https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-hits-all-time-low-12467727President Donald Trump's approval rating dropped below 30 percent for the first time across both his White House terms Monday, as the midterms draw closer.The new poll, from American Research Group, conducted September 16-20 among 1,100 American adults, showed the president with a 29 percent overall approval rating, with positive views on the economy at 26 percent.Overall, 72 percent of those surveyed said they felt the U.S. economy was getting worse amid rising gas and grocery prices despite the Trump administration's insistence that those pressures are still largely down to the previous administration.By comparison, other recent polls have generally shown Trump with approval in the mid-to-high 30s, although that has differed depending on policy areas.The last time a president's approval was in the 20s was President George W. Bush at the end of 2008, per Gallup's presidential approval tracker."This poll is an outlier, as others are not as bleak for the president, but overall it's pretty clear that Trump's numbers are worse now than they were eight years ago," Kyle Kondik, from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, told Newsweek. "Dissatisfaction with the economy/inflation is probably the biggest reason why."Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment Monday morning.
Trump's New Approval Rating: What To KnowThe ARG survey released Monday showed 68 percent of voters disapproved of the job Trump was doing, up 2 percent from the August survey.On the economy, views were less favorable, with 71 percent disapproving of the president's handling, up from 69 percent the previous month. Just 6 percent of those surveyed said they expected the economy to improve over the next year, while 70 percent predicted it would be worse.These figures could be seen as the greater blow to a president who has often touted his economic policies and promised Americans a "golden age."Personal finances in particular appeared to be an area of concern for those surveyed. Fewer than 20 percent viewed their household finance positively, compared to the 75 percent viewing them negatively.In February 2025, shortly after Trump's return to the White House, nearly half of Trump's approvers believed the economy would improve, meaning that optimism has largely vanished."For the past five or so years, consumers have been clear that cost-of-living is the dominant factor driving their views of the economy," Joanne Hsu, research associate professor at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, told Newsweek."Our surveys show that views of the economy have deteriorated across the country since the start of 2025, in large part because consumers perceive that their purchasing power has declined. Moreover, consumers worry that relief on this front is unlikely to be imminent."
How Other Presidents CompareAccording to Gallup's tracking of presidential approval ratings dating back decades, the last time a president's rating fell below 30 percent was during the global financial crisis of 2008, when Bush was coming under increasing scrutiny in the lead-up to the election that year.On average, over their terms, President Barack Obama had a 48 percent approval rating, with President Joe Biden at around 42.2 percent.During his first and second terms, Trump has averaged around 41 percent. When he left the White House the first time, he was at around 34 percent.Growing Economic ConcernsIn recent months, particularly since the outbreak of the war with Iran, consumers have increasingly raised concerns about the cost of living.Multiple polls outside the ARG survey have shown growing economic pessimism. An NBC News poll released Sunday found 55 percent of voters believed Trump's policies have hurt the U.S. economy. A Fox News poll conducted September 11-14 also found less than a quarter viewing the economy in a good light.Trump and other senior administration officials have either dismissed or sought to reframe the data, including White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett, who said in a Sunday interview that the U.S. was enjoying "a really strong economy," arguing prices were declining.The latest inflation report from the Department of Labor, released earlier in September, revealed that inflation remained elevated in August, with consumer prices having risen 3.4 percent over the past 12 months.
This is fake news. Polls are never right. The lamestream media used polling data to conclude that Shillary Clinton had a 99% chance of winning the 2016 election. The polls were wrong. The MSM doesn't speak for the silent majority and the silent majority supports President Trump. Don't listen to the MSM, listen to the American people.
Is Trump running for office this year?didn't think so
>>1538137It's not Trump that's the American people will be voting on, it's the MAGA movement, which is intrinsically tied to Trump. 2028 will be a survey of how the American people feel about The Great MAGA Plan, and after speaking to everyday average Americans, I feel Trump will win.
>>1538137>The incumbent president being wildly unpopular will have no impact on how well his party does during midterms
>>1538139>>1538140Don't feed the shill, just mock themhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-line-ballot-175826398.html?guccounter=1"I'm on the ballot" - Sundowny Donnie
>>1538143>Sundowny DonnieWild to think that a mentally ill old man has completely destroyed the left on multiple occasions, won the popular vote, and lives in your head absolutely rent-free.
>>1538146Yeah really shows how fucking stupid republicans are they let someone this fucked do so much damage.
>>1538148Republicans are the stupid ones yet liggerals get confused when you ask them "What is a woman?" LMAO
>>1538148It really shows how fucking stupid Democrats are, because he beat them twice and the second time won the popular vote - last Republican to do that was Bush in 2004. You're getting your ass kicked by a retard. Lol. Lmao even.
>>1538150>heh, we might be run by a retard, but you got beaten by a retardWow yeah congrats. You really humiliated those democrats, and all it took was to completely devote your party to a retard who has done generational damage to the US and is going to be electoral rat poison for Republicans long after he's gone by this point.Oh, and now your party is so devoted to him its set to fall apart when he finally goes. So I'll take the next decade or two of blue dominance pretty happily.
at least esl shill admits he's pro retard
>>1538151>So I'll take the next decade or two of blue dominance pretty happily.No, Grok has determined that Democrats actually hate the briar patch, and you're going to suffer being in it.
>>1538150LMAO truuue. Except President Trump isn't actually a retard, he's a machievellian genius and, in my opinion, the most skilled political operators in history since Octavius
>>1538155who do you think you're fooling when you talk to yourself
>>1538151>First Republican to win the popular vote in 29 years >Electoral poison Yeah. >its set to fall apart when he finally goesNope. We got Vance, DeSantis, Abbot and Rubio. We'll have another mega-primary like we did in 2016 where we vote on the future of the party. Dems could learn from that, letting the people pick the future of the party lmao. >>1538155This. Which is kinda my point. Schizos on the Internet pretend he's retarded, which is a self-own because by implication you got whooped by a retard. Instead, just give him the kidos he deserves - he's a generational talent and so the loss to him isn't such a big deal.
>>1538161how do you still manage to butcher the english language after all the time you've spent here, esl shill
>>1538159>No way! No way at all that more than one person on 4CHAN could have a favorable opinion of POTUS Meds. Take 'em.
>>1538163crying about it won't make your samefagging less obvious
>>1538164I'm not crying about your mental illness. I'm telling you to get help lmao. Lrn2read
>>1538165>i'm not crying >:'(lol
>>1538166Who are you quoting?
esl shill really is fucking retarded isn't he
>>1538167 elif user.disagrees_with_me == True: accusation = "OBVIOUS ESL SHILL
>>1538168>>1538169Lmao bots broken.
>>1538170stop crying about your nickname, you have billionaire cock to service
>>1538171Weird that the programed the bot to be gay. >Always talking about sucking dick
>>1538171esl shill tries real hard to believe that everyone loves them and they're not a retard who posts just to be endlessly mocked. They're in charge! They're trolling you! You're trolled right now, if you can believe it
Trump:2016 - 63 million votes2020 - 72 million votes2024 - 75 million voteshe is more popular than ever and the polls are lying.
>>1538174why did you choose such a humiliating occupation
>>1538175they have a massive humiliation fetish, so probably for the low cost sexual gratification
>>1538173>>1538175>>1538175Mega crash out when the samefagging is this intense.
>>1538176Speaking of sexual gratification, Joe Briben gets sexual gratification from gang raping kids with his crackhead son Hunter Briben
>>1538146>won the popular voteAfter three triesAgainst a candidate who got subbed in at the last secondAnd still couldn't get a full 50 percent of the vote
>>1538174>2016 - 63 million votes>2020 - 72 million votes>2024 - 75 million votesUSA Population2016 - 323 million people2020 - 331 million people2024 - 340 million people2016 - 19.5%2020 - 21.7%2024 - 22%that sure is some amazing growth.
>>1538182>Trump's retarded and sucks >Unfortunately, we're even more retarded and suck even worse Phenominal argument anon, you should try out for the debate team.
>Joe Briben>Hunter BribenFictional names, so thanks for admitting that Joe & Hunter Biden are completely innocent 1538179.In November, Trump and all migger Republicans will be politically destroyed for the crime of existing:https://i.postimg.cc/cC3v60h1/trumps-approval-by-us-state.png>once Texas turns Democrat, the GOP are fucked. It's how Carter became presidentThe schadenfreude must flow.
>>1538190>once Texas turns DemocratEvery cycle. Every election you guys say this shit.
>>1538189Honestly I'm glad he won in 2024.Watching him do nothing but fuck up everything from Iran to the Reflecting Pool over the last two years, knowing he's about to cost Republican both Houses of congress and that he's probably going to make 2028 about himself and cost the Republican nominee the election is way more entertaining than anything that could have come out of a Harris administration.
>>1538190Texas has absolutely 0 chance of turning blue.
>>1538194Remember when Georgia was red?
>>1538195What a bizarre set of hallucinations. Liggerals truly live in some clownworld opposite reality.
>>1538198are you going to be forced to get a real job once you can't shill for trump anymore?
1538194>doesn't mention how Carter wonObama proved that nothing's impossible. Twice.>It's possible for a Democrat candidate to be elected president by winning Texashttps://i.postimg.cc/cC3v60h1/trumps-approval-by-us-state.png>cycleLet everyone else on /news/ know when your time of the month is over, 1538194. You're really going to be on the rag when the Democrats win the Senate & HoR in the midterms
>>1538197>Remember when Georgia was red?2004? Because it's been a purple state for most of its modern history. Republicans tend to win it in the last 20 years but by <5 points.
>>1538207>Dems >Winning the Senate Lmao. Someone's been huffing the hopium.
1538211>thinking the Republicans won't lose the Senate & HoR to the Democrats in the midtermsLol. 1538211's really huffing the hopium.
>>1538197And Arizona?Remember when New Hampshire and Virginia were swing states?
>>1538214What argument are you making here? Remeber when the South was blue? When California was red? When Vermont was red? When fucking Massachusetts was DEEP red? States change. Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin were all deep blue and are now swing states. Nevada will be a swing state in the next cycle. Texas, however, is not a swing state despite what the polls tell you. It's gotten redder than it was in 2018-20. We don't need to argue, just wait for election day and next cycle, don't get sold on the hype and waste your money on Texas races.
>>1538221>OMG STATES CHAAAAAANGE!>BUT NOT TEXAS! NEVER TEXAS!You can't even make it through a single post with a coherent thought kek
1538221>WeHi, esl shill.>b-b-but my precious Republicans will win the midterms because I say so!I'll screencap this thread so I can use your own 'fanfic' today to more than destroy your wrong opinions in early November, esl shill.
>>1538224>BUT NOT TEXAS! NEVER TEXAS!>You can't even make it through a single post with a coherent thought kekAnon. Generally it's a good idea to read the whole post before replying, it will on occasion (like now) save you from clowning on yourself. >It's gotten redder than it was in 2018-20
>save you from clowning on yourself>Republicans were clowned on when Carter won TexasNothing can save 1538227 from clowning on itself. But then, 1538227 has a humiliation fetish, >>1538224.
>>1538227>If you only look at this one election and ignore the trend for the last fifteen years then TEXAS IS REDDER THAN EVER!>So what if Paxton is a terrible candidate who's barely campaigning? Texans OWE the Republican party their votes!
>>1538230>So what if Paxton is a terrible candidate who's barely campaigning? Texans OWE the Republican party their votes!Who are you quoting? Paxton has won multiple state wide races in the past, he's AG dipshit. >>If you only look at this one election and ignore the trend for the last fifteen years then TEXAS IS REDDER THAN EVER!Yes, if you look at the Trump-era its getting redder. >B...but before Trump Yes. When Bush (a Texan) ran for president Texas went bananas. Idk why you dudes keep going crazy about blue Texas. Republicans don't have the same obsession, even though they have more "targets". I guess it's symbolic, Dems know Texas is the heart of America so a win there gives them "authenticity".
i submitted 10+ fake ballots for joe biden in 2020!! kekw uwa~
Carter authentically won Texas. Obama proved twice that nothing's impossible.https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/17/democrats-texas-james-talarico-november-midterms/>>1537013Even though it would deny reality, and with any & all protestations to the contrary, this scares 1538233 Good
>>1538238>Flexing that Carter won Texas when Texas was a blue state. Lmao. You're not American.
>>1538233Fun fact, RealClearPolitics has archives of all of their aggregate polling going back to 2008At no point, even once, from 2008 to 2024 were either Ted Cruz or John Cornyn behind in a single poll.Not just they were never behind in the aggregate, but if you go through every race in that period there is never a single poll that shows the Democrat candidate ahead.For sixteen years, even during the peak years that MAGA were squealing about muh fake polls. Even when Beto O'Rourke was being pushed heavy by the media in 2018. It never happened once.Cut to 2026. Paxton has been ahead in exactly one poll in the 18 RCP has posted since early June, and even then he was only up by +1. Right now Talarico leads by 2.6 in the aggregate, leading Paxton in 15 of the 18 polls and tying in two.https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/senate/general/2026/texas/paxton-vs-talarico
1538221>Texas, however, is not a swing state despite what the polls tell you. It's gotten redder than it was in 2018-20. We>We>b-b-but you must think the same way as I do! y-y-you dare to not think as I do?! I know, I'll accuse you of not being American! Th-th-that'll show you!https://i.postimg.cc/cC3v60h1/trumps-approval-by-us-state.pnghttps://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/17/democrats-texas-james-talarico-november-midterms/>th-th-that's fake news! You must only think the same way as I do!1538239Lol. You'll never be American
>>1538241Turns out people tend not to like politicians who present themselves as "tough on crime, family values" types while cheating on their wives, getting impeached by their own party for corruption (inb4 impeachment is not the same thing as removal for our non-American ESL friends), and giving sweetheart deals to child molesters.
>>1538241I see those Polymarket odds,And will be betting on Paxton.>Looks at data>52.6% female>Done via phone calls to house wives.lol. Maybe this is why these polls have been trash for a decade or more.
>>1538246>If I just ignore the point entirely, that means I winIs that what they teach you in shill school?
>>1538241>Muh polling >2016+10Literally don't care. I only care about ballots and Texas shifted left between 2016-20 and then shifted hard right again. >>1538245Go reelected comfortably after all those "scandals" and doesn't think God is non-binary, or want to ban guns, or want to kill oil and gas, he'll be fine.
>>1538248I just got here. Dafuq ya trippin bout, queer?
>>1538248>Muh polls Every single poll in the Trump era has been massively off. >Kamala +10 in Wisconsin lmao
>>1538250>Go reelected comfortably after all those "scandals"Which ones? His last election was in 2022, his impeachment trial was in 2023, and his office gave the repeated child molester a slap on the wrist earlier this yearIs it possible you don't know what you're talking about?
>>1538253The Trump era started in 2008? Because that's how far back the polling goes. Which, again, never shows a Democrat Texas Senate candidate leading once, until now.
>>1538245The migger is denying reality, while living in a certain river in Egypt. But all it has left against that which it perceives as 'left' is its beliefs to the contrary. And you cannot spell "beliefs" without the word lie.That's all miggers can do now in the face of overwhelming evidence: lie to themselves.I shall enjoy the schadenfreude of miggers failing so hard in November. I shall screencap this thread to show then how miggers' opinions today are more than wrong in November. Oh, they'll be contraritards between today and that day several weeks from now, but it'll be fun to show them their wrong opinions now being destroyed then, while they terminally seethe.
>>1538256He just had a primary, retard. >office gave the repeated child molester a slap on the wrist earlier this yearBecause there was a mistrial and the victim wouldn't testify at the new trial. It was done by his prosecutors not him. And, again, he doesn't want to ban guns or kill our no. 1 industry or think God is a tranny, he will be fine. >>1538257>Muh pooools If you think Texas will elect this guy, you're not American. Beto maybe, someone like Shapiro (gov in PA), but Telarcio? Broooooo. Come on now.
>>1538262>Primaries are the same thing as general electionsYou're adorable>The investigators who answer to the AG fucked up the case>The prosecutors who answer to the AG offered a plea deal so egregious that the judge overseeing the trial stepped in and added prison time on top of the prosecutor's deal>But let me tell you why the AG isn't responsible for this at allSo adorable
>>1538263>>Primaries are the same thing as general electionsWho are you quoting? >Well some prosecutors in Waco six pay grades below him fucked a case so the people of Texas are going to do a total cultural 180 and vote like Californians. This is crazy talk. Insane talk by a man who's huffed too much hopium. You're gonna get all amped up (like every cycle) and will be totally heartbroken before polls even close (like every cycle). >Muh polls Abbots down too apparently. As if. Lmao.
>>1538224Texas is like California. Newsom could fart on a baby, and have the population genocided via a majority state congressional vote and they'd still vote blue.
>>1538262how many total places have you pretended to be from? i bet you can't even recall all of them
>>1538268You're lucky this is a text-only board or I'd post a picture of the FUCKING STATE of i-59 rn.
>>1538262The primary where he couldn't beat Cornyn outright and had to have a runoff?
>>1538269yeah, i remain unconvinced
>>1538256>Is it possible you don't know what you're talking about?1538262>TelarcioMeanwhile, Texas will elect someone different - Talarico - and 1538262 the esl shill doesn't know what its talking about.It's impossible for 1538262 to be American.
>>1538150>popular 'vote'You starlink and Elon Musk stealing the election for trump to magically have everyone just outside the margin for recounts.I fully expect trump and musk to do it again even though everyone is publicly against them.
>>1538270>Tee hee hee he had to go to a runoff where he smoked Cornyrn by 380,000 votes Yeah, and? >>1538272>Texas will vote like California >t. Schizo Checks out. Dems could win Texas if they would just run a normal dude. But they won't, they pick lunatics who want to ban guns and kill oil and gas in the.... State that's known for guns, oil, and gas
>>1538281Did Talarico actually say that or did you just hear he said that?
>>1538282>"God is not a Christian" While giving a sermon at St Andrews Presbyterian Church in 2023. >“Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six.”Said that in a house hearing. >“God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is nonbinary.”Said that on the House floor. >“an assault weapon ban, a large capacity magazine ban”Referring to gun policy he wants, during a zoom meeting w/ Dem donors. 2020. >That industry is not gonna last.”Talking about O&G at the Sierra Club in 2020. >
>>1538282The esl 1538281 thought it was Talarico saying that, but it was someone different called 'Telarcio', thus 1538281 checks in to a mental institution due to being schizo.Dems will win Texas because they are already normal.>b-b-but they aren't normal because I say so! If you disagree with my wrong opinions, y-y-you're a schizo!>t. schizoChecks out.>vote like CaliforniaRepublicans in that state voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governator of California twice, and he's pro-choice and pro-gun control, so those particular Republicans can't be schizo, only the projecting 1538281 is.
>>1538285>Dems will win Texas because they are already normal.>God is nonbinary.>God is not a Christian>there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are sixGood luck with that
Dems will win Texas because they are already normal.>n-n-no they won't, and they aren't what I define as "normal", because I say so!Good luck with that, schizo 1538287.
>>1538146He beat two women (america will never elect a woman president) and got swept by an old man who was just barely electable because he was the VP to the Obama (the only good presdient since FDR).
>>1538289>He beat two womenBased
1538290And in Soviet Florida, a based Democrat woman elected as mayor of the part of that state which includes Mar-a-Lago beat Trump.
>>1538287I don't know manEven the evil cabal of Trump hating pollsters who have been out to get him and everyone in the Republican party for decades have never been able to rig the polls enough to put a Democrat Senate candidate in the lead in Texas for the entirety of both the Obama and Trump eras, but now Talarico consistently out-polls Paxton even with right biased pollsters like Trafalgar and InsiderAdvantage and is up by 2.6 in the aggregatehttps://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/senate/general/2026/texas/paxton-vs-talaricoMaybe, just maybe, even Texas are put off by an adulterous, corrupt, pedophile enabling goon running as the "law and order, tough on crime, family values" candidate.
>>1538291Women are for beating, not politicking. I thought Floridaman knew this.
Orange subhumans are for political humiliation by women being elected by men in Florida.Everyone else knows that conservative men such as 1538293 are violent, therefore proven to be inferior subhumans.
>>1538294>conservativelol.
Yes, subhumans such as 1538290 1538293 are laughable.
>>1538294>emotional projection and transference: the post
>>1538293Conservative here! My favorite women to beat are the male ones. I love hearing screams in nasaly transvoice.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKCloUHWBnkThanks for listening.
>the post by the called out emotional projecting subhuman 153830115382951538303>conservativelol.And a based Democrat woman still beat a man chosen by Trump.
>>1538303Just say you're Russian, it'll be faster
>>1538139this poster likely wore an ear diaperfuck them
>>1538155you've uh heard him speak right?
>>1538319He's objectively more intelligent than a liggeral parroting Chinese propaganda presented by jewes who want to make more money, such as yourselves.
>>1538320shill anon, your idiolalia still means nothing
>>1538321lol. The problem with that statement is that you know what it means and you're a pat of the idioglossia.The ironing is beautiful.
>>1538323it's cute that you googled a word you've never seen, but you'll have to try harder than that
>>1538292Yeah bud, sure thing. Just don't be surprised on election day.
>>1538324Sure, sure.>NO ONE COULD POSSIBLY BE WELL-VERSED IN LANGUAGE ON 4CHINS1!!>I am so smart you are so dumb!!!111I've heard it before.
>>1538326oh we won't, republicans are criminals who will probably do anything to maintain their tenuous grip
>>1538328>already staring with the cope lol.
>>1538330i await you shilling "trump tv", esl clown
>>1538333What are you responding to?
>>1538334no idea I just needed to post "esl" or I thought I'd explode
The only way Americans could salvage their reputation at this point would be to lynch Trump like Mussolini.
>>1538398You don't really have a say in American politics. You're not an American
>>1538129Meanwhile at the UN he rants about how great the US is then pauses for applause because he legitimately doesn't realize he's not at one of his rallies.
>>1538398I think the Israelis will kill him and incite a civil war if he doesnt give them a ground invasion of Iran
>>1538398You've been utterly deceived by the MSM. President Trump is a beloved leader because he's doing a great job. The only ones that want to do him physical harm are liggerals, and they're more of an insurgent terrorist faction, not real Americans
>>1538425do you like that your life is a joke
>>1538404The US is great. Greatest nation on Earth. He is pausing to enjoy the seethe he is creating.
>>1538426so why are you crying rn blud
>>1538491i'll take that as a no. ever think about getting a real job?
>>1538492You're saying his life is a joke but you're the one crying bitch
esl shill is pretending to be multiple people again
esl shill may not be sentient, they mimic language but don't understand it
