{"id":17581,"date":"2026-09-15T11:25:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17581"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:25:53","slug":"trump-sees-approval-rating-reprieve-after-weeks-of-record-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17581","title":{"rendered":"Trump sees approval rating reprieve after weeks of record lows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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US President Donald Trump gestures before boarding Air Force One as he departs from Shannon Airport, western Ireland on September 13, 2026.\u00a9\u00a0BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s approval rating found a sort of oasis in the desert, rising after weeks of record lows, according to a new Reuters\/Ipsos poll<\/a> released on Monday, Sept. 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poll found that 35% of Americans approved of the president’s job performance, up two percentage points from the previous Reuters\/Ipsos tracking poll released in early September. Trump\u2019s slight improvement in the newest poll came after three straight weeks of the lowest approval numbers<\/a> he had seen in Reuters\/Ipsos tracking since his return to the White House in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the president\u2019s improvement did not trickle down to benefit his party; in a generic congressional ballot, Democrats lead Republicans by seven percentage points, the widest gap since the beginning of Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Reuters\/Ipsos<\/a>, the four-day poll was conducted among 1,143 U.S. adults with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poll shows how Americans view Trump’s $5,000 proposal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s promise to give a $5,000 dividend to every American<\/a> if Republicans kept control of Congress after November’s midterm elections did not appease most voters, as a majority of Americans disapproved of the pledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the newest poll, 63% of Americans, including 4 in 10 Republicans and 9 in 10 Democrats, said they disapproved of Trump\u2019s offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president\u2019s unpopularity with the American public has deepened as the war with Iran entered its sixth month and gas prices rose above a national average of $4.30 per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rising prices and Trump\u2019s unpopularity have had a knock-on effect as a majority of voters chose Democrats over Republicans as the better stewards of the economy for the first time in about a decade of Reuters\/Ipsos tracking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do polling averages show?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While individual polls vary, major polling averages continue to place Trump in negative territory overall:<\/p>\n\n\n\n