Trump’s Approval Rating Falls to 34%, CNN Poll Finds

President Donald Trump’s approval rating dropped to 34%, according to a new CNN poll released on Wednesday—matching the low recorded by the cable network after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots in 2021 as more Americans say the war in Iran has hurt the United States.

July 29A majority of respondents (65%) in a CNN poll said Trump’s policies hurt the economy, and another 67% said the Iran war was hurting the United States.

Trump’s renovations to Washington, D.C., including the planned White House ballroom and the Reflecting Pool upgrades, also received mixed results—88% of Democrats and 62% said they disapproved of the renovations, compared to 22% of Republicans—who primarily said they approved (44%) or did not mind (35%) the changes.

The poll also showed broad disapproval of Trump’s financial windfall while in office, after disclosures showed he made over $2 billion in 2025—most Democrats (85%) and independents (62%) disapproved, while Republicans were more split (20% disapproved, 15% approved, and 65% said it did not matter).

July 26Trump had a 39% approval rating and 61% disapproval rating in a CBS News/YouGov poll of 2,193 U.S. adults taken July 21-24 (margin of error 2.7), as approval of the U.S. taking military action against Iran has declined from 44% in March to 39%.

A plurality, 37%, believe the Iran conflict will continue for months, 21% believe it will last years, 9% said days or weeks, and 33% said they’re not sure.

Trump had a 40% approval rating the week of July 23-28, 2018, according to Gallup.

July 23Trump’s 34% approval rating is unchanged from April, with 64% saying they disapprove of his job performance, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 3,554 U.S. adults conducted July 6-12 (margin of error 1.9).

The survey found Democrats have a six-point edge on the congressional midterm ballot, with 20% undecided.

The majority of voters say Trump is a factor in their midterm votes for Congress, with 42% saying they will be votes against Trump and 22% saying they will be votes for him.

July 23Trump logged a 39% approval rating and 57% disapproval rating in an Emerson College poll of 1,100 likely U.S. voters taken July 19-20 (margin of error 2.9—Trump’s disapproval rating increased one point and his approval rating is unchanged over the past two months).

The poll also shows Democrats with an 11 percentage point advantage on the generic congressional ballot.

July 17Trump had a 40% approval rating and 59% disapproval rating, a one-point decline in his net approval rating from April, and a 38%/60% approval/disapproval rating on the economy, for a net approval rating of -22, his worst marks on the economy of his political career in CNBC polling (the latest survey of 1,000 voters was conducted July 8-12 and has a margin of error of 3.1).

The survey found 61% said they are pessimistic about the state of the economy and outlook for the future, the highest percentage since December 2023.

July 16Trump’s 37% approval rating and 61% disapproval rating is the same as it was in April, according to a Washington Post/Ipsos poll released Thursday, with approval ratings on the economy, immigration and the war with Iran all below 40% (the survey of 2,648 U.S. adults was taken July 8-13 and has a margin of error of 1.9).

Less than half, 48%, of Americans say the economy will improve in the next year, and 43% said they are worse off financially than they were when former President Joe Biden was in office.

June 19The latest Associated Press-NORC poll found Trump had a 37% approval rating, consistent with May, while his 34% approval rating of his handling of the Iran war was also unchanged from last month (the latest poll of 3,040 U.S. adults was conducted June 11-17 and has a margin of error of 2.8).

More than half, 53%, of respondents said U.S. military action against Iran has gone too far, a six-point decrease from March, shortly after the U.S. launched attacks against Iran on Feb. 28.

The survey was taken as Iran and the U.S. reached a tentative agreement to end the war, which has brought some immediate economic relief, including a drop in gas prices, though questions remain about whether Trump will ultimately achieve any of his stated objectives for attacking Iran in the first place—namely curbing its nuclear program.

June 15Trump’s approval rating ticked up one point, to 36%, in a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken June 12-15 compared to the groups’ previous poll taken June 3-8, as his approval was boosted on his handling of cost of living from 20% in the poll released May 18, to 24% in the latest survey (the poll of 1,537 U.S. adults has a margin of error of 3).

Trump had a 40% approval rating at the end of February, before the U.S. launched strikes against Iran.

June 8Trump logged a 35% approval rating and 63% disapproval rating in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll of 4,531 U.S. adults taken June 3-8 (margin of error 2).

The latest results are unchanged from Trump’s approval/disapproval rating in the groups’ mid-May poll and one point above his record-low approval rating of 34% for his second term, in April.

The poll found 59% of respondents expect gas prices—which have worsened amid the Iran war—to rise more over the next year because of the conflict.

The poll also found 22% of Americans are satisfied with Trump’s handling of cost of living, less than the 29% who approved of Biden’s handling of the issue when he left office.

June 3Trump’s approval rating declined one point, to 38%, and his disapproval rating increased two points, to 62%, in a new Marquette Law School poll, compared to its April survey (the latest poll of 1,001 adults was conducted May 20-26 and has a margin of error of 3.4).

Trump’s approval rating in the May poll is a low point among the nine polls Marquette Law School has conducted in Trump’s second term.

His approval rating on the economy slipped two points, to 30%, from April and his rating on inflation was also down two points, to 22%, while 19% approve of his handling of gas prices in the latest poll.

June 2Trump’s approval rating increased one point from the 42% low-point reached during his second term in April in the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris poll (the survey of 1,725 registered voters was conducted May 29-31 and has a margin of error of 2.4).

Trump’s approval rating is similar to former President Joe Biden’s at this point in his term. Biden had a 38% approval rating in July 2022, according to Gallup.

42%. That was Trump’s approval rating the week of July 16-22, 2018, during his first term, according to Gallup.

Trump began his second term with a 52% approval rating and 43% disapproval rating, according to The New York Times’ polling average. He experienced a sharp drop in support with the announcement of his so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs in April last year, and again since the start of the Iran war at the end of February. Voters’ economic concerns have remained high throughout Trump’s second term, and the Iran war has coincided with an increase in negative views of the economy as gas prices have skyrocketed since the start of the conflict. Trump’s sagging approval rating comes as Democrats have a chance at outperforming Republicans in midterms, with Emerson’s May poll showing Democrats with a 9-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot, though 9% of voters were undecided.