Overview

• A Quinnipiac poll conducted Aug. 21–25 shows 37% approve and 55% disapprove of the president’s performance, his lowest rating of the term with a net −18.
• Newsweek’s tracker places Trump’s net approval at −11, the lowest on record for the series, down from −6 a week earlier.
• Gallup reports extreme polarization, with 76% of Republicans satisfied with the country’s direction versus 0% of Democrats, and a 92-point party gap on job approval as overall approval sits near 40%.
• Issue polling shows the president underwater on the economy and inflation, tariffs are unpopular, and YouGov/Economist finds opinion intensity tilted against him with 47% strongly disapproving versus 23% strongly approving.
• Security moves face headwinds, with Quinnipiac finding 56% oppose the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., and Emerson reporting 48% oppose using Guard units to assist ICE in 19 states as that poll pegs approval at 45%.