Trump approval rating stays at record low in new poll as midterms near

With highly contested midterm elections in a few weeks, President Donald Trump again sees his approval rating stuck at a career-low in Reuters/Ipsos polling, which also indicated cratering support from Hispanic voters. The new poll, released on Monday, Oct. 5, found that only 32% of Americans approv

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With highly contested midterm elections in a few weeks, President Donald Trump again sees his approval rating stuck at a career-low in Reuters/Ipsos polling, which also indicated cratering support from Hispanic voters.

The new poll, released on Monday, Oct. 5, found that only 32% of Americans approved of the president’s job performance.

Trump’s current approval rating, which has now sat at 32% in two consecutive polls, is the lowest he has seen in Reuters/Ipsos polling during both terms in office. Previously, Trump’s floor was 33%, which he had reached in December 2017, as well as this past August, when it held for three weeks in a row.

President Donald Trump waves to the press as he disembarks from Marine One at the White House on October 02, 2026 in Washington, DC.

The president’s struggling approval rating comes as his popularity among Hispanic voters has plummeted, compared

with the nearly 50% support Trump gathered in 2024, which helped propel him to winning that year's election.

The most recent six-day Reuters/Ipsos poll surveyed 4,506 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

From high highs to low lows

Monday’s poll found that only 24% of Hispanic American respondents approved of Trump’s performance in his second term in the White House, the lowest support he has seen from the demographic in either of his terms.

Trump’s performance among Hispanic Americans is a far cry from the 48% that backed him in the 2024 presidential election, or even the 36% who supported him in 2020 when he lost to then-former Vice President Joe Biden.

Monday’s poll is not the only one to show a decrease in support for the president. On Sunday, Oct. 4, a new NBC News/Telemundo poll found Democrats leading Republicans by 24 percentage points on which party Latino voters want to see control Congress.

The president's declining support among the Latino demographic is a very big drag for Republicans who are desperately looking to hold narrow majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives.

Only 26% of Hispanic registered voters said they planned to vote for the GOP in November, while 52% said they planned to vote for the Democrats. That 26-percentage-point difference marks the largest lead the Democrats have held since Trump took office, according to Reuters/Ipsos.