President Trump, early in his second term, is earning an approval rating among the lowest in decades, a new survey found.
A poll, released Thursday by Gallup, found that 47 percent support Trump’s term so far, just above the 45 percent he earned at this point during his first term.
It’s a rating that places him below all other elected presidents since 1953. He remains the only elected commander in chief with an approval rating below 50 percent, the survey found.
Trump’s disapproval rating is 48 percent, which is 3 percentage points higher than in 2017 and marks a new high for that rating at the start of a president’s term.
Former President Biden received a 57 percent approval rating, the same as former President George W. Bush.
The presidents who received the next lowest approval rating after Trump were former Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
The president who received the highest approval rating when entering office was former President Kennedy.
Gallup noted that Trump’s current approval rating is “not statistically different” from the readings in the past.
“However, initial evaluations of Trump differ in that Americans are much more likely to disapprove of his performance rather than have no opinion as was the case for the elder Bush and Reagan,” the survey said.
Gallup noted that the 47 percent Trump scored is better than the average rating during his first term, when he earned a 41 percent approval from Americans. He was the only president to not receive a job rating of 50 percent or higher during his time in office.
The survey was conducted Jan. 21-27 among 1,001 adults and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
