Overview
- An Economist/YouGov poll conducted Nov. 21–24 shows 38% approve and 57% disapprove of President Trump’s job performance, marking his weakest reading of the term in that series.
- Multiple poll aggregators place Trump’s average approval near the low 40s with disapproval in the mid-50s, and Nate Silver notes disapproval is slightly higher now than at a comparable point in 2017.
- Republican backing remains strong, with recent surveys showing roughly mid-80s to high-80s approval among GOP voters, though some polling indicates softer intensity compared with earlier this year.
- Surveys identify the economy as Trump’s biggest liability, with tariffs tied to higher costs of living, and they also register poor marks for his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and fallout from the recent shutdown.
- PolitiFact rated false Trump’s weekend claim that he has the highest poll numbers of his career, citing consistent declines across major poll averages since January.