Trump Approval Rating Hits Low Point Amid Epstein Files Controvery

Nov. 18-22 net approval rating: Trump’s approval rating fell to 38% in the latest Reuters/Ipsos survey released Tuesday, a two-point decline from its previous poll and a low-point for Trump’s second term in the groups’ weekly polls (the latest survey of 1,017 voters conducted Nov. 14-17 has a three-point margin of error).

The poll also found just 20% approve of Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, while 70% of all adults believe the government is hiding Epstein’s alleged client list and 61% believe it’s hiding information on his death.

Nov. 13-18: Trump’s 40% approval rating was unchanged from last week’s Reuters/Ipsos poll, while his disapproval rating increased one point, to 58%, according to the survey of 938 registered U.S. voters conducted Nov. 7-12 (margin of error 6).

The poll—conducted after Republicans lost crucial races in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City on Nov. 4—also found a larger share of Democrats, 44%, are “very enthusiastic” about voting in next year’s midterm elections, compared to 26% of Republicans.

Nov. 10-10: Trump’s 44% approval rating is a low point for Morning Consult’s weekly polling in the latest survey taken Nov. 7-9 of 2,201 registered U.S. voters, with a two-point margin of error, while 54% disapprove.

Nov. 10-7: Trump’s approval rating slid to a second-term low of 44% in the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris poll of 2,000 registered voters taken Nov. 4-6 (margin of error 1.99).

Trump’s approval ratings on nine key issues the survey has asked about have slid below 50%, with his handling of crime and immigration receiving the highest marks.

The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll also found 75% oppose the government shutdown and 53% blame Republicans versus Democrats.

Nov. 3A CNN poll conducted by SSRS found Trump’s approval rating dropped to 37%—the lowest recorded by the network during his second term in office, but not quite as low as his 36% approval rating ten months into his first term.

However, Trump’s disapproval rating also reached 63%, one point higher than his 62% disapproval rating when he left office in 2021.

When asked which party they would vote for in next year’s midterm elections, Democrats maintained a small five-point lead ahead of Republicans among registered voters—but a notably smaller advantage compared to the 11-point lead the party held over Republicans at the same point in 2017 before the 2018 midterms.

Nov. 2Trump fared slightly better with a 41% approval rating and 59% disapproval rating in a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll conducted in October.

About 63% of respondents to that poll found Trump was “out of touch” with Americans—but even more (68%) said the same about the Democratic Party.

Oct. 29-19 net approval rating: Trump’s approval rating dipped to a second-term low of 39% in Economist/YouGov polling, while 58% disapprove of his job performance in the survey taken Oct. 24-27 among 1,623 U.S. adults (margin of error 3.5).

Trump’s net approval rating in the poll is also lower than all but one Economist/YouGov survey taken during his first term.

Trump told reporters Tuesday he has the “highest [poll] numbers I ever had,” repeating a claim he made Monday on Truth Social, despite polling averages and most individual surveys showing his approval rating has declined significantly since he took office in January.

Oct. 28-17: Trump’s job approval rating declined two percentage points, to 40%, in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll from its poll taken Oct. 15-20, when 42% approved of his job performance, while 57% disapprove (the poll of 1,1018 U.S. adults was taken Oct. 24-26 and has a 3-point margin of error).

Most respondents, 52%, said the government shutdown has no impact on their lives.

Oct. 27-5: Trump’s approval rating held steady from last week at 46% while his 51% disapproval rating was also unchanged in Morning Consult’s weekly survey taken Oct. 24-26 among 2,200 registered U.S. voters (margin of error 2).

Oct. 22-17: Trump’s approval rating declined 0.5 points since last week, with 39% approving of his job performance and 56% disapproving, according to an Oct. 17-20 Economist/YouGov survey of 1,621 U.S. adults (margin of error 3.4).

The survey found more respondents, 39%, blame Republicans for the shutdown versus Democrats (31%), though 24% blame both equally and 7% said they weren’t sure.

Oct. 21-14: Trump’s approval rating increased two percentage points in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll taken Oct. 15-20, to 42%, up from 40% in the groups’ Oct. 3-7 survey, while his disapproval rating declined two points, from 58% to 56%.

The survey also found more respondents, 50%, blame Republicans compared to 43% who blame Democrats in Congress, while 7% skipped the question.

Oct. 20-5: Trump’s approval rating increased to 51%, it’s highest point since late August, while 46% disapprove of his job performance, according to Morning Consult’s weekly poll of 2,200 registered voters taken Oct. 17-19 (margin of error 2).

Oct. 17-3: Trump’s approval rating increased one point from August in an Emerson College poll of 1,000 voters conducted Oct. 13-14, while approval of his handling of the Israel-Hamas war, in the wake of the cease-fire deal he brokered, increased 17 percentage points, from 30% to 47% (the most recent survey has a 3-point margin of error).

Oct. 13-8: Trump’s approval rating dipped one point, to his second-term record low of 45% over the past week, while his disapproval rating ticked back up to a record high of 53% in Morning Consult’s weekly survey of 2,202 registered voters taken Oct. 10-12 (margin of error 2).

Oct. 8-18: In a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken oct. 3-7, 40% said they approve of Trump’s job performance and 58% said they disapprove, a one-point decrease in his net approval rating from the groups’ September survey and consistent with his second-term low (the survey of 1,154 U.S. adults has a margin of error of 3).

Oct. 7-17: Trump’s approval rating dipped 0.7 points from last week in the latest Economist/YouGov poll of 1,648 U.S. adults conducted Oct. 4-6 (margin of error 3.4), with 39% saying they approve of his job performance and 56% saying they disapprove.

The survey found more respondents (41%) blame Republicans in Congress and Trump versus Democrats in Congress (30%) for the government shutdown that began Oct. 1, and 54% disapprove of the way Trump is handling the shutdown, compared to 33% who approve.

Oct. 6-4: Trump’s 46% approval rating in the Harvard CAPS/Harris monthly poll taken in September and released Monday is down one point from August, while 50% disapprove of his job performance (the online survey of 2,413 registered voters was taken Oct. 1-2 and has a margin of error of 2).

A slim majority (53%) of poll respondents blame Republicans overDemocrats (47%) for the shutdown, though 65% say Democrats should end the shutdown by accepting the Republican spending plan, according to the Harvard CAPS/Harris survey.

Oct. 6-6: Trump’s 46% approval rating and 52% disapproval rating is unchanged from the past four weeks in the latest Morning Consult survey of 2,200 registered voters taken Oct. 3-5 (margin of error 2).