Strength in Numbers: “Trump is unpopular Compare Trump’s topline job approval (-11) to that of other recent presidents, and he stands out quite clearly (not in a good way):
The president’s entire domestic policy agenda is underwater, too — especially on the economy and inflation, the two issues that won him the 2024 election:
But the problem for Trump (and those who ignore the data) runs deeper than the topline indicates. It’s not just that more people disapprove than approve of Trump, but that the disapprovers feel their emotions much, much more intensely. Depending on the polls you pick for your average, between 46 and 50 percent of U.S. adults tell pollsters they “strongly disapprove” of the job Trump is doing as president. That is double the percent that strongly approve (24%): Trump faces a large intensity gap in his approval rating
A lot of non-voters hate Trump – Yet, consumer-facing companies keep siding with Trump. Why? Regulatory pressure is one explanation: Maybe Disney/ABC really are worried about Brendan Carr taking local station licenses, more than they’re worried about audiences and attention. And other companies have behaved similarly: Paramount did what it apparently needed to do to get a merger with Skydance through Carr’s FCC, too. And Target very publicly rolled back lots of corporate DEI policies this spring…in 2025, look like U.S. voters in 2024. Let’s do some quick math:
- 53%: Trump’s topline disapproval in our polling average today
- 48%: The percent of U.S. adults who “strongly disapprove” of Trump’s job as president.
- 49.8%: The share of the vote Trump won among voters in 2024…
