped matters.
According to Newsweek, the first post-election Economist/YouGov poll shows Trump with a 36 percent approval rating and a 62 percent disapproval rating, which Newsweek describes as “a seven-point deterioration from the pollster’s final survey before Election Day.”
This shows that Trump is entering his last two years with little support from the American electorate.
Trump approval holds at 32%, near lowest of his career, Reuters Ipsos poll finds https://t.co/5lC48dQpPk
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 10, 2026
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“That shift could be significant for Republican lawmakers deciding how closely to align themselves with a president whose core supporters remain loyal but whose broader standing could complicate the party’s recovery,” Newsweek speculated about the polls.
The RealClearPolitics polling average shows Trump with an average approval rating of 38.7 percent and a disapproval rating of 59.1 percent, a spread of -20.4 percent, which is only slightly below the historic low the previous month. The Economist/YouGov poll is included in that average, and is among the worst for Trump, although the Reuters/Ipsos poll has him at -27.
The White House pushed back to Newsweek.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, this administration has signed the largest working-class tax cuts in history, secured the border, cut the cost of prescription drugs, added more than one million private-sector jobs, and locked in nearly 20 trade deals,” White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told the magazine.
Approval data from here: https://t.co/0ZvsQJFzHH
— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) November 7, 2026
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