President Donald Trump announced on September 12 that he would next send the National Guard to Memphis in his criminal crackdown.
Trump deployed the National Guard in Washington, D.C. in early August, saying that crime needs to be curbed despite the fact that it has already declined this year. He has special authority to deploy security guards to DC, as opposed to the states where the governor oversees normal deployments.
Over the next few weeks he messed around sending troops to Chicago, portraying them like a crime-plagued “hole of hell.” However, he stopped short as Illinois Governor JB Pretzker strongly opposed the idea of unfolding. Instead, Trump said the Tennessee governor welcomed the help.
“The mayor is happy… the governor is happy,” Trump told Fox News “Fox & Friends.” “I’m going to fix it like Washington because it’s so deeply bothered me. I’d prefer to go to Chicago.”
What states give Trump the highest approval rating?
Trump has received positive approval ratings in 25 states, according to Morning Consulting. It has garnered three months of polls to look at state-level data among registered voters. The September 5th update brings two states with a net positive approval rating than the August morning consulting report. North Carolina and Nevada are two states that have flipped since last month’s update to give Trump a net-negative approval rating.
Georgia is the only 2024 swing state that he has received a positive approval rating, according to Morning Consulting, which is known to be broken in Arizona.
In Tennessee, where Trump says he will deploy the National Guard next, Morning Consult says 58% of voters approve his job performance compared to his sixth rating, 38%. In Illinois, 41% of voters approved his job performance, while 55% of voters disapprove him as his 11th worst, morning consultations were found.
The overall approval rating for Trump morning consulting from a survey of 2,201 registered US voters from September 6th to 8th.
What is Trump’s overall approval?
A RealClearpolitics poll shows that Trump’s approval rates have become more negative throughout the first few weeks of July support it towards the end of the month, and it has been pretty stable last month. Aggregated polls by the New York Times show similar trends.
As of January 27th, Trump received a +6.2 percentage points approval rating, but as of March 13th, it reversed slightly negatively, and there is no show for RealClearpolitics graphics. Approval rating reached the most negative on April 29th, at -7.2% points. This fell around Trump’s 100 Day mark. The debate over Jeffrey Epstein was carried into week three, and again approached that low on July 22nd and 23rd at -7.1 percentage points.
According to RealClearpolitics, his average approval margin as of September 12 is -5.5 percentage points. According to a New York Times aggregator on September 12th, the approval margin is -8 percent points.
Trump’s approval rating is lower than other presidents
Gallup’s historical analysis shows that his approval rating in Trump’s first few years of office – both the 45th and the 47th presidents are lower in the administration at the same time than any other modern president.
A Gallup poll conducted on August 1-20 approved 40% of Trump’s job performance. According to Gallup, here is how it is compared to other presidents in August of the first year of his term:
- Joe Biden (August 2021) – 49% approval
- Trump (August 2017) – 36% approval
- Barack Obama (August 2009) – 53% approval
- George W. Bush (August 2001) – 56% approval
- Bill Clinton (August 1993) – 44% approval
- George HW Bush (August 1989) – 69% approval
- Ronald Reagan (August 1981) – 60% approval
Contributors: Joey Garrison, Davis Winkey, USA Today
Kinsey Crowley is a Trump Connect reporter for the USA Today Network. Contact her at kcrowley@gannett.com. Follow her on X and Tiktok @kinseycrowley or Bluesky @kinseycrowley.bsky.social.
