President Donald Trump has historically low approval ratings, but some of the candidates he supports won victories in primaries held across the country this week.
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massey (R-Ky.) notably worked with Democrats last year to force a vote on the Epstein File Transparency Act. Mr. Trump and his allies have been campaigning against him, and his opponent, Ed Gullane, a farmer and former Navy SEAL, has won the Republican nomination in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. Similar results were found for incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), who was surpassed by pro-Trump candidate Rep. Julia Letlow.
Despite the victory for Trump’s nominee, he remains widely unpopular within the Republican Party, and some worry that the party will be even more vulnerable in the midterm elections.
What is President Trump’s approval rating? Here’s what you need to know:
What is Donald Trump’s approval rating?
President Trump’s approval rating has been net negative for more than a year, and the negative trend has become stronger in recent months, although it has fluctuated. According to the aggregation agency, President Trump’s average approval rating as of May 22 is as follows.
Opinion polls show President Trump’s approval rating for the economy is low.
Polls this week show that approval ratings for President Trump’s economic response are declining.
A Quinnipiac University poll of 1,106 registered voters conducted May 14-18 (with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points) found that 33% of respondents approve of the way President Trump is handling the economy, compared to 64% who disapprove. Trump’s approval rating on this issue is the lowest he has been in both terms, according to pollsters.
According to an Associated Press/NORC poll of 1,117 American adults conducted May 14-18, Republican support for President Trump’s economic policies is waning. (The margin of error is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.) Overall, 33% approve of his work on the economy, while 67% disapprove. Among Republicans, Trump’s approval rating on the economy was 63%, down from 78% at the beginning of his second term.
President Trump’s overall approval rating was 37% in the AP/NORC poll and 34% in the Quinnipiac poll.
Contributors: Melina Khan, Zac Anderson, Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY
Kinsey Crowley is a Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Please contact KCrowley@usatodayco.com. follow her X (Twitter), thread, blue sky and TikTok.
