{"id":16136,"date":"2026-05-20T12:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16136"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:36:15","slug":"trump-approval-drops-to-35-as-republican-support-softens-reuters-ipsos-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16136","title":{"rendered":"Trump approval drops to 35% as Republican support softens, Reuters\/Ipsos poll finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s presidential approval rating fell to nearly its lowest level \u200bsince he returned to the White House, hit by a drop in support among Republicans, according to a new Reuters\/Ipsos poll.<br>The four-day poll, which \u200cclosed on Monday, showed 35% of the country approved of Trump&#8217;s job performance, down a percentage point from a Reuters\/Ipsos poll earlier this month and just above the low-point of his presidency &#8211; 34% &#8211; seen last month. Trump started his current term in January 2025 with a 47% approval rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260520123541-1024x676.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260520123541-1024x676.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260520123541-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260520123541-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260520123541.png 1051w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The president&#8217;s popularity has taken a hit this year as Americans suffer from surging gasoline prices since \u200bTrump ordered strikes on Iran in February alongside Israel.<br>The war shut down a large chunk of the global oil trade, sending prices at the pump \u200bfor Americans about 50% higher and raising concern among Trump&#8217;s Republican allies, who will be defending their congressional majorities in the \u2060November midterm elections.<br>Discontent is spreading within Trump&#8217;s party, with 21% of Republicans saying they now disapprove of the president&#8217;s performance, compared to 5% just after he took office \u200bin January 2025. Some 79% of Republicans in the poll said Trump was doing a good job, down from 82% earlier in the month and 91% at the \u200bstart of his term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republicans have soured in particular on Trump&#8217;s handling of the cost of living for Americans, an issue he promised to address during his campaign in 2024, after a bout of high inflation bedeviled his predecessor in office, Democrat Joe Biden. Only 47% of Republicans give Trump a thumbs up on the cost of living, compared to 46% who say he&#8217;s doing \u200ba bad job. Among Americans overall, just one in five approve of Trump&#8217;s stewardship over the cost of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The poll, which was conducted online, gathered responses from \u200b1,271 adults nationwide and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points for Americans overall and 5 points for Republicans.<br>Republican political strategists said the downward turn in Trump&#8217;s popularity could \u200cbe a \u2060sign of flagging enthusiasm among Republican voters ahead of the November elections, when control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress will be up for grabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s presidential approval rating fell to nearly its lowest level \u200bsince he returned to the White House, hit by a drop in support among Republicans, according to a new Reuters\/Ipsos poll.The four-day poll, which \u200cclosed on Monday, showed 35% of the country approved of Trump&#8217;s job performance, down a percentage point from a Reuters\/Ipsos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1857,1853,1724],"class_list":["post-16136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-poll","tag-republicans","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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