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What is Trump’s approval rating in July? Immigration, tariff polls

What is Trump’s approval rating in July? Immigration, tariff polls

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A string of recent polls shows President Donald Trump’s approval rating has remained largely steady over the last week, even as a new Gallup survey gave him his lowest numbers of his second term.

Aggregations of recent approval polling from the New York Times and RealClearPolitics place Trump’s approval between 44% and 45%, respectively, with a 53% to 42% disapproval.

In a July 25 poll from Emerson College, the president had a 46% approval rating and 47% disapproval. That’s a one-point increase on both counts from the survey’s June results.

“About six months into the second Trump administration, the president’s approval rating has stabilized in the mid-40s,” the poll’s executive director, Spencer Kimball, said in statement. “While his disapproval has steadily increased about a point each month since the inauguration and now stands at 47%.”

In a Gallup poll released a day prior, the president’s approval rating was significantly lower, coming in at 37%. The pollsters called it the lowest mark of his second term and only a few points higher than his all-time-low rating of 34% at the end of his first term.

Both polls showed what has long been a deep divide between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to Trump and his policies, especially over immigration, foreign policy and the economy.

Here’s a round-up of some of the last week’s polls.

Emerson College poll

46% approve
47% disapprove

Trump notched his highest single-issue approval rating on immigration, the poll said, with 45% approving and 46% disapproving of Trump’s policies.

The highest disapproval numbers were on the economy, with a 41% approval rating and 51% disapproval. That continued to sink with Trump’s tariff policy, with 36% approving while 50% disapproved.

Trump’s support – both on overall job performance and on specific issues – was fueled by Republican respondents in the poll. Just 10% of Democrats said they like the president’s job performance, compared to 87% of Republicans and 38% of independents. The difference support was widest by party on immigration, with 12.9% of Democrats approving compared to 80% of Republicans.

The survey of 1,400 registered voters was conducted July 21-22 and has a margin of error of ±2.5 percentage points.

Gallup poll

37% approve
58% disapprove

The poll marks a 10-point drop from the 47% approval rating Americans gave Trump at the beginning of his second term in January.

About 29% of independent voters said they’re pleased with Trump’s job performance in the new survey, the lowest Gallup has tracked with the group in either of Trump’s two terms. It’s a 17-point decline from the 46% the president enjoyed among independents at the start of his second term earlier this year.

Trump’s ratings on some of the most significant issues facing the country also faltered, according to Gallup pollsters. He received the strongest support for his handling of the conflict with Iran, at 42% approving, followed by foreign policy at 41%.

The president’s handling of Iran – where U.S. troops bombed three nuclear sites last month – earned Trump the greatest support from independents, at 36%, while the federal budget gave him the lowest at 19%.

The survey of 1,002 Americans was conducted July 7-21, and has a margin of error of ±4 percentage points.

Fox News poll

46% approve
54% disapprove

Trump’s support was lowest on issues of inflation and tariffs, with 36% of respondents backing the way Trump has approached two central forces in America’s economy. He received his highest ranking for border security, with 56% of respondents approving and 44% disapproving.

Along party lines, support was highest among Republicans, with 88% backing the president. Thirty-seven percent of independents and 7% of Democrats agreed.

The survey was conducted by Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research. 1,000 registered voters were surveyed July 18-21, and the poll has a margin of error of ±3 percentage points.

Kathryn Palmer is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at kapalmer@usatoday.com and on X @KathrynPlmr.

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