On September 6-9, 2018, CNN found that 36% of Americans approved of Trump’s job performance and 58% disapproved. This represents an 8-point drop in approval since the second week of August.
| Women | Men | Independents | |
| Approve | 29% | 42% | 31% |
| Disapprove | 65% | 51% | 59% |
On September 9, 2018, Gallup found (among all adults) that 40% of Americans approve of President Trump’s job performance and 54% disapprove.
Gallup is no longer providing a daily approval rating of the president. In the future, these reports will be dated weekly.
I now include a periodic polling summary–Registered and Likely Voters–by FiveThirtyEight.
| Gallup (all adults) | FiveThirtyEight (Registered / Likely voters) | |||
| Date | Approval | Disapproval | Approval | Disapproval |
| 9/11/18 | — | — | 39.9% | 53.7% |
| 9/9/18 | 40% | 54% | — | — |
| 9/2/18 | 41% | 53% | — | — |
| 9/1/18 | — | — | 40.3 | 54.4 |
| 8/26/18 | 41% | 54% | — | — |
| 8/5/18 | 41% | 54% | — | — |
| 8/1/18 | — | — | 41.4 | 52.9 |
| 7/29/18 | 40% | 55% | — | — |
| 7/22/18 | 42% | 54% | — | — |
| 7/15/18 | 43% | 52% | — | — |
| 7/8/18 | 41% | 56% | — | — |
| 7/1/18 | 42% | 53% | 41.8% | 52.3% |
| 6/24/18 | 41% | 55% | — | — |
| 6/17/18 | 45% | 50% | — | — |
| 6/10/18 | 42% | 54% | — | — |
| 6/1/18 | — | — | 41.6% | 52.7% |
| 5/20/18 | 42% | 54% | — | — |
| 5/1/18 | — | — | 43.8% | 52% |
| 4/8/18 | 41% | 54% | — | — |
| 4/1/18 | — | — | 41.4% | 53.7% |
| 3/11/18 | 39% | 56% | — | — |
| 3/1/18 | — | — | 42.7% | 53.2% |
| 2/11/18 | 40% | 57% | — | — |
| 2/1/18 | — | — | 42.0% | 53.3% |
| 1/14/18 | 38% | 57% | — | — |
| 1/1/18 | — | — | 39.5% | 55.8% |
| 12/1/17 | 33% | 62% | 38% | 55.9% |
| 11/1/17 | 38% | 58% | 37.8% | 56.8% |
| 10/1/17 | 37% | 57% | 38.7% | 55.4% |
| 9/1/17 | 34% | 61% | 37.3% | 57.3% |
The following are some additional looks at the President’s job performance. The numbers below are of registered voters unless followed by an “A” which means “all voters”. (QUPIAC = Quinnipiac)
| Date | NBC / WSJ | WP / ABC | CNN / ORC | NYT / CBS | FOX | QUPIAC |
| SEP ’18 | xx | xx | 36/58 | xx | xx | 38/54 |
| AUG ’18 | 44/52 | 36/60 | 44/53 | xx | 45/53 | 41/54 |
| JULY ’18 | 45/52 | xx | xx | xx | 46/51 | 40/55 |
| JUNE ’18 | 44/53 | xx | xx | xx | 45/51 | 44/51 |
| MAY ’18 | xx | xx | 44/51 | 40/55cbsA | xx | xx |
| APR ’18 | 39/57A | 44/54 | xx | xx | 44/53 | 39/54 |
| MAR ’18 | 43/53A | xx | 42/54 | 38/57cbsA | 45/52 | 40/53 |
| FEB ’18 | xx | xx | 39/56 | xx | 43/53 | 37/38 |
| JAN ’18 | 39/57A | 38/58 | 43/53 | 37/58cbsA | 45/53 | 36/58 |
| DEC ’17 | 41/56 | xxx | 36/59cnn | 36/57 cbsA | xxx | 37/57 |
| NOV ’17 | xxx | xxx | 38/57cnn | xxx | xxx | 38/55 |
| JAN ’17 | xxx | xxx | 44/53 | 40/48 cbs | xxx | 36/44 |
The following are job approval numbers from Gallup for the last nine presidents and Trump. As you can see, the only president to have worse numbers than Trump at this point in their tenure is Bill Clinton and he was re-elected in 1996.
Job Approval – Roughly 20 months into the 1st term
| GHW Bush | 76% (9/90) |
| GW Bush | 66% (9/02) |
| Eisenhower | 66% (8/62) |
| Kennedy | 63% (9/62) |
| Nixon | 57% (9/70) |
| Obama | 46% (9/10) |
| Carter | 42% (9/78) |
| Reagan | 42% (9/82) |
| Trump | 41% (9/18) |
| Clinton | 39% (9/94) |
On economic policy, Trump’s approval ratings have remained consistently positive since April.
| Approve | Disapprove | ||
| 9/9/18 | 51% | 53% | CNN |
| 9/4/18 | 48% | 43% | Reuters/Ipsos (adults) |
| 8/21/18 | 49% | 44% | Fox News |
| 7/18/18 | 50% | 34% | NBC/WSJ |
| 6/5/18 | 49% | 46% | Quinnipiac |
| 5/6/18 | 50.3% | 44.8% | RCP average 4/6-5/6 |
| 4/11/18 | 49% | 46% | ABC/WP |
| 3/11/18 | 46% | 48% | CBS News |
| 2/27/18 | 49% | 44% | CBS News |
| 1/16/18 | 46% | 49% | CBS News |
On foreign policy, Trump’s approval ratings remain in negative territory.
| Approve | Disapprove | ||
| 9/9/18 | 38% | 56% | CNN |
| 9/4/18 | 40% | 51% | Reuters/Ipsos (adults) |
| 8/21/18 | 37% | 55% | Fox News |
| 7/23/18 | 38% | 58% | Quinnipiac |
| 7/18/18 | 38% | 45% | NBC/WSJ |
| 6/5/18 | 40% | 52% | Quinnipiac |
| 5/8/18 | 43.2% | 52.6% | RCP average 4/20-5/8 |
| 5/6/18 | 45% | 49% | CNN – Registered Voters |
| 4/9/18 | 39% | 55% | Quinnipiac |
| 3/25/18 | 41% | 52% | CNN |
| 3/5/18 | 33% | 61% | Quinnipiac |
| 2/5/18 | 37% | 57% | Quinnipiac |
| 1/16/18 | 36% | 60% | Quinnipiac |