At the 100-day mark into his second term, President Donald Trump’s approval ratings are shifting. As of May 1, most of the polls are reporting his approval ratings are slightly below his unfavorable ratings. Are voters experiencing regret or remorse?
Trump’s job approval rating remained steady throughout the first two months and in some cases — his highest rating yet. But new polls are showing a change.
According to the latest CBS News/YouGov poll, 61% of Americans believe Trump is doing what he promised in the campaign, with the other 39% saying it’s different. A whopping 69% don’t feel the administration is focusing enough on lowering prices with 62% claiming there is too much focus on putting up tariffs.
The poll also noted that only 19% felt Trump’s policies were making them better off financially, with 48% claiming it made them worse off and 33% claiming indifference, feeling they were the same.
Trump’s overall job approval rating has slid to 45%, with the other 55% showing they disapprove. This poll shows the slide from 53% approval on Feb. 9, to 51% on March 2, to 47% on April 13 and still sliding.
The president’s handling of immigration is slightly down to 49% approval versus 51% that disapprove. Albeit noteworthy, the majority of Americans polled claim his policies have reduced border crossings and approve of the administration’s program to deport immigrants that are in the U.S. illegally.
Democrats in this poll were specifically asked “how their party’s handling of the Trump presidency made them feel?” to which they responded overwhelmingly with 66% frustrated, and 53% said nervous.
Here’s what the most polls show about Trump’s presidential job approval ratings as of the fist 100 days.
What is Trump’s presidential approval rating?
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According to today’s Rasmussen Reports polling, Trump’s approval is improving, showing a 48% approval rating and 50% that disapprove.
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The Economist/YouGov poll taken this week, shows Trump with a 43% favorability versus 54 unfavorable. His Vice President JD Vance fared worse with 38% favorability and 49% unfavorable and 12% claiming don’t know yet.
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The NY Times/Sienna poll reported a 42% approval rating over 54% that disapprove. It showed the majority disapproval among handling of economy, immigration, Russia/Ukraine War and trade topics.
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In CNN’s poll, Trump’s approval dropped to it’s lowest this term so far at 41% and a 59% disapproval overall.
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In a Quantus Insights poll, Trump’s job approval stood at 47.7% approval versus 49.8% that disapprove. Adding in this poll was the question of Democratic leadership, which showed Kamala Harris leading the 2028 primary field with just 30% and no other visibly leading candidate.
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RealClear Polling which encompasses the average of different 18 different pollsters, including all those mentioned above, shows Trump’s overall favorability dropping to 45.1% versus 52.3% that disapprove, as of May 1. This week has shown his lowest overall approval score so far this term which has been on a downward slide since March 12.
What is Trump approval rating in PA heading into primary election?
According to Civiqs polls, last updated May 1, Trump’s approval ratings have dropped about three points in The Keystone State compared to what Pennsylvanians thought of his performance in January.
About 53% of Pennsylvanians polled currently disapprove of the president’s performance, up from 50% on Jan. 20. Only 43% of the commonwealth gave Trump a thumbs up on May 1, down from 46% almost five months ago.
These polling numbers were also broken down by age, education, gender, race and party.
Age: Those between 18-34 were most unfavorable of Trump (63%), while those 50 to 64 were the most favorable (53%).
Education: Postgraduate students were most unfavorable toward Trump (67%). Non-college graduates were most favorable (49%).
Gender: Men and women are split on Trump, more than half of females (58%) holding an unfavorable view and more than half of males (51%) having a favorable view of the president.
Party: Members of the Republican party were 87% favorable of Trump, compared to the Democratic party, who felt just 3% favorable of the president’s performance. Independent voters leaned unfavorable (47%).
Race: Black voters had the highest unfavorable opinion of Trump (89%), followed by other races at 66%, Hispanic/Latino at 57% and white at 45%.
In Bucks County, Levittown, which helped deliver a county win for Trump, mostly stands by the president at 100 days, according to a canvassing of the four Levittown municipalities late last month.
Pennsylvanians have until May 5 to register to vote ahead of the primary election May 20, when Keystone State residents will make party-level decisions about who will stand in November to lead in their school districts and local communities.
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Who would win in a do-over Trump vs Harris Election Day 2024?
In a recent CNN poll, data analyst Harry Enten asked Trump voters if they’d vote differently in a do-over.
“I’m here to tell you, very few of them regret what they did back in 2024.” His polling results showed that only 2% said they would change their vote while only 1% said they wouldn’t have voted at all.
When Kamala Harris voters were asked the same question, the poll numbers came back very similar.
“So, if there was a repeat, if folks got to be able to redo their vote from back in 2024, would the result be any different? I doubt it would be. I doubt it would be or it would still be extremely close.” Said Enten. Adding, “The bottom line is for all this talk of Trump voters regretting their vote, in the numbers, it really just doesn’t show up.”
Enten said “If there is some idea out there that Trump voters are going, ‘Man, I wish I would have voted for Kamala Harris instead of Donald Trump, the numbers say that is a fanciful universe. It really, for the most part, doesn’t exist.”
Chris Ullery contributed to this story.
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