approval rating Archives

Trump’s Troop Deployment Is Very Unpopular

June 11, 2025 Buck Banks

47% to 34%

A new YouGov poll finds that President Trump’s deployment of Marines to Los Angeles is deeply unpopular, with a 47 percent disapproval mark, compared with 34 percent who approve. Dispatching the National Guard isn’t much better: 45 percent disapprove and 38 percent approve.

McConnell Sets Lowest Approval Among Worst Congress’ Leaders

December 20, 2023 Buck Banks

6%

A new Monmouth poll finds just 6% of respondents approve of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) job performance, while 60% disapprove. In contrast, Chuck Schumer has a 21% approval rating and Mike Johnson is at 17%.

Sinema’s Schtick Not Working for Dems or GOPers

March 23, 2021 Buck Banks

39% to 40%

A new OH Predictive Insights poll in Arizona finds Sen. Kirsten Sinema’s (D-AZ) favorability is now underwater at 39% to 40%.Sinema is viewed favorably by just 50% of Democratic voters, but 30% of her party views her unfavorably. Sinema is still upside down with Republicans by 22%. In contrast, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) has a 79% to 11% favorability rating with Democrats.

Schumer’s Approval Hits 20-Year Low

February 24, 2021 Buck Banks

41%

A new Marist poll finds 41% of New York registered voters think Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is doing either an excellent (15%) or good (26%) job in office. That rating is Schumer’s lowest job approval score since March of 2000.

Biden Already More Popular than Trump Ever Was

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Buck Banks

55% to 42%

A new Gallup poll finds that President-elect Joe Biden has gained six points since the election for a 55% favorable rating and a 41% unfavorable rating. The same poll gives President Donald Trump a 42% favorable rating — down three points — and a 57% unfavorable rating.

Three-Quarters Disapprove of Congress’ Performance

June 3, 2019 Buck Banks

75%

A new Gallup poll shows that just 20% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. The vast majority, 75%, disapprove of the job Congress is doing.

More Americans Disapprove of Trump’s Tax Scam

October 11, 2018 Buck Banks

46% to 39%

A new Gallup poll finds that more Americans continue to disapprove than approve of last year’s sweeping tax overhaul bill signed into law by President Trump, 46% to 39%.

McConnell the Least Popular U.S. Senator

October 11, 2018 Buck Banks

33%

With an approval rating of 33 percent nationally and a disapproval rating of 52 percent in his home state of Kentucky, Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is the nation’s least popular senator, according to a Morning Consult poll. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is the most popular with a 63 percent approval rating.”

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U.S. Leadership Plunges Worldwide in Trump’s First Year

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Buck Banks

30%

Ratings of U.S. leadership fell in nearly every part of the world in the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, dragging median approval to a record-low 30%, according to Gallup.

Trump Has Higher Approval than Clinton

September 7, 2017 Buck Banks

30%

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds President Trump’s approval rate has sunk to a new low of 36%. For comparison, Hillary Clinton’s approval is at a new low of 30%.

47% to 34%

A new YouGov poll finds that President Trump’s deployment of Marines to Los Angeles is deeply unpopular, with a 47 percent disapproval mark, compared with 34 percent who approve. Dispatching the National Guard isn’t much better: 45 percent disapprove and 38 percent approve.

6%

A new Monmouth poll finds just 6% of respondents approve of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) job performance, while 60% disapprove. In contrast, Chuck Schumer has a 21% approval rating and Mike Johnson is at 17%.

39% to 40%

41%

A new Marist poll finds 41% of New York registered voters think Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is doing either an excellent (15%) or good (26%) job in office. That rating is Schumer’s lowest job approval score since March of 2000.

55% to 42%

A new Gallup poll finds that President-elect Joe Biden has gained six points since the election for a 55% favorable rating and a 41% unfavorable rating. The same poll gives President Donald Trump a 42% favorable rating — down three points — and a 57% unfavorable rating.

75%

A new Gallup poll shows that just 20% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. The vast majority, 75%, disapprove of the job Congress is doing.

46% to 39%

A new Gallup poll finds that more Americans continue to disapprove than approve of last year’s sweeping tax overhaul bill signed into law by President Trump, 46% to 39%.

33%

30%

Ratings of U.S. leadership fell in nearly every part of the world in the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, dragging median approval to a record-low 30%, according to Gallup.

30%

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds President Trump’s approval rate has sunk to a new low of 36%. For comparison, Hillary Clinton’s approval is at a new low of 30%.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Charlie Sykes

“The president of the United States didn’t give us an assignment. We’re not a bunch of little bitches around here, okay? I’m a member of Congress. I represent almost 800,000 Wisconsinites.”

— Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), talking to reporters.

— Harry Enten

Numerati

33%

“The volume of Canadians taking road trips into the U.S.—the means by which most Canadians visit—dropped by 33% last month compared to June 2024, following a 38% drop in May,” Forbes reports.

53%

A new Morning Consult poll finds 53% of Americans don’t know why the American colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence to separate from Britain on July 4, 1776.

$1.6 billion

President Trump’s pardons and commutations have cost more than $100 million in fines owed to the federal government and another $1.5 billion in restitution to victims, Forbes reports.

58%

$3.3 trillion