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President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have plummeted over the past month, but with more than two-thirds saying his party is “out of touch” with Americans, a new national poll shows little room for Democrats to gloat.
The four-day Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll showed the president’s approval rating among respondents at 41%, tracking a trend that has seen Trump in the mid-to-low 40s in various national polls for months. However, in this poll, disapproval has risen to 59%, a level not seen in post-ABC polls since January 2021, one week after the Capitol attack.
The survey, conducted Oct. 24-28, surveyed 2,725 U.S. adults and had an overall margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.
The polls have maintained a consistent trend since President Trump began his second term, showing deep divisions between Republicans and Democrats over his job performance. A new poll found that 86% of Republicans say they approve of the president, while 95% of Democrats disapprove. Among independents, 69% say they do not support Trump becoming president, while 30% do.
Most Americans say they are dissatisfied with the way he is handling each of eight issues, including the economy, immigration, tariffs, running the federal government, crime, and conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. His lowest points were on federal control and tariffs, with approval ratings of 36% and 33%, respectively. He had the highest approval ratings on Israel and Gaza, with 46% approving of his approach to the conflict and 52% disapproving.
The majority also said President Trump is exercising too much authority. In a poll, 64% said he was going too far in “trying to expand the president’s powers.”
Still, that disapproval did not translate into support for the opposition, as respondents said they saw the president and the two major parties as “out of touch” with their lives. But Democrats are bearing the brunt of it, with respondents identifying them as the most out of touch. For Democrats, 68% agreed with the criticism, while for Republicans and the president, 61% and 63%, respectively, said the same.
When asked how they would vote if the 2026 midterm elections were held today, Democrats did no better than Republicans. Less than half of registered voters, 46%, said they would support the Democratic candidate in their precinct, while 44% said they would support the Republican candidate. Another 9% said they would not vote at all.
The difference in support between the two parties in a hypothetical midterm election is within the margin of error, plus or minus 2.2 percentage points in a sample of 2,203 registered voters.
Kathryn Palmer is USA TODAY’s political reporter. She can be reached at the following address: kapalmer@usatoday.com And to X@Kathryn Purml.
