Overview
- CNN’s January 9–12 survey places approval at 39% and finds 58% label the president’s first year a failure.
- Poll averages from RealClearPolitics and the New York Times show roughly a 10-point year-over-year decline to about 42%, including a recent 42.2% low recorded January 16.
- Economic strains top voter concerns, with 55% saying policies have worsened conditions, 64% saying not enough has been done to reduce prices, and only 32% seeing the president as in touch with everyday problems.
- Support inside the GOP remains strong, with nearly nine in ten Republicans approving and MAGA identifiers expressing near-unanimous backing.
- Foreign and immigration moves face headwinds, as Reuters/Ipsos reports majority opposition to the decision to remove Nicolás Maduro and other polling shows his immigration handling at its lowest approval of the term.