Trump’s goodwill and approval ratings are in free fall
One hundred days into President Trump’s second term, polls show that Americans are increasingly concerned with Trump’s constitutional overreach, as well as frustrated and worried over the economic chaos he’s unleashed.
Indeed, Trump’s overall approval rating has seen a 14-point decline since entering office. He is now 7 points underwater (45 percent approve versus 52 percent disapprove) after starting with a plus-7 point rating per RealClearPolitics polling aggregator.
That being said, Trump’s numbers may actually be worse than the aggregator makes them appear.
In the five most recent polls tracked by Real Clear Politics — NPR (-10), ABC News (-13), CNN (-14), NY Times/Siena (-12) and CBS (-10) — Trump has an average negative 12-point approval rating.
Put another way, Trump has blown all of the goodwill he had during his honeymoon period as sentiments have turned decidedly negative.
Further, while Trump’s average 45 percent approval is slightly better than at this point in his first term, it is 11 points lower than former President Biden’s was 100 days into his term, per Gallup.