Trump Approval at 38% Among Registered Voters, With 51% Strongly Disapproving

Republicans are the only party group in which a majority approves. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of Republicans approve, including 36% who strongly approve, while 21% disapprove. Ninety-three percent (93%) of Democrats disapprove, including 85% who strongly disapprove. Independents disapprove 72% to 27%, with 56% strongly disapproving. Among 2024 Trump voters, 80% approve and 19% disapprove, while 95% of Harris voters disapprove, including 89% who strongly disapprove.

Moderates disapprove 72% to 26%, with 56% strongly disapproving, while conservatives approve 75% to 24% and liberals disapprove 93% to 7%. Voters who say they would vote Republican for Congress approve of the president 82% to 18%, while those who would vote Democratic disapprove 94% to 6%. Approval is higher among voters who vote or plan to vote in person on Election Day (46%) than among those who voted or plan to vote in person before Election Day (36%) or by mail (31%).

Women are less approving than men. Thirty-five percent (35%) of women approve and 65% disapprove, compared with 42% approval and 57% disapproval among men. The gap is widest among younger voters: 23% of women under 40 approve and 77% disapprove, with 63% strongly disapproving, compared with 37% approval and 59% disapproval among men under 40. Approval is 44% among men 40 and older and 40% among women 40 and older. By generation, approval is 32% among Generation Z, 37% among Millennials, 38% among Generation X and 41% among Baby Boomers. About half in each generation strongly disapprove (50% to 52%), while strong approval rises from 12% among Generation Z to 21% among Baby Boomers.

Forty-two percent (42%) of White voters approve and 57% disapprove, compared with 35% approval and 64% disapproval among Hispanic voters and 19% approval and 79% disapproval among Black voters. Approval is highest in the South (41%) and West (40%) and lowest in the Northeast (29%), where 60% strongly disapprove.

Voters are likelier to describe their vote for Congress as opposition to the president than as support for him. Forty-one percent (41%) of Registered Voters say their vote is mainly a vote to oppose Donald Trump, 24% say it is mainly a vote to support him and 31% say it is not mainly about Trump, with 4% not sure. Among Likely Voters, the figures are 42%, 25% and 31%. Seventy-two percent (72%) of voters who would vote Democratic for Congress call their vote opposition, while 56% of those who would vote Republican call it support and 38% say it is not mainly about Trump. Independents call it opposition (45%) more often than support (13%) or not mainly about Trump (36%).

Voters who say their vote is not mainly about Trump are divided on the president, with 40% approving and 59% disapproving. Voters who strongly approve of his job performance are likelier to call their vote support (76%) than those who somewhat approve (45%), 43% of whom say it is not mainly about Trump.

Twenty-seven percent (27%) of Registered Voters say the country is headed in the right direction and 68% say it has gotten off on the wrong track, with 6% not sure. Among Likely Voters, 27% say right direction and 67% say wrong track. Fifty-three percent (53%) of Republicans say the country is headed in the right direction and 37% say wrong track, compared with 7% of Democrats and 19% of independents who say right direction. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of voters who strongly approve of Trump say right direction, compared with 53% of those who somewhat approve.