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Last week's Economist / YouGov Poll found that Donald Trump's net job approval fell to a record-low -21 — meaning the share of Americans who approved of Trump's job handling was 21 percentage points smaller than the share who disapproved. We noted this record, but also cautioned that polls are volatile and that "declines in approval one week are often associated with increases the next week."
This week's poll finds that 40% of Americans strongly or somewhat approve of Trump's job handling and 55% disapprove, for a net job approval of -14 after rounding. That's 7 points higher than last week. But just as it would have been an overreaction to call last week's drop a sign that Trump was in trouble, it would be an overreaction to say today's jump means Trump is back. Trump's job approval might come out higher or lower in individual polls, but the three-week rolling average of his net job approval has been around -17 or -18 for several months. Economist / YouGov polls have a margin of error of around 3.5 percentage points, meaning both this week's net approval of -14 and last week's -21 are within the margin of error of the -17 or -18 average net approval.
Put another way, most polls in recent months show around 39% or 40% of Americans approve of Trump's job handling, and about 56% or 57% disapproving.
There has been some change in the intensity of Americans' feelings about Trump's job handling. 48% of Americans strongly disapprove of Trump and 7% somewhat approve, meaning 88% of those who disapprove of Trump do so strongly. That's a record high for Trump's second term (the high in his first term, 91%, came near its end).
In contrast, 23% of Americans strongly approve of Trump's job handling and 17% somewhat approve. That means 58% of those who approve of Trump do so strongly. This is higher than his second-term record low of 48% in December 2025, but down from 69% at the start of Trump's second term.
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