As President Donald Trump approaches the first 100-day benchmark of his second term, most of his approval ratings have dipped slightly below his unfavorable ratings. Here's what the recent polls show.
Donald Trump approval ratings: What do polls say right now?
Morning Consult
Rasmussen
Cygnal
Quinnipac University
The Economist
Navigator Research
Reuters / Ipsos
Fox News
Gallup
Donald Trump approval rating in PA
According to
Civiqs polls , last updated April 16, the president has a 44% favorability among Pennsylvanians. A 54% unfavorability counters this, and 3% of Pennsylvanians are unsure. The poll was also broken down by age, education, gender, race and party.
Age: Those between 18-34 were most unfavorable of Trump (61%), while those 50 to 64 were the most favorable (55%).
Education : Postgraduate students were most unfavorable toward Trump (67%). Non-college graduates were most favorable (50%).
Gender: Men and women are split on Trump, more than half of females (68%) holding an unfavorable view and more than half of males (53%) having a favorable view of the president.
Party: Members of the Republican party were 91% favorable of Trump, compared to the Democratic party, who felt just 4% favorable of the president's performance. Independent voters leaned unfavorable (51%).
Race: Black voters had the highest unfavorable opinion of Trump (88%), followed by other races at 63%, Hispanic/Latino at 56% and white at 47%. The numbers suggest a drop in Trump's popularity in Pennsylvania, a key swing state that the president won last year with a little more than 50% of the vote. Sweeping federal funding cuts and controversial immigration deportations in Trump's first 100 days could be contributing to his waning popularity. Two
international students at Gannon University, in Erie, are suing the Trump administration alleging the government illegally revoked their student visas
earlier this month , a move that has impacted hundreds of foreign students across the country. Last month, the administration cut
$1 billion in food aid for schools and food banks. Pennsylvania schools were expecting to receive $23 million, and food banks would have received $13 million in 2025. The food bank funding program purchased $260,000 worth of food a year in
Bucks County since it was implemented in 2021.
President approval ratings: What they measure, when they started
A president’s approval rating reflects the percentage of Americans polled who approve of the president’s performance. Anything can impact a president's rating, such as legislation passed, actions and elections. According to
ABC News , an approval rating doesn't just represent how well the administration is faring for the general public but could factor into the outcome of an upcoming election or how much they accomplish while in office. Presidential approval ratings were first conducted by the founder of the American Institute of Public Opinion, George Gallup, around 1935 to
gauge public support for the president of the United States during their term. While Gallup has tracked presidential approval for 70 years, other organizations also conduct and release their own polls. Among them are
Ipsos and
Morning Consult .