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    Trump Approval Rating: Hits Second-Term Low In Latest Poll—Despite His   
   Claims Of 'Highest Numbers' Ever   
      
      
   BySara Dorn,   
      
   Forbes Staff.   
   Sara Dorn is a Forbes news reporter who covers politics.   
   Oct 29, 2025, 10:51am EDTOct 29, 2025, 11:32am EDT   
   Topline   
      
   President Donald Trump’s approval rating hit a new low point for his second   
   term in the latest survey released Wednesday—hours after he claimed he has   
   the “highest numbers I ever had.”   
      
      
   Oct. 29-19 net approval rating: Trump’s approval rating dipped to a second-   
   term low of 39% in Economist/YouGov polling, while 58% disapprove of his   
   job performance in the survey taken Oct. 24-27 among 1,623 U.S. adults   
   (margin of error 3.5).   
      
   Trump’s net approval rating in the poll is also lower than all but one   
   Economist/YouGov survey taken during his first term.   
      
   Trump told reporters Tuesday he has the “highest [poll] numbers I ever   
   had,” repeating a claim he made Monday on Truth Social, despite polling   
   averages and most individual surveys showing his approval rating has   
   declined significantly since he took office in January.   
      
   Oct. 28-17: Trump’s job approval rating declined two percentage points, to   
   40%, in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll from its poll taken Oct. 15-20, when   
   42% approved of his job performance, while 57% disapprove (the poll of   
   1,1018 U.S. adults was taken Oct. 24-26 and has a 3-point margin of error).   
      
   Most respondents, 52%, said the government shutdown has no impact on their   
   lives.   
      
   Oct. 27-5: Trump’s approval rating held steady from last week at 46% while   
   his 51% disapproval rating was also unchanged in Morning Consult’s weekly   
   survey taken Oct. 24-26 among 2,200 registered U.S. voters (margin of error   
   2).   
      
   Oct. 22-17: Trump’s approval rating declined 0.5 points since last week,   
   with 39% approving of his job performance and 56% disapproving, according   
   to an Oct. 17-20 Economist/YouGov survey of 1,621 U.S. adults (margin of   
   error 3.4).   
      
   The survey found more respondents, 39%, blame Republicans for the shutdown   
   versus Democrats (31%), though 24% blame both equally and 7% said they   
   weren’t sure.   
      
   Oct. 21-14: Trump’s approval rating increased two percentage points in the   
   latest Reuters/Ipsos poll taken Oct. 15-20, to 42%, up from 40% in the   
   groups’ Oct. 3-7 survey, while his disapproval rating declined two points,   
   from 58% to 56%.   
      
   The survey also found more respondents, 50%, blame Republicans compared to   
   43% who blame Democrats in Congress, while 7% skipped the question.   
      
   Oct. 20-5: Trump’s approval rating increased to 51%, it’s highest point   
   since late August, while 46% disapprove of his job performance, according   
   to Morning Consult’s weekly poll of 2,200 registered voters taken Oct. 17-   
   19 (margin of error 2).   
      
   Oct. 17-3: Trump’s approval rating increased one point from August in an   
   Emerson College poll of 1,000 voters conducted Oct. 13-14, while approval   
   of his handling of the Israel-Hamas war, in the wake of the cease-fire deal   
   he brokered, increased 17 percentage points, from 30% to 47% (the most   
   recent survey has a 3-point margin of error).   
      
   Oct. 13-8: Trump’s approval rating dipped one point, to his second-term   
   record low of 45% over the past week, while his disapproval rating ticked   
   back up to a record high of 53% in Morning Consult’s weekly survey of 2,202   
   registered voters taken Oct. 10-12 (margin of error 2).   
      
   Oct. 8-18: In a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken oct. 3-7, 40% said they approve of   
   Trump’s job performance and 58% said they disapprove, a one-point decrease   
   in his net approval rating from the groups’ September survey and consistent   
   with his second-term low (the survey of 1,154 U.S. adults has a margin of   
   error of 3).   
      
   Oct. 7-17: Trump’s approval rating dipped 0.7 points from last week in the   
   latest Economist/YouGov poll of 1,648 U.S. adults conducted Oct. 4-6   
   (margin of error 3.4), with 39% saying they approve of his job performance   
   and 56% saying they disapprove.   
      
   The survey found more respondents (41%) blame Republicans in Congress and   
   Trump versus Democrats in Congress (30%) for the government shutdown that   
   began Oct. 1, and 54% disapprove of the way Trump is handling the shutdown,   
   compared to 33% who approve.   
      
   Oct. 6-4: Trump’s 46% approval rating in the Harvard CAPS/Harris monthly   
   poll taken in September and released Monday is down one point from August,   
   while 50% disapprove of his job performance (the online survey of 2,413   
   registered voters was taken Oct. 1-2 and has a margin of error of 2).   
      
   A slim majority (53%) of poll respondents blame Republicans overDemocrats   
   (47%) for the shutdown, though 65% say Democrats should end the shutdown by   
   accepting the Republican spending plan, according to the Harvard   
   CAPS/Harris survey.   
      
   Oct. 6-6: Trump’s 46% approval rating and 52% disapproval rating is   
   unchanged from the past four weeks in the latest Morning Consult survey of   
   2,200 registered voters taken Oct. 3-5 (margin of error 2).   
      
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