Trump Approval Rating Drops Below 36%—A New Low
Trump‘s net approval rating dipped to -18.9, a record low for his second term, in Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin polling average, following a string of surveys that show Americans have never been more negative about Trumps job performance. Trump has a 58.1% disapproval rating and 38.5% approval rating. Trump‘s approval rating improved two points, to 36%, from the 34% record low it reached at the end of April in Reuters/Ipsos polling, while 63% said they disapprove of Trump’s job performance (the poll of 1,254 U.S. adults was conducted May 8-11 and has a margin of error of 3). Trump‘s weekly approval rating hasn’t risen above 36% since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, after previously hovering at around 40% since last summer. The war with Iran negatively impacts views of both Trump and Republicans: 66% of respondents, including 30% of Republicans and 73% of independents, said Trump hasnt clearly explained his goals for the war. Three-quarters of respondents, including half of Republicans, said his administration is at least partly to blame for high gas prices, which have gone up 50% since the start of the conflict, while 65% said they believe Republicans are more responsible for the rise in gas prices versus









