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By Kate Plummer
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President Donald Trump's approval rating is negative in the majority of states in America on Presidents Day, according to recent polling.
The latest Civiqs update, analysing 86,000 responses between the start of Trump's second term on January 20, 2025 and February 14, 2026, showed Trump's approval rating was negative in 32 states and positive in 18.
The polling comes as Americans celebrate Presidents Day, a federal holiday observed on the third Monday in February that was first established to honor George Washington, who was born on February 22, and which now serves as a moment to reflect on the history and achievements of U.S. presidents.
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Using the Civiqs data, Newsweek has created a map to show the president's approval rating in every state.
Newsweek reached out to the White House by email to comment on this story.
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Why It Matters
Maintaining a strong approval rating is crucial for the administration's ability to shore up support for its policies, but a series of political issues—including the president's handling of files related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and the death of two U.S. citizens at the hands of federal immigration officers—have sown the seeds of discontent in recent months.
Trump's approval rating will become increasingly important ahead of this year's midterm elections as, while the president is not on the ticket, the elections are seen as a way for voters to cast their judgment on his term in office. The ballots in key seats across the country could change the balance of power in the U.S.
Traditionally, the party that does not hold the White House tends to do better in midterm elections. In 2018, Republicans lost the House and the Democrats gained 41 seats. Republicans have slim majorities in both chambers of Congress and losing the House or Senate would affect the GOP's ability to pass key legislation and advance its policies.
What To Know
Civiqs' latest polling shows that Trump's highest approval rating is in West Virginia, where his net approval rating is +25 percentage points. Wyoming, where he has a net approval rating of +23 percentage points, is a close second, while Oklahoma and North Dakota both have net +20 point approval ratings.
On the other side, the poll shows those in Hawaii are least impressed with the president. There, his net approval rating is -58 points and it is not much better in Vermont, where his rating is -54 points. In Maryland, his approval rating is -46 points and in California he has a net -44 point rating.
Overall, across all states, the Civiqs polling found that Trump has a net approval rating of -18 points, with 39 percent approving of him and 57 percent disapproving. Some 4 percent of those polled said they neither approved nor disapproved of the president's job performance.
It follows other negative polling regarding the president. Writing in his blog Silver Bulletin, Nate Silver—a statistician and political analyst—found that Trump's approval rating has plummeted to a second-term low of net -15 percentage points with 40.5 percent approving of him and 55.5 percent disapproving.
Trump was rated as a "poor" or "below average" president by more than half of respondents in a recent YouGov survey asking people to rank U.S. presidents on a scale from "outstanding" to "poor"—the worst performance out of 20 presidents rated.
Meanwhile, an AP-NORC poll conducted February 5-8, 2026, using NORC’s AmeriSpeak Panel, found Trump’s approval at 36 percent and disapproval at 62 percent, a net -26 percentage points that matched his November low with the same pollster.
What People Are Saying
White House spokesman Davis Ingle previously told Newsweek in an emailed statement: "President Trump was overwhelmingly elected by nearly 80 million Americans to deliver on his popular and common-sense agenda. The president has already made historic progress not only in America, but around the world. It is not surprising that President Trump remains the most dominant figure in American politics."
President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social last week: "The highest Poll Numbers I have ever received. Obviously, people like a strong and powerful Country, with the best economy, EVER!"
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