Nearly a week after a lopsided midterm election, President Donald Trump’s approval rating continues to struggle, reaching its lowest level since late September, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.
The poll, released Saturday, Nov. 7, shows Trump’s approval rating at 36%, down three percentage points from the previous Economist/YouGov survey on Oct. 29, days before the Nov. 3 Election Day. The president’s approval rating was also the lowest seen in the pollster's tracking since late September, when he also hit 36%.
Trump’s continued struggles in the polls come less than a week after the Republican Party suffered one of its biggest electoral defeats as Democrats swept back control of Congress, regaining control of both the House of Representatives
and the Senate.
The latest Economist/YouGov poll, conducted from Nov. 4 to Nov. 6, surveyed 3,166 registered voters with a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points.
Age concerns for Trump?
According to the Economist/YouGov poll, a plurality of Americans say Trump is too old to be president, with 51% agreeing that the 80-year-old is no longer fit for the White House. By party registration, 17% of Republicans, 84% of Democrats and 56% of Independents said Trump’s age is a concern.
A majority of Americans (58%) also said Trump’s job performance in the second term is worse than his first, with only 19% saying he improved from his first term. Meanwhile, 19% said Trump’s job performance is about the same when comparing both administrations.
What do Trump's polling averages say?
Trump’s drop in the latest Economist/YouGov poll comes as national polling averages continue to show his approval well underwater.
As of Monday, Nov. 9, the RealClearPolitics average put Trump’s approval rating at 38.9%, compared with 59.2% disapproval.
The New York Times polling average showed Trump at 37% approval and 60% disapproval, while Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin average had him at 37.8% approval and 59.1% disapproval.
Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at fernando.cervantes@usatodayco.com and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.
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