Donald Trump in the polls: approval history and what happened

The thick line is the 30-day average: only the latest poll from each available pollster counts, with equal weight. Each dot is a published poll, on the day its fieldwork ended. The ring and the home page show the latest value of this average. In the filters you can also show disapproval and each pollster's line, pick a single pollster or a period. The marked rises and falls are worked out pollster by pollster, and we do not compare countries: each chart has its own question. Hover over (or tap) a dot to see the pollster.

US President +2.9 points in the 30-day approval average (9 Nov 2026) against a month earlier (12 Oct 2026)

Job approval as US President (national polls)

Last recorded collection: 11/11/2026, 00:05 (Lisbon).Record older than 24 hours; newer data may be available at the source.

Study, data and source-check dates are separate. Last successful source check: 12/11/2026, 12:05 (Lisbon). Last attempt: 12/11/2026, 12:05 (Lisbon). Check completed. An unchanged source does not renew the data date.

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Approval · Disapproval · 176 polls, from 20 Jan 2025 to 9 Nov 2026Each line joins one pollster's polls; the stronger one is The Economist/YouGov, with 27 polls.The thick line is the average approval, at each date, of each pollster's latest poll in the previous 30 days (with fewer than 3 pollsters, the average of those there are). It is a rough reading: pollsters ask in different ways.

▼ 25 Mar–25 Apr 2025 · fall in 2 pollsters (−5 to −6 points in approval, each against its own previous poll)
- In that period, according to Wikipedia:
- 24 Apr 2025 · A group of 12 states files a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that the national trade policy is subject to Trump's political motives instead of the law. source ↗
- 21 Apr 2025 · President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Department of Health and Human Services: Harvard University files a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the administration's move to cut $2.3 billion in funding in contracts and grants to the university after accusing the school of alleged "civil rights violations". source ↗
- 19 Apr 2025 · Federal authorities arrest a man in Colorado Springs for his "Declaration of War" threatening Elon Musk, Tesla owners, and members of Trump's cabinet. The declaration, sent to various media outlets, detailed specific attack methods and aimed at Musk's elimination. source ↗
- 16 Apr 2025 · California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over his tariffs, making California the first U.S. state to do so. source ↗
- 15 Apr 2025 · 2025 US federal government grant pause: The Trump administration drafts a memorandum to Congress outlining a plan to halt all funding to public media programs, including PBS and NPR. source ↗

A rise or fall is marked when at least two pollsters, each compared only with itself, move 5 points or more in the same direction (between polls less than two months apart) over overlapping periods. The events come from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): those naming the leader on «Portal:Current events» and the political events on the country's page for that year («2026 in Portugal», for example), with no sport or celebrities. We show what happened; we do not say it was the cause.

Each dot is the pollster's own, as published; the 30-day average is ours and explained in the chart. We compare no countries, and nothing comes from the headlines. Read from the Wikipedia polling table (CC BY-SA 4.0) with collection scheduled every 3 hours. Last recorded collection: 11/11/2026, 00:05 (Lisbon).Record older than 24 hours; newer data may be available at the source.