Attitudes towards Donald Trump might be changing, new data has shown – the US President is ranking negatively in every poll for the first time ever.
Morning Consult, Ipsos, HarrisX, Quinnipiac, YouGov, and Pew Research all show the same thing: Trump is not ranking well.
More Americans are not a fan of Trump during his second term, with 55% disapproving and only 41% still supporting the President.
InsiderAdvantage, Big Data Poll, RMG Research, American Research Group, J.L. Partners, The Argument, Echelon Insights, Beacon Research, and High Point University also show negative polling data.
The largest documented shift came from American Research Group, which found 62% of Americans disapprove.
One catalyst for this shift in approval could be the Jeffrey Epstein files – an issue which Trump campaigned on, promising to release them in full, before calling the matter ‘pretty boring stuff’ in July.
But after an unprecedented petition, which led to a bill being passed in both the House and Congress, Trump signed the bill into law.
The Epstein issue has prompted a newer, wider outpouring of frustration with the President’s policies.
Even Republican lawmakers, many of whom were staunch MAGA supporters before, have soured a bit.
In September, the number of Trump voters who believed the USA was not on the right track jumped from 17% to 22%.
The Epstein drama, Charlie Kirk’s murder, tariffs, and a press conference claiming paracetamol was linked to autism in children appear to have sown seeds of doubt in Trump’s followers in recent months.
But in 2021, he left the Oval Office after his first term with the worst first-term approval rating ever recorded, at just 34%.
He re-entered the White House in January with a higher approval rating, at 52% – but that rate began dipping by early February.
Sweeping federal cuts in early February accelerated his disapproval rating as hundreds of thousands of employees were threatened with dismissal.
Despite this dip, his support among Republican voters remained strong, according to the New York Times.
How do Trump’s current approval ratings compare with previous presidents?
For comparison, at this point in his first term, President Joe Biden was facing a 41% approval rating, according to a Washington Post/ABC Survey.
His approval rating for the economy was just 39%, as voters expressed concerns about inflation.
Barack Obama also faced declining approval ratings after re-taking office in 2013, facing a 41% approval rating, compared to 52% in January of that year.
The President with the lowest approval rating was Richard Nixon, however, coming in at just 24% in the midst of the Watergate scandal.
After his impeachment, 66% of those polled told Gallup they disapproved of his presidency.
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