Overview

• The Sept. 12–15 YouGov/The Economist survey records 39% approval and 57% disapproval, which YouGov’s PR lead says are the worst weekly figures of Trump’s second term.
• Issue ratings have deteriorated, with approval on the economy at 35% versus 57% disapproval (net -22) and inflation at a net -34, both all-time lows in the poll.
• Reporting points to erosion among independents and Hispanic voters as key drivers of the decline outside the Republican base.
• Recent data show August CPI up 2.9% year over year, unemployment at 4.3% with just 22,000 jobs added, a 911,000 downward payroll revision, and tariffs lifting prices by about 2.3% in the short term.
• Corroborating sentiment from other surveys includes a Fox News poll in which 52% say the administration has made the economy worse compared with 30% who say better.