Trump Approval Rating Steady at 36% in Reuters/Ipsos Poll

President Donald Trump’s approval rating reached 36% in Reuters/Ipsos polling conducted May 8-11, 2026, while 63% of respondents disapproved of his job performance. U.S. adults has a margin of error of 3 percentage points.

Trump’s approval rating has not risen above 36% in Reuters/Ipsos weekly polling since February 28, 2026. U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, 2026. 30 a gallon on April 29, 2026.

Three-quarters of respondents in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll said Trump’s administration is at least partly to blame for high gas prices, including half of Republicans. Sixty-five percent of respondents said they believe Republicans are more responsible for the rise in gas prices versus Democrats, and 80% said they expect gas prices to go up more.

Sixty-six percent of respondents, including 30% of Republicans and 73% of independents, said President Donald Trump hasn’t clearly explained his goals for the war with Iran.

The findings come as multiple national polls conducted in April and early May show Trump’s approval rating stuck in the mid-to-low 30s. Trump had a 41% approval rating and 55% disapproval rating in a Forbes/HarrisX poll conducted in early May 2026. U.S.

95 percentage points. Fifty-three percent of respondents to a Financial Times poll conducted May 1-5, 2026, have an unfavorable view of President Donald Trump while 41% have a favorable view. 1-point margin of error and found 51% disapprove of Trump’s handling of jobs and the economy.

Trump’s disapproval rating reached 59% in the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist survey conducted April 27-30, 2026, with his approval rating at 37%. U.S.

Disapproval of Trump’s handling of the Iran war stood at 60% in that poll, including 22% of Republicans. Sixty-one percent of Americans and 23% of Republicans disapproved of his handling of the economy. Only 37% of American adults approved of President Donald Trump’s job performance in a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll conducted April 24-28, 2026, while his disapproval rating reached 62%.

Seventy-six percent disapproved of his handling of the cost of living, 72% disapproved of his handling of inflation and 66% disapproved of the war with Iran. Forty-nine percent of respondents said they would vote for Democratic candidates for the House compared with 44% who said they would vote for Republican candidates.

Trump’s approval rating hit 34% in Pew Research Center polling conducted April 20-26, 2026. 6 percentage points and found 68% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents approved of the way he is handling his job.

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Seventy percent of Hispanic voters disapproved of Trump while 29% approved. Trump began his second term with a 52% approval rating and 43% disapproval rating according to The New York Times polling average.

His average disapproval rating reached 58% on April 22, 2026, according to The New York Times polling average and has stayed near that level since. @Forbes reported that voters’ economic concerns have remained high throughout Trump’s second term and that the Iran war has coincided with an increase in negative views of the economy as gas prices have skyrocketed since the start of the conflict.