President Trump, early in his second term, is earning an approval rating among the lowest in decades, a survey found.
A poll, released Thursday by Gallup, found that 47 percent of respondents support Trump’s term so far, just above the 45 percent he earned at this point during his first term.
It’s a rating that places him below all other elected presidents since 1953. He remains the only elected commander in chief with an approval rating below 50 percent, the survey found.
Trump’s disapproval rating is 48 percent, which is 3 percentage points higher than in 2017 and marks a new high for that rating at the start of a president’s term.
Former President Biden received a 57 percent approval rating, the same as former President George W. Bush.
The presidents who received the next lowest approval rating after Trump were former Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
The president who received the highest approval rating when entering office was former President Kennedy.
Gallup noted that Trump’s current approval rating is “not statistically different” from the readings in the past.
“However, initial evaluations of Trump differ in that Americans are much more likely to disapprove of his performance rather than have no opinion as was the case for the elder Bush and Reagan,” the survey said.
Gallup noted that the 47 percent Trump scored is better than the average rating during his first term, when he earned a 41 percent approval from Americans. He was the only president to not receive a job rating of 50 percent or higher during his time in office.
The survey was conducted Jan. 21-27 among 1,001 adults and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
Gallup poll
Read about Donald Trump’s first presidential approval rating of his second term. Trump’s second-term data will be added to the presidential approval interactive graph in late February.
Donald Trump’s First-Term Job Approval Ratings Trend
% Approve
Line graph. Job approval ratings for President Donald Trump’s first term, trend from February 2017 to January 2021 (2017 and 2018 results are based on weekly averages from Gallup daily tracking). Trump started his presidency with a 45% approval rating, and, compared with previous presidents, his rating stayed in a narrow, 15-percentage-point range throughout his presidency. His first-term high was 49%, reached multiple times in 2020, including each month from January through May. The low reading for his first term was the last reading, 34%, in January 2021. Trump’s rating fluctuated between 35% (August and October 2017) and 45% (June 2018) during the first half of his first term, but moved mostly above 40% in 2019 and 2020, with first-term highs of 49% each month from January to May 2019. After moving downward to 38% in June, his rating moved as high as 46% in September and October (the last poll before the election, which he lost). The postelection period saw a decline in Trump’s approval to 43% in November, 39% in December, and his term-low 34% in January.
Donald Trump’s Presidential Job Approval Ratings
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| % Approve | Poll dates | |
| Most recent job approval rating | 47 | Jan 21-27, 2025 |
| Second-term average to date | 47 | 2025-present |
| Highest job approval rating to date, second term | 47 | Jan 21-27, 2025 |
| Lowest job approval rating to date, second term | 47 | Jan 21-27, 2025 |
| Presidency averages to date, first and second terms | 41 | 2017-2021, 2025-present |
| First-term average | 41 | 2017-2021 |
| Highest job approval rating, first term | 49 | 5 times between January 2020 and May 2020 |
| Lowest job approval rating, first term | 34 | January 2021 |
Donald Trump’s Presidential Job Approval Ratings — Historical Comparisons
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| President | % Approve | Polling dates | |
| Average for U.S. presidents | 52 | 1938-2025 | |
| Average for elected presidents’ 1st quarter | 61 | various | |
| Other elected presidents in January/February of first year | |||
| Joe Biden | 57 | Jan 2021 | |
| Donald Trump (first term) | 44 | Jan 2017 | |
| Barack Obama | 66 | Jan 2009 | |
| George W. Bush | 59 | Feb 2001 | |
| Bill Clinton | 56 | Jan 1993 | |
| George H.W. Bush | 51 | Jan 1989 | |
| Ronald Reagan | 51 | Jan 1981 | |
| Jimmy Carter | 69 | Feb 1977 | |
| Richard Nixon | 59 | Jan 1969 | |
| John Kennedy | 72 | Feb 1961 | |
| Dwight Eisenhower | 68 | Feb 1953 | |
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Second-term trend
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| Approve | Disapprove | No opinion | |
| % | % | % | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 Jan 21-27 | 47 | 48 | 4 |
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First-term trend
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| Approve | Disapprove | No opinion | |
| % | % | % | |
| 2021 | |||
| 2021 Jan 4-15 | 34 | 62 | 4 |
| 2020 | |||
| 2020 Dec 1-17 | 39 | 57 | 5 |
| 2020 Nov 5-19 | 43 | 55 | 2 |
| 2020 Oct 16-27 | 46 | 52 | 1 |
| 2020 Sep 30-Oct 15 | 43 | 55 | 2 |
| 2020 Sep 14-28 | 46 | 52 | 2 |
| 2020 Aug 31-Sep 13 | 42 | 56 | 2 |
| 2020 Jul 30-Aug 12 | 42 | 55 | 4 |
| 2020 Jul 1-23 | 41 | 56 | 3 |
| 2020 Jun 8-30 | 38 | 57 | 4 |
| 2020 May 28-Jun 4 | 39 | 57 | 4 |
| 2020 May 1-13 | 49 | 48 | 3 |
| 2020 Apr 14-28 | 49 | 47 | 4 |
| 2020 Apr 1-14 | 43 | 54 | 4 |
| 2020 Mar 13-22 | 49 | 45 | 6 |
| 2020 Mar 2-13 | 44 | 52 | 4 |
| 2020 Feb 17-28 | 47 | 51 | 2 |
| 2020 Feb 3-16 | 49 | 48 | 3 |
| 2020 Jan 16-29 | 49 | 50 | 1 |
| 2020 Jan 2-15 | 44 | 53 | 3 |
January 2017-December 2018 figures are based on weekly averages of Gallup tracking. January 2019 and later figures are based on discrete multiday Gallup polls.
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Donald Trump’s Second-Term Job Approval by Party Identification
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| Republicans | Independents | Democrats | |
| % | % | % | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 Jan 21-27 | 91 | 46 | 6 |
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| Republicans | Independents | Democrats | |
| % | % | % | |
| 2021 | |||
| 2021 Jan 4-15 | 82 | 30 | 4 |
| 2020 | |||
| 2020 Dec 1-17 | 87 | 34 | 6 |
| 2020 Nov 5-19 | 90 | 39 | 3 |
| 2020 Oct 16-27 | 95 | 41 | 3 |
| 2020 Sep 30-Oct 15 | 94 | 35 | 4 |
| 2020 Sep 14-28 | 94 | 39 | 7 |
| 2020 Aug 31-Sep 13 | 92 | 36 | 4 |
| 2020 Jul 30-Aug 12 | 90 | 39 | 5 |
| 2020 Jul 1-23 | 91 | 34 | 4 |
| 2020 Jun 8-30 | 91 | 33 | 2 |
| 2020 May 28-Jun 4 | 85 | 39 | 5 |
| 2020 May 1-13 | 92 | 46 | 14 |
| 2020 Apr 14-28 | 93 | 47 | 8 |
| 2020 Apr 1-14 | 93 | 39 | 7 |
| 2020 Mar 13-22 | 92 | 43 | 13 |
| 2020 Mar 2-13 | 91 | 35 | 7 |
| 2020 Feb 17-28 | 92 | 42 | 8 |
| 2020 Feb 3-16 | 93 | 43 | 6 |
| 2020 Jan 16-29 | 94 | 42 | 7 |
| 2020 Jan 2-15 | 88 | 37 | 10 |
January 2017-December 2018 figures are based on weekly averages of Gallup tracking. January 2019 and later figures are based on discrete multiday Gallup polls.
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