President Donald TrumpThe second -hand approval ratings came out of the highest doors than its first mandate in 2017, but they remain low compared to other presidents during the same period.
Most polls Caught in the first weeks of his second term, more people approve of the performance of Trump’s work than to disapprove of him. However, the first calculations Posted January 28 In survey, Fivethirtyeight has shown that the margin between Trump’s approval and the disapproval of the survey means was the second lower among any other newly elected president since the Second World War, outside of his first mandate.
And this margin, also known as a clear approval rating, decreased as more surveys were published, from around 7 percentage points on January 27 to around 1.3 percentage points on February 20 , according to the medium of Fivethirtyeight survey.
The polls made during the first month in power of Trump come when his administration has embarked on a wave of executive actions, Judicial disputes And DOGE directives. Thousands of Federal employees have been dismissed While the administration seeks to reshape federal agencies and reduce public spending.
How is Trump’s approval rating compared to his first mandate and other newly inaugurated presidents?
Using the current average question of Fivethirtyeight’s current questioning methodology, the Trump’s early net approval rating in 2017 was +3.2 points on January 27. Just a week in their presidencies, former president Joe Biden was +21,8 and former President Barack Obama, the +46.9 approval rating, was +46.9. Points, Fivethirtyeight reported at the time.
Biden maintained a positive approval note of approximately 18 percentage or more points during his first month. But when he left his duties earlier this year, Fivethirtyeight data showed more respondents disapproved by him 20 percentage points.
Historically, the presidents tend to be seen more favorably by the public at the start of their mandate and the approval ratings often decrease through presidential mandates.
This drop in the public’s feeling could already appear for Trump, because several surveys conducted in mid-February have lowered the president’s net approval, the rolling-rolling processes of Fivethirtyeight.
“ Advantage of doubt ”: Trump notes are better loties … For the moment, the expert
Although Trump is serving his two non -consecutively mandates, Costas Panagopoulos, head of political science at the Northeastern University, says that it is always fair to compare his notes of early approval with the newly inaugurated former presidents.
“It seems that the Americans give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt when he begins his second term,” said Panagopoulos, noting that many do not expect things to change in his first month of return.
Panagopoulos said he had noticed “red flags for the president” in approval polls, because some have shown that respondents have concerns about how Trump is tackling his campaign as the Inflation, but the president seemed to be better than the start of his first mandate in his first mandate.
“It is important to recognize that the country remains divided and highly polarized, and this is reflected in the approval ratings,” said Panagopoulos. “I mean, its elections have turned on a penny, and its approval ratings can also light a penny.”
What the recent presidential approval polls say
- More respondents disapproved of Trump’s work of 8 percentage points. (Survey carried out from February 13 to 18; 2,601 adults; error margin ± 2.1 percentage points)
- The majority of respondents (57%) say that Trump has exceeded his authority since his entry into office, wrote the message.
- More respondents approved Trump’s work than disapproved by 3 percentage points (survey carried out on February 16 to 18; 1,451 registered voters; Error margin ± 3.2 percentage points).
- About half of Americans (51%) believe that the United States faces a constitutional crisis.
- More respondents approve of Trump’s work of 3 percentage points (survey carried out from February 14 to 16; 2,217 registered voters; Error margin ± 2 percentage points).
- After three weekly drop cycles over the week, these notes stabilized and are similar to the figures taken at the same time in his first mandate, according to Morning Consult.
- More and more respondents disapprove of Trump’s work overall by a margin of 6 points (survey carried out from February 3 to 16; 1,004 adult respondents; error margin ± 4 percentage points)
- His support is very supporter, because the survey shows the gap between the Democrats who approve of Trump and the Republicans who approve Trump is 89 percentage points, the highest Gallup has measured for any president.
- More Americans approve of Trump’s work, from 52% to 46%, (survey carried out from February 10 to 13; 1,010 probable electorate; Error margin ± 3.6 percentage points)
- The survey has also shown that voters do not approve of Elon MuskThe current role with the federal government by a margin of 11 points.
Kinsey Crowley is a press journalist at USA Today. Join her at kcrowley@gannett.com and follow her on X and Tiktok @KinSEYCROWLEY.