Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Has Declined

has fallen from 56 percent on January 23 to 52 percent on January 28 according to a daily presidential tracking poll produced by Rasmussen Reports.

contacted the White House for comment via email on Tuesday outside of regular office hours.

Why It Matters

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‘s election victory.

It is not unusual for a president slip in approval ratings after assuming office and the president went through a similar round of polling in the Rasmussen Reports tracking poll, which has often found a higher approval rating for Trump than other polls, after being inaugurated for his first term on January 20, 2017.

What To Know

to 52 percent on January 28, while his total disapproval rose from 40 percent to 44 percent over the same period.

Over this period the tracking poll also showed the proportion of likely American voters who strongly approved of Trump’s performance fell from 40 percent to 38 percent, while those who strongly disapprove increased from 34 percent to 36 percent.

and reports on a five-day rolling average basis, giving a full sample of 1,500 respondents. The survey is conducted online via a demographically representative panel and has a 2.5 percentage point margin of error.

, to 53 percent 10 days later.

in the immediate aftermath of his inauguration, from 48 percent to 50 percent between January 22 and January 29, 2021.

What People Are Saying

‘s second term that people have barely noticed, a week on, that last Tuesday he repealed affirmative action by executive order. That is astonishing.”

: ” Just to clear up any Trump world fantasy that Donald Trump has a mandate, his current approval rating of 47% is the second lowest of any new president in modern history. The lowest was Trump in his first term.”

are “bending the knee now that there’s a strongman in the white house.”

What Happens Next

who are in the United States illegally.

agreed that the immigration system is broken.

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