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President Donald Trump's net approval rating has matched a low with three weeks at -22 percent, the same as former President Joe Biden's lowest consecutive numbers, a new poll from The Economist/YouGov shows.
Trump has landed consecutive record or near‑record lows among key voting blocs recently, including Gen Z and independent voters, potentially compounding headwinds for the White House and GOP amid public concern over the cost of living and the war with Iran heading into the November midterm elections.
In the poll released on Tuesday, Trump's overall approval rating is 36 percent, and his disapproval rating 58 percent for a net rating of minus-22. He had the same approval and disapproval rating in last week's poll. In a poll taken April 24-27, the president's approval rating was 37 percent versus a 59 percent disapproval.
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YouGov's Allen Houston in an email to Newsweek on Tuesday said in part: "Trump's average net approval over the past three weeks of -22 is a record low for his two terms. Trump's average net approval of -22 over the last three weeks also matches the lowest net approval Joe Biden ever averaged over three consecutive weeks in his term in office."
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Tuesday's poll also shows that the president's approval rating is 35 percent among Hispanics, 25 percent with Gen Z and 24 percent with independents. Overall, 49 percent of U.S. adults strongly disapprove of the way he is handling his job versus 20 percent who strongly approve.
The survey polled 1,549 U.S. adults from May 9-11 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
"This is not just further concerning, but it is moving toward a disaster warning," Columbia University professor Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek on Tuesday. "And the latest inflation report is more bad news. What to fix? The Iran war and shipping freeze have to end, as does the tariff chaos and the more general chaotic nature of the administration. The Republicans are already engaged in other 'fixes' for voting in the upcoming midterm election and then the presidential election year, which is what they are resorting to if they can't fix anything else."
The polling news came the same day as a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report showing inflation jumped to its highest level in either of Trump's terms.
White House spokesman Kush Desai told Newsweek on Tuesday when asked about the polling: "President Trump was resoundingly re-elected to the White House precisely because he understood how Americans were left behind by Joe Biden’s economic disaster, and restoring prosperity for everyday Americans has accordingly been a Day One priority for this Administration. While the President has been clear about short-term disruptions as a result of Operation Epic Fury, the Administration is focused on implementing the proven Trump agenda of tax cuts, deregulation, and energy abundance to keep America on a solid economic trajectory.
"As traffic in the Strait of Hormuz normalizes again, Americans will again see gas prices plummet, real wages grow, inflation cool, and trillions in investments continue pouring in.”
What Recent Polls and Projections Show
Trump's approval rating had recently slumped to its lowest point at 35 percent in aggregate polling, while his disapproval rating sat at 64 percent, according to CNN's Poll of Polls earlier this month.
The Poll of Polls tracks the president's average approval and disapproval ratings in national surveys and does not have a margin of error. According to CNN, Trump's approval average has been in the upper 30s since January, spiking to 40 percent in February.
This month, The Economist's projection, using YouGov's data, shows that Trump's projected net approval rating is positive in just six states. The projection showed that he is underwater in all seven swing states: Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina and Nevada.
The states in which Trump has a positive net approval rating in the projection are Idaho, North Dakota, Wyoming, West Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma. He won all of those states against former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
The Economist's graph shows that on May 4, Trump's net approval was -21 percent. Biden's at the same point in time was -8 percent, and Trump's during his first term was -11 percent.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll taken May 8-11 shows the president's overall approval rating at 36 percent versus a 63 percent disapproval rating, resulting in a net approval of -27 percent. In the previous survey by the pollster, Trump's net approval rating was -30 percent.
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