Headline Roundup • April 29th, 2025
Trump's 100-Day Approval Rating Among Worst in Decades, Polls Say
Summary from the AllSides News Team
As President Donald Trump inches closer to his 100th day in office, do voters approve or disapprove of his job so far?
The Numbers: The New York Times (Lean Left bias) conducted an average of recent poll numbers, showing that Trump's approval rating is at 44% and his disapproval rating is at 53%. His approval has dropped among independents, women, and Hispanic Americans. A recent CNN/SSRS poll put his approval rating at 41% and disapproval at 59%, a +18 point disapproval. A 41% approval rating within the first 100 days is the lowest in 80 years. One factor is how voters feel Trump is handling the economy. Trump's approval rating on the economy was 39%, according to CNN, the lowest Trump has ever rated on the economy. Last month, 44% approved of how Trump was handling the economy.
For Context: Trump's approval rating did dip below 41% during his first term; after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, his approval rating was 34%. By day 100 of his first term, his disapproval rating was +12.
Key Quote: Trump said that the recent New York Times and ABC/Washington Post polls were “FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.”
How The Media Covered It: CNN (Lean Left) quoted those who disapproved of Trump, adding, “The president [is] underwater and sinking across nearly all major issues he’s sought to address.” The New York Post (Lean Right) quoted Trump rather than his critics, noting, “Despite the dour polling news, the president is still pulling higher marks than Democrats in key areas.” The Post acknowledged the downward trajectory of Trump's approval rating but attributed it to tariffs, saying, “The vast majority of Trump’s backers do not appear to have buyer’s remorse.”
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President Trump is facing a dramatic drop in his approval, according to five new polls released Sunday — including one that shows he has the lowest ratings for a new presidential term since World War II.
Surveys from CBS, ABC and the Washington Post, NBC, CNN and the New York Times all show Trump’s standing in the public slipping significantly since he started announcing tariffs on all of America’s biggest trading partners.
Trump has tried to reassure the public that the tariff onslaught will lead to Americans paying lower income taxes...
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President Trump’s approval rating slipped to 41 percent in the latest CNN poll, conducted just ahead of the 100-day benchmark of the president’s second term.
In the mid-April poll, released Sunday, 41 percent of respondents say they approve of the job Trump is doing as president, while 59 percent disapprove. That’s down 4 points from March, when 45 percent approved and 54 percent disapproved. In late February, Trump had a 48 percent approval rating with 52 percent disapproving.
Donald Trump won back the Oval Office and took charge of the government amid the strongest poll numbers of his political career, but as the 100-day mark of his presidency approaches, Americans’ views of what he’s done so far have turned deeply negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds.
Trump’s 41% approval rating is the lowest for any newly elected president at 100 days dating back at least to Dwight Eisenhower – including Trump’s own first term.
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