Recent polling shows that President Trump’s approval rating is falling as he approaches 100 days into his second term, and his handling of the economy appears to be a major reason for the decline. The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, the CNN/SSRS poll, and the NBC News Stay Tuned poll have the president’s approval rating at 39%, 41%, and 45% respectively, a sharp drop from when he entered the White House in January. A large factor in this drop is his handling of the economy. The Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 72% of Americans believe that it is “very or somewhat likely that Trump’s economic policies will lead to a recession in the short term”. The polls also show that a majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of trade and tariffs. President Trump’s approval ratings are very partisan, with a majority of Republicans approving and a majority of Democrats disapproving, while 58% of independents disapprove. It will be important to see how these numbers effect the decisions Trump makes in the near future, especially with the midterms coming up in 2026.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/27/trump-approval-rating-economy-immigration-polls.html
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Although this was somewhat predicted to happen, it is both encouraging to see that people have started to break with Trump, and worrying as it might not be electorally significant enough to change things come midterms. It may both give Democrats a small majority in Congress without them truly having to learn a lesson from the election, but not be punishing enough on Republicans to make them change course. Hopefully this is not the case, and both parties are forced to come to turns with their slim majority mindset, but it is hard to tell.
Trump’s falling approval shows how closely people watch the economy. If confidence stays low, it could seriously hurt his chances in 2026
That’s a significant shift in public opinion. It’ll be interesting to see if these approval numbers push Trump to pivot on economic or trade policy before the midterms, but I doubt it. Do you think there's still time for him to turn it around?
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