Trump's Net Approval Rating Sets New Record

President Donald Trump is reported to have a net approval rating of -7.6%, which is the lowest of his second term in office, according to the latest poll released by ActiVote last week.

The survey, which included 454 users, was released last Friday (August 1) and showed that Trump had a 44.5% approval rating and a 52.1% disapproval rating. The president had still scored higher than the 41% average approval rating over the 48 months of his first presidency, as well as former President Joe Biden's 41% average approval rating and 40% average approval rating for his final year in office, according to the website.

Trump's approval rating also reportedly dropped to 40%, the lowest percentage of his second term in office, according to the Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday (July 30). The poll, which was conducted through Monday (July 28), surveyed 1,023 U.S. adults and had a 3% margin of error.

Trump began his second term with a 47% approval rating in January, which has steadily dropped through his first few months in office, including a 1% drop since July 16. About one-third of independents were reported to approve Trump's job performance, while 83% of Republicans still supported the president and only 3% of Democrats approved his performance.

Last week, the Economist/YouGov poll showed that Trump's net approval rating was at -15, the lowest of his second term. The survey, which polled 1,777 U.S. adult citizens between July 25 and July 28, showed that 40% of respondents approved Trump's job performance while 55% disapproved.

The Economist/YouGov poll previously had the president at a -14 net approval rating with a 41% approval and a 55% disapproval for the past two weeks and a -11 net approval with a 42% approval and 53% disapproval for the two weeks prior to that. Gallup had previously reported that Trump's approval rating dropped to 37%, his lowest of his second term and just 3% points higher than his all-time worst rating set in his first term, in its poll conducted last week.

Trump's approval rating fell 10% since taking office in January, which includes a 17% decline among independents to 29%, matching his all-time lowest rating among the group.