The shift in approval happened faster for Trump than it did for his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.

Summary

Trump’s approval rating has turned negative for the first time in his second term, with FiveThirtyEight showing 47.6% approval and 47.9% disapproval (-0.3% net).

This shift happened faster than in his first term. The drop coincides with new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China, fueling economic concerns.

Despite a well-received congressional address (69% CNN approval, 76% CBS/YouGov), his ratings continue to decline.

  • subignition@fedia.io
    111·
    22 hours ago

    a well-received congressional address (69% CNN approval, 76% CBS/YouGov)

    I’m not usually the type for conspiratorial thinking, but can we really trust these numbers? There is a strong incentive to manipulate statistics of support here, and with all the other blatant corruption happening right now I don’t think it’d be unreasonable for the strings to be being pulled here

    • mpa92643@lemmy.world
      13·
      22 hours ago

      The short answer is basically Trump supporters are overrepresented in the watchers. Biden also got numbers in the high 60s.