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President Donald Trump's approval rating is negative with every pollster for the first time.
As of Wednesday morning, Trump currently has an average disapproval rating of 55 percent, while 41 percent approve, according to The New York Times' polling aggregator.
Polls, including Morning Consult, Ipsos, HarrisX, Quinnipiac, YouGov, and Pew Research, all show more Americans disapprove than approve of Trump's performance or favorability.
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White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson spoke to the Daily Mail about recent ratings, saying that in less than a year, Trump has “already delivered on many of the promises he was elected to enact, but there will always be more to accomplish.”
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Why It Matters
Trump has never had exclusively negative ratings before, meaning that, if the polling is accurate, attitudes could be shifting across the country.
It comes as the president is facing major divides in his Republican Party and among his MAGA base more generally – namely, over Israel and the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
This is all ahead of the upcoming midterms and the 2028 elections, where Trump will be looking to his supporters to keep the Republicans in power.
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What To Know
Every poll, including ones that are often favorable to Trump, aggregated by The New York Times, shows a negative approval rating for Trump.
A new poll by J.L. Partners, conducted between November 19 and 20 on 1,244 registered voters, found that 49 percent disapproved of Trump, while 41 percent approved. The poll had a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percent. The pollster's previous poll, conducted in mid-October, showed Trump with a 46 percent approval rating.
Other recent polls include YouGov (conducted from November 21 to 24), which has a 19-point margin—38 percent approval and 57 percent disapproval.
Some have very large margins, such as the American Research Group, which shows a 27-point difference between Trump’s 35 percent approval rating and 62 percent disapproval rating, while others have margins of around 5 percentage points.
Even Rasmussen Reports—a pollster that The New York Times does not aggregate—shows Trump with a negative approval rating. Its latest poll, conducted between November 12 and 20 on 3,000 registered voters, shows that 51 percent disapproved of Trump, while 46 percent approved. The poll had a margin of error of +/- 1.8 percent.
What People Are Saying
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the Daily Mail: “Trump has secured the border; tackled Biden's inflation crisis; lowered drug prices; ended taxes on tips, overtime, and social security; cooled inflation; deported criminal illegal aliens; implemented important reforms putting American workers first; and more.”
What Happens Next
Trump and the rest of his party will likely be looking towards the midterms as a litmus test for how the country is feeling about his governance.
This will provide valuable data for the Republican Party’s odds in the 2028 election.
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