In recent weeks, Americans consistently have been more negative about how Donald Trump is handling his job as president than they have ever been across either of his two terms in office, the latest Economist / YouGov Poll finds.
36% of Americans strongly or somewhat approve of Trump’s job handling, and 58% disapprove, for a net job approval of -22.
Trump has received worse approval, disapproval, and net approval numbers on individual past Economist / YouGov Polls. But in the past, bad numbers one week often have been offset by less-bad numbers in the next poll. Now, the share of Americans who approve of Trump’s job handling has been under 40% for two straight months, and his net approval has been -22 for three straight weeks. As a result, Trump’s average net approval over the past three weeks of -22 is a record low for his two terms.