According to CNN’s Poll of Polls on Sunday, President Donald Trump’s approval rating has slumped to his lowest yet at 35 percent in aggregate polling, while his disapproval rating now sits at 64 percent.
“The ultimate poll was November 5, 2024, when nearly 80 million Americans overwhelmingly elected President Trump to deliver on his popular and commonsense agenda,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle told Newsweek in an email on Monday.
He added: “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.”
Why It Matters
The CNN Poll of Polls tracks the president’s average approval and disapproval ratings in national surveys and does not have a margin of sampling error.
Previous surveys have also found that Trump’s job approval ratings have fallen, including those on the economy, potentially hurting the Republican Party’s chances of keeping both congressional chambers in this year’s upcoming midterms.
Trump has also landed record or near‑record lows among key voting blocs, including Gen Z and independent voters, possibly compounding headwinds for the White House and GOP amid public concern over the cost-of-living and Iran war that has seen gas prices across the nation surge.
What to Know
The latest Poll of Polls from CNN includes results from ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos, Pew Research Center, Reuters/Ipsos, Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research (AP-NORC).
The ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll, which was conducted between April 24 and 28, saw Trump’s approval rating at 37 percent compared to his 62 percent disapproval rating. The poll surveyed 2,560 people and had a margin of error of 2.2 percent.
According to the Pew Research Center poll, the president’s overall approval rating is 34 percent versus a 64 percent disapproval rating. This is “the lowest mark of his second term,” the survey notes, adding that Trump “has also lost ground across a variety of personal attributes and issue areas.”
The survey was conducted among 5,103 U.S. adults from April 20-26, with a margin of error of 1.6 percent.
According to the Reuters/Ipsos poll, the president also had an approval rating of 34 percent and a disapproval rating of 64 percent. The poll was taken from April 24-27 and surveyed 1,269 people with a 3 percent margin of error among registered voters.
And the AP-NORC poll showed Trump’s approval rating at 33 percent and his disapproval rating at 67 percent. The survey was conducted between April 16-20 and questioned 2,596 people. The margin of error was 2.6 percent.
The president performed better in a Fox News poll that was conducted between April 17-20. In that survey, 42 percent approved of Trump and 58 disapproved. The survey asked 1,001 registered voters and has a margin of error of 3 percent.
According to CNN’s polling aggregation, Trump’s approval average has been in the upper 30s since January, with it spiking to 40 percent in February.
CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten noted on Monday, that GOP-leaning independents are breaking with the president compared to polling during the 2024 presidential election. Enten showed that approval with the group has dropped nearly 40 percent.
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