While certain polls and media outlets have reported that Trump’s approval rating has spiked or plummeted since taking office, the overall average of the data tells a milder story.
According to FiveThirtyEight’s aggregation of approval rating polls, Trump has a 48.1% approval rating, only slightly lower than his 49.7% approval rating a month ago.
Trump’s disapproval rating, according to the same group, has risen during that same time from 41.5% disapproval to 47.8%, notably higher but still a bit less than the president’s approval rating.
RealClearPolitics’ has a similar poll aggregation system and puts Trump’s approval rating at 48.4% approval and 47.8% disapproval. For context, according to Gallup, President Joe Biden came into office with a 57% approval rating and left office with a roughly 40% approval rating.
Biden hit a low point of 36% approval during his term but averaged a roughly 42% approval rating.
Trump’s current approval rating is higher than Trump’s first term in office and comes amidst a flurry of executive orders and ambitious policy changes from the new administration.
Most recently, Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance argued in front of reporters with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week while hashing out a mineral rights deal as the first step in what Trump hoped would be peace talks with Russia. Trump later said Zelenskyy does not appear to want
Trump is set to address Congress on Tuesday evening as he oversees the flurry of policy changes, a souring of the nation’s relationship with Ukraine but at least for now with a slightly above water approval rating.
