Overview
- Gallup’s latest reading shows 36% approve and 60% disapprove of the president, a roughly −24 net score and a new second‑term low.
- CNN’s Harry Enten notes about ten different pollsters in roughly 40 days have recorded second‑term lows, placing Trump behind every modern president at this stage except Richard Nixon.
- Historical patterns flagged by analysts indicate presidents rarely gain more than five net approval points from this point to midterms, signaling potential trouble for the president’s party.
- YouGov’s new Economist/YouGov survey reports 38% approval and 57% disapproval (−19), marking a seventh straight week with net approval at −15 or worse.
- Some surveys show a mixed picture, with I&I/TIPP improving to −3 and Morning Consult finding better marks on the economy, even as a Bullfinch Group poll shows Democrats leading the 2026 generic ballot 37% to 32% and 54% disapproval of Trump; Republicans currently hold the House 219–214 and will shrink further with Marjorie Taylor Greene’s planned January resignation.