President Trump’s support from independent voters dropped to a new low across both terms in office, according to the latest Economist/YouGov poll.
The survey, conducted over the weekend, shows Trump’s net job approval among independents at negative 40 percentage points, with 27 percent approving and 67 percent disapproving.
That marks a significant drop from the previous week, when Trump’s net approval was negative 31 percentage points among independents, and from earlier this month, when it stood at negative 28 percentage points.
The pollsters cautioned that “it’s too early to say how much this drop reflects a long-term decline in approval among Independents and how much is weekly survey variation.”
Meanwhile, among Republicans, Trump’s net approval is positive 72 percentage points, with 85 percent approving and 13 percent disapproving; among Democrats, his net approval stands at negative 86 percentage points, with 6 percent approving and 92 percent disapproving.
The survey results come amid ongoing concerns about the economy and renewed scrutiny of the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota, where two U.S. citizens have been fatally shot in recent weeks by federal officers during protests.
The most recent shooting, which has sparked concern from even some of Trump’s own base, took place on Saturday, the second day of the four-day poll.
The survey, conducted Jan. 23-26, included 1,684 citizens and had a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.
