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LetMyPeopleVote

(166,964 posts)
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 03:00 PM Thursday

Gallup-Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low

trump's approval rating is still dropping

Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...

Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 (@lesleyabravanel.bsky.social) 2025-07-24T18:44:33.603Z



https://news.gallup.com/poll/692879/independents-drive-trump-approval-second-term-low.aspx

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­­— Six months into his second term, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has dipped to 37%, the lowest of this term and just slightly higher than his all-time worst rating of 34% at the end of his first term. Trump’s rating has fallen 10 percentage points among U.S. adults since he began his second term in January, including a 17-point decline among independents, to 29%, matching his lowest rating with that group in either of his terms.

For their part, Republicans’ ratings have remained generally steady near 90% and Democrats have been consistently in the low single digits.



These latest findings are from a July 7-21, 2025, Gallup poll, which began days after Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 4. The law addresses many of Trump’s second-term priorities, including tax cuts for individuals and corporations and increased spending for border security, defense and energy production. It also cuts funding for healthcare and nutrition programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to offset some of the costs of the tax cuts and spending increases.
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Gallup-Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Thursday OP
It's much lower.................... Lovie777 Thursday #1
We need to remember that most people are not political junkies senseandsensibility Thursday #2
He owns the worst net approval w/ indies 6 months into a presidency (-29 pt), beating his own record. LetMyPeopleVote Friday #3
Trump's Poll Numbers Hit a New Low, as He Bleeds Support from Independents LetMyPeopleVote Friday #4

senseandsensibility

(23,034 posts)
2. We need to remember that most people are not political junkies
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 03:12 PM
Thursday

and it takes a while for the news cycle to penetrate and change their minds. It's moving in the right direction, and I find this encouraging..

LetMyPeopleVote

(166,964 posts)
4. Trump's Poll Numbers Hit a New Low, as He Bleeds Support from Independents
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 01:12 PM
Friday

trump's numbers are crashing

https://time.com/7305351/trump-polling-new-low/

President Donald Trump’s approval rating slid further Thursday, hitting a new low during his second term of 37% among U.S. adults, according to Gallup, as he continues losing support from independent voters. Independents rated him most poorly on his handling of the budget, Ukraine and foreign trade.

Trump’s standing among partisans hasn’t shifted. Gallup found that his support from Republicans has stayed steady at around 89% and his approval from Democrats remained in the single digits, falling slightly to 2% in July.

Gallup’s pollsters spoke to voters in the two weeks after Trump signed into law his signature spending bill—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. That law included tax cuts, and increased funds for immigration enforcement, the military and U.S. fossil fuel production. It also included funding cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Among independents, Trump’s lowest approvals came in for his handling of the federal budget, at 19%, and the war in Ukraine, at 24%. Twenty seven percent of independents approved of his handling of foreign trade and the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. His handling of the economy found 29% approval among independents. Trump’s overall approval among independent voters declined to 29% down from 46% when he took office six months ago.
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