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By Martha McHardy
US News Reporter
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Donald Trump's standing with voters is showing new signs of strain, polling analysis from a Republican-leaning pollster suggests.
Rasmussen's daily tracker now shows Trump's net approval rating dipped underwater for the first time since May 20, and to the lowest level since April 30, with 48 percent of surveyed voters approving of his performance and 50 percent disapproving.
The shift marks a notable drop for the president, who just a few weeks ago, on June 13, held a net approval rating of +8 points in the same tracker.
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Why It Matters
Trump's slip in a Republican-leaning poll underscores growing cracks in his support even among favourable pollsters.
What To Know
Several polls have shown the president's approval rating ticking down in recent days.
According to Morning Consult's latest poll, conducted between July 3 and July 6 among 2,203 registered voters, Trump's net approval rating now stands at -7 points, with 45 percent approving and 52 percent disapproving of the president. That is down from a -3 point net approval the previous week.
Other polls have shown his approval rating at an all time low for his second term.
The latest ActiVote survey, conducted June 1 to June 30 among 523 adults, found Trump's national approval at 45 percent and disapproval at 52 percent—putting his net approval at -7 points, his worst showing since returning to office.
Despite this low for his second term, Trump's current approval still outpaces his own first-term average, which ActiVote tracked at 41 percent. It also remains slightly higher than former President Joe Biden's full-term average of 41 percent and Biden's final-year average of 40 percent.
A separate survey by Targoz Market Research and Overton Insights, conducted June 23 to June 26 among 1,200 registered voters, put Trump's net approval even deeper underwater at -11 points—with 43 percent approving and 54 percent disapproving. That's a notable drop from a -5 net approval rating in March.
Meanwhile, in the YouGov/Yahoo poll, Trump's net approval dropped from -13 points in May—when 41 percent approved and 54 percent disapproved—to -16 points, with 40 percent approving and 56 percent disapproving.
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But some other polls offer Trump a silver lining.
An RMG Research poll from June 18 to June 26 suggested the president was still slightly above water, with a net approval of +4 points (51 percent approve, 47 percent disapprove)—though that, too, was down from +7 previously.
And some surveys have shown his approval ratings ticking up after a period of steady decline.
The latest Navigator Research poll, conducted June 26 to June 30, found Trump at 45 percent approval and 53 percent disapproval—a slight recovery from early June, when he hit a record low for this term at 43 percent approval and 55 percent disapproval.
Similarly, a Marist/NPR/PBS poll conducted June 23 to June 25 put Trump's approval at 43 percent and disapproval at 52 percent, an uptick from April's low of 42 percent approval and 53 percent disapproval.
But for the most part, Trump's approval ratings have remained stagnant in recent days.
The latest Quantus Insights poll, conducted June 30 to July 2 among 1,000 registered voters, showed Trump's net approval at -2 points, with 47 percent approving and 49 percent disapproving—relatively unchanged from previous Quantus polls. The latest YouGov/Economist poll was also unchanged from last week, with Trump's approval rating remaining at -11 points (42 approve, 53 disapprove).
Newsweek's tracker puts Trump's approval at 45 percent, with 51 percent disapproving, giving him a net approval of -6 points. That is unchanged from last week; however, it is up from a low of -10 points earlier this month.
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