Overview
- Multiple November surveys put the president’s net approval between 14 and 26 points underwater, with Reuters/Ipsos at 38% approval and AP-NORC showing only 33% approval on his economic handling.
- Fox News polling finds 76% rate the economy negatively and, by a 62% to 32% margin, voters assign more responsibility for current conditions to Trump than to Biden.
- CNN’s Harry Enten says independents are driving the slide, with Trump’s net standing among them dropping to roughly minus 43 since January, a shift analysts say could endanger GOP control of Congress in 2026.
- State-level data echo the trend: a University of New Hampshire poll shows Trump at a record low net -14 on the economy there, with 38% of detractors citing tariffs as the top reason.
- The White House has rolled back some food tariffs and floated $2,000 tariff rebates and mortgage ideas, even as Trump claims on Truth Social he has his “highest” poll numbers, a message at odds with the new data.