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President Donald Trump's average approval rating has dropped in the early weeks of 2026, according to RealClearPolling.com.
The polling website reports that Trump has a -13.1% average net approval rating, with a 42.5% approval rating and 55.6% disapproval rating for surveys conducted between January 7 and January 20. The president was previously reported to have an average 43.8% approval rating and 52.6% disapproval rating for surveys conducted between December 9 and January 11 and an average 44.3% approval rating and 52.5% disapproval rating for surveys conducted between December 9 and January 7.
Trump was reported to have an average net approval rating of -9.9 to end his first year in office, according to RealClearPolling.com. The president was reported to have an average 43.4% approval rating and a 53.3% disapproval rating among several national polls conducted in the final days of 2025.
Trump was reported to have net approval rating at around -13 entering 2026, according to famed polling expert Nate Silver in his Silver Bulletin blog. Silver acknowledged that "people aren't going to pay much attention to polls released during the holidays" and Trump's net approval rating average "has been hovering around -13 since mid-December," but claimed he expected "poll releases to pick back up" during the first week of the new year.
The recent polling numbers follow nationwide protests over Trump's strict immigration policies and the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in major cities, as well as his continued efforts to take control of Greenland and declining support for his economic policies.