NEW POLL: Trump Approval Rating 9 Points Above Water — Doing Well With Hispanics, Women, and Suburbia
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A stunning new Harvard-Harris poll conducted this month found that President Donald Trump’s approval rating is 9 points above water.
According to the survey of 2,443 registered voters, 52% of the electorate approves of Trump’s performance in office thus far — with 33% indicating they “strongly approve” and another 19% saying they somewhat approve. Forty-three percent, meanwhile, say they disapprove of Trump, with 32% strongly disapproving and 11% somewhat somewhat disapproving.
What’s more is that Trump is performing well with certain key constituencies he has struggled with at various other points in his political career. More independents (45%-44%), women (47%-45%), Hispanics (50%-43%), Asians (47%-46%), and suburbanites (50%-46%) approve than disapprove of the president.
Trump is above water with every single age group except for 18-24-year-0lds, 50% of which disapprove and 40% of which approve of him.
His favorability rating, which currently sits at 50%-43%, also stands in stark contrast to most of the key figures in the Democratic Party, including former President Joe Biden (34%-58%), former Vice President Kamala Harris (39%-53%), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (25%-38%), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (23%-41%).
The results should come as welcome news to Trump and his advisors after a string of polls last week suggested his popularity was declining.
“The last day and change has been the worst day for Donald Trump during his entire second term in office,” observed CNN’s Harry Enten last Thursday. “What am I talking about here? Take a look at Trump’s net approval rating. CNN, you see it on this side of the screen, minus five. Gallup, minus six. Ipsos, inus seven. Quinnipiac, minus four. Negative. Negative. Negative. Negative. Underwater. Underwater. Underwater. Underwater. These four polls, all of them tell a consistent story. And that is Trump is on the negative side of the ledger. His net approval is negative. He is underwater like The Little Mermaid.”
