Donald Trump’s Disapproval Rating Edges Up Further, Approval Slides In Latest FiveThirtyEight Updates
Polls that break down Donald Trump’s approval rating show a continued slide for the current president. The site FiveThirtyEight has released new numbers and these look even worse for Trump than polls from just a couple of weeks ago.
On Monday morning, the site shared via Twitter news that Trump’s disapproval rating has now hit 54.9 percent. That is nearly a percentage point worse than where the number sat on June 2. That early June number was the worst disapproval rating of any modern president at this stage of their first term.
Utilizing the same metrics, Trump’s approval rating has also shifted in a way that reflects poorly on him. At the beginning of June, FiveThirtyEight’s tabulations put the president’s approval rating of 42.7 percent. Now, it’s down to 40.8 percent.
The site also shows how Trump’s approval and disapproval numbers compare to past presidents going back to Harry S. Truman. For this date in each president’s first term — 1,243 days after the inauguration — Trump’s approval is higher than only George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Truman, while he is virtually tied with Gerald Ford.
When considering disapproval ratings for this date for each presidency, Trump is now tied with George H.W. Bush. His disapproval percentage is higher than every other former president since Truman.
The site also calculated net approval ratings and compared Trump’s to each of these former presidents. Trump is currently at a negative 14.1 percent net approval, which, at this stage of his presidency, is better than only George H.W. Bush’s.
In fact, the only other presidents who had a negative net approval at this stage were Carter and Truman.
These latest tallies likely are not ones that the current president will be touting. In fact, there are a number of different polls conducted in recent days that do not tell a story that Trump would like to be broadcasting heading into a big election.
For example, a poll released on Sunday showed that presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden is statistically tied with Trump in the state of Arkansas.
The current president has a negative net approval rating in Arkansas at this point as well. Trump easily won that state against Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The president has less than five months to improve upon these numbers before the 2020 presidential election. CNN detailed that these current approval, disapproval, and net approval ratings signal trouble for his re-election chances. However, Trump has defied the odds before and his base of support is not about to count him out yet.
