Trump Approval Holds at 36% in Latest Economist/YouGov Poll

President Donald Trump's net approval rating stands at -22 percent in a poll released on Tuesday, matching the lowest consecutive numbers recorded for former President Joe Biden and marking a record low average for Trump's two terms. The Economist/YouGov survey found Trump's approval rating at 36 percent and his disapproval rating at 58 percent.

He recorded the same 36 percent approval and 58 percent disapproval in last week's poll.

In a poll taken April 24-27, Trump's approval stood at 37 percent with 59 percent disapproval. U.S. 5 percentage points.

Trump's approval rating is 35 percent among Hispanics in the poll, 25 percent with Gen Z and 24 percent with independents. U.S. adults strongly disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling his job while 20 percent strongly approve.

The polling news came the same day as a Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing inflation jumped to its highest level in either of Trump's terms. Trump's approval rating had recently slumped to its lowest point at 35 percent in aggregate polling according to CNN's Poll of Polls earlier this month, with disapproval at 64 percent.

According to CNN, Trump's approval average has been in the upper 30s since January and spiked to 40 percent in February.

The Economist's projection using YouGov data shows Trump's projected net approval rating is positive in just six states. Trump is underwater in all seven swing states: Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina and Nevada. The states in which Trump has a positive net approval rating in the projection are Idaho, North Dakota, Wyoming, West Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma.

Trump won Idaho, North Dakota, Wyoming, West Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma against former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. The Economist's graph shows that on May 4, Trump's net approval was -21 percent. Biden's net approval on the same point in time in a prior year was -8 percent according to the graph, while Trump's net approval during his first term on the comparable date was -11 percent.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll taken May 8-11 shows President Trump's overall approval rating at 36 percent and disapproval at 63 percent, for a net approval of -27 percent. Columbia University professor Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek on Tuesday: "This is not just further concerning, but it is moving toward a disaster warning.

And the latest inflation report is more bad news. What to fix? " White House spokesman Kush Desai told Newsweek on Tuesday: "President Trump was resoundingly re-elected to the White House precisely because he understood how Americans were left behind by Joe Biden’s economic disaster, and restoring prosperity for everyday Americans has accordingly been a Day One priority for this Administration.