What the polls say about Trump’s presidency at 100 days

As President Donald Trump hits the 100-day mark of his presidency, a spate of recent polling exhibits vital warning indicators on signature points just like the economic system and slicing the dimensions of presidency.  

Trump is incomes barely greater marks than at this level in his first time period, and his general standing is boosted by a coalescing of Republicans behind their president. However Trump’s low-to-mid-40s approval rankings are additionally removed from the kind of honeymoon rankings Individuals gave his predecessors.

He has additionally misplaced floor on the economic system, with extra voters expressing displeasure together with his dealing with of inflation and together with his sweeping push for international tariffs, which have roiled the inventory market and scrambled international alliances. And whereas immigration stays Trump’s strongest challenge in most surveys, a number of current polls have discovered his public help slipping.

Right here’s a take a look at what the polls say about Trump’s job efficiency proper now.

Approval score

There’s a transparent development in terms of Trump’s approval score across the 100-day mark: It’s barely greater than in his first time period (in most polling), however it has fallen in contrast with rankings in current months, and he’s beneath the place earlier presidents had been at an identical level after having taken workplace.

Amongst adults polled for the brand new NBC Information Keep Tuned Ballot powered by SurveyMonkey, 45% approve of Trump’s job efficiency, in contrast with 55% who disapprove. The net survey of 19,682 adults was performed April 11-20 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 proportion factors.

Amongst Republicans, 88% approve of Trump’s job and 12% disapprove. However independents and Democrats are overwhelmingly unfavorable — 68% of independents and 93% of Democrats disapprove. 

Older Individuals, white Individuals and people with decrease ranges of training are likelier to again Trump, with youthful voters, extremely educated voters and nonwhite voters likelier to disapprove of his job (with Black voters extra unfavorable than Hispanic ones). 

Different current polls performed in April, of each adults and registered voters, discover Trump at related ranges of approval. (Margins of error on these surveys vary from plus or minus 2 to 4 proportion factors.) This month’s CNBC All-America Financial Survey (performed April 9-13 with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 proportion factors) discovered his approval at 44% and his disapproval at 51% amongst American adults, Fox Information discovered him at 44% approval amongst registered voters and 55% disapproval, and Gallup’s most up-to-date survey of adults this month has him with a 44% approval score and a 53% disapproval score. 

Trump’s lowest mark in current polls comes from an ABC Information/Washington Publish/Ipsos survey launched Sunday, which discovered him at 39% approval and 55% disapproval amongst adults final week. And his highest mark of the month got here from CBS Information/YouGov, which nonetheless had him in unfavorable territory, together with his approval score at 47% and his disapproval at 53%. A CBS Information/YouGov survey launched Sunday had Trump’s approval score at 45% and his disapproval at 55%.

However whereas Trump’s standing now’s a bit higher than it was at this level in his first time period, he’s polling behind his predecessors. Trump’s common approval score of 45% amongst adults within the first quarter of Gallup’s 2025 polling falls nicely beneath the 59% approval score common for all presidents since World Conflict II, together with Joe Biden, whose Gallup approval score at this level in 2021 was 56%.

Economic system 

Trump stated it himself on NBC Information’ “Meet the Press”: Concern about rising costs was one of many principal causes he gained the 2024 election. Only a few months into his time period, there are clear indicators that Individuals are wavering on his dealing with of this key challenge.

A New York Occasions/Siena Faculty ballot launched Friday discovered that half of registered voters stated they felt Trump had made the economic system worse since he took workplace, 27% stated the economic system was about the identical, and 21% stated he had made it higher.

Trump’s financial approval score in each the April CNBC All-America Financial Survey (43%) and the March NBC Information ballot (44%) is hovering close to the bottom marks in NBC Information/CNBC polling of Trump’s first and second phrases.

Each CNBC and NBC Information Keep Tuned polling finds Trump’s approval score on dealing with inflation and the price of dwelling close to 40%, and the CNBC ballot discovered that 57% of Individuals imagine the US is both headed for a recession or already in a single.

As Trump’s sweeping tariffs proposals have dominated the worldwide financial dialogue and prompted a major response within the inventory market and in enterprise planning, Individuals are giving him low marks on the difficulty.

Sixty-one % of Individuals within the NBC Information Keep Tuned ballot disapprove of Trump’s dealing with of commerce and tariffs, in contrast with 39% who approve of it. And 54% say they anticipate his tariff insurance policies will make their private funds worse within the subsequent 12 months, in contrast with 23% who say their funds will keep about the identical and 24% who imagine their funds will get higher. 

In the meantime, Pew discovered that majorities of American adults weren’t assured Trump might negotiate favorable commerce offers or make good choices about tax coverage and believed his insurance policies are hurting the economic system.

Immigration

Immigration, arguably Trump’s signature challenge since he launched his first marketing campaign for president practically 10 years in the past, stays a stronger challenge for him.

Polls usually present Trump faring finest on immigration and border safety when respondents are requested to fee his dealing with of a wide range of points, with some surveys discovering a slight majority giving him constructive marks. However not too long ago, a number of surveys have discovered cut up or unfavorable views on his dealing with of the difficulty, after he typically scored higher on the difficulty earlier on this time period.

Within the new NBC Information Keep Tuned survey, Individuals gave Trump his highest marks on any challenge once they had been requested how he’s dealing with border safety and immigration — 49% approving and 51% disapproving, with Republicans absolutely behind him. The New York Occasions/Siena Faculty ballot discovered 47% of registered voters approving and 51% disapproving of his dealing with of immigration.

In the meantime, the CNBC survey additionally discovered that Trump’s dealing with of the southern border with Mexico (53% approve, 41% disapprove) and his dealing with of deportations of immigrants within the nation illegally (52% approve, 45% disapprove) had been two of his best-testing points. 

However the current Fox Information ballot discovered one thing completely different: Whereas 55% of registered voters permitted of Trump’s efficiency on border safety and 40% disapproved, his numbers had been worse on immigration and deportations, over which the general public was successfully cut up.

A Wall Road Journal survey discovered a majority of registered voters (54%) favored deporting “suspected overseas gang members” to El Salvador with out courtroom hearings to find out their gang memberships, whereas 43% opposed the coverage. That survey was performed simply because the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador started to seize headlines.

However some polls have discovered some warning indicators for Trump on the implementation of his deportation insurance policies.

A majority of Individuals (59%) within the NBC Information Keep Tuned survey opposed the administration’s strikes to revoke folks’s visas if they’re decided to have “hostile overseas coverage penalties,” together with college students who’ve protested Israel’s struggle in Gaza, whereas 41% supported the efforts.

And a plurality of adults (45%) in a current Economist/YouGov ballot stated the administration’s effort to arrest and deport immigrants had “gone too far,” whereas 27% stated it was “about proper” and 20% stated it has “not gone far sufficient”; 8% weren’t certain.

The Wall Road Journal ballot discovered that whereas a majority of registered voters supported detaining and deporting hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, practically two-thirds opposed deporting them if that they had lived in the US for greater than 10 years, paid taxes on earnings and had no prison information.

Musk and DOGE  

The early weeks of Trump’s second time period had been largely outlined by a sweeping effort to drastically scale back the dimensions of the federal authorities, led by billionaire White Home adviser Elon Musk and the Division of Authorities Effectivity.  

Musk indicated final week that his work for DOGE could also be winding down, and polls have persistently proven that he’s broadly unpopular. 

The NBC Information Keep Tuned survey discovered that 59% of adults had unfavorable views of Musk, whereas 41% considered him favorably. A majority of registered voters (55%) within the Wall Road Journal survey stated he has “an excessive amount of energy,” whereas 36% stated he has the correct quantity of energy, and 5% stated he has too little. 

However voters have raised issues about Musk and DOGE’s slash-and-burn strategy to shrinking the federal authorities, whilst they’ve been open to the concept of addressing authorities inefficiencies.  

The Fox Information ballot discovered registered voters divided over whether or not DOGE will result in a extra environment friendly authorities or enhancements within the economic system. Pew discovered that 59% of adults say Trump’s strategy to slicing federal departments and businesses is just too careless.  

A plurality of voters (46%) in a March nationwide NBC Information survey stated DOGE is a good suggestion, whereas 40% stated it’s a dangerous concept. (The margin of error was plus or minus 3.1 proportion factors.) However there’s concern amongst partisans on each side concerning the division’s work. Whereas one-third of voters stated its work ought to proceed and one other third stated it ought to cease, 28% of registered voters within the center stated DOGE’s efforts are wanted however ought to decelerate to raised assess the influence.

Different points

Trump has additionally pushed in his first 100 days to dismantle federal applications associated to range, fairness and inclusion, and a few surveys have discovered that these efforts haven’t been well-liked.  

The NBC Information Keep Tuned ballot discovered that 61% of adults disapprove of Trump’s dealing with of DEI efforts, whereas 39% approve. And practically two-thirds stated DEI applications in workplaces and faculties are useful to the nation, whereas 35% stated they’re dangerous.  

Trump has additionally gotten some unfavorable marks on his dealing with of overseas coverage, with 53% of Individuals within the CNBC survey disapproving of his dealing with of the difficulty and 42% approving.  

A majority of registered voters (54%) within the New York Occasions/Siena Faculty survey disapproved of Trump’s dealing with of overseas conflicts, with an identical share (56%) disapproving particularly of how he has dealt with the struggle between Russia and Ukraine.