Trump Polling Record Disapproval Reaches 36% Approval, 58% Disapproval

Donald Trump’s trump polling record disapproval deepened this week, with the Economist/YouGov poll showing 36% approval and 58% disapproval. The survey put his net approval at -22%, a level YouGov researcher David Montgomery said has held for three straight weeks.

Montgomery said Trump’s share of Americans who approve of his job handling has been under 40% for two straight months. He also said, “In the past, bad numbers one week often have been offset by less-bad numbers in the next poll.”

Joe Biden’s -21.8 Mark

The latest readings put Trump at or below the weakest levels reached by Joe Biden. Montgomery said Biden’s lowest three-week average was -21.8, while polling averages from placed Trump at -20 and Nate Silver at -19.6.

Those two averages were below Biden’s standing when he dropped out of the 2024 race, and both were below anything from Trump’s first term. The comparison leaves Trump with a recent stretch that is worse than the floor Biden reached over three weeks and worse than Trump’s own earlier record.

Inflation Pressures in April

The polling comes as April’s consumer price index showed prices rising faster than wages for the first time in three years. The producer price index rose 6% over the past year and 1.4% in the last month alone, the biggest monthly jump in more than four years.

Trump’s recent numbers therefore sit alongside a period of higher price pressure that has continued into April. For readers tracking his standing, the immediate takeaway is that the weakness has lasted long enough to show up in multiple averages, not just one weekly survey.

Trump Approval Since April

Trump’s approval has not just slipped in one poll; Montgomery said it has stayed under 40% for two straight months. That makes this week’s 36% approval reading less of an outlier than part of a longer run, while the -22 net approval keeps him below Biden’s worst three-week average and below his own first-term benchmark.