Poll: Trump's approval rating hits new low as immigration backlash grows and ICE withdraws from Minnesota

(Yahoo News) As Americans increasingly reject his administration’s aggressive immigration policies, President Trump’s approval rating has fallen to match its lowest level ever, according to a new Yahoo/YouGov poll.

The survey of 1,704 U.S. adults, which was conducted from Feb. 9 to 12, finds that just 38% now approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president (down from 40% last month). That number had slipped to 38% in only one previous Yahoo/YouGov poll — at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020. It has never been lower. Meanwhile, the president’s disapproval rating has risen to 58% (up from 56% last month). That’s also a new high.

The trend is clear. When Trump first returned to office early last year, his average approval rating was higher than his average disapproval rating. The two lines crossed in March 2025. Since then, the president has sunk from six points “underwater” in the April 2025 Yahoo/YouGov survey to 20 points underwater today.

In comparison, former President Joe Biden was about 8 points underwater at this stage of his presidency. And Trump was about 13 points underwater at this point in his first term.

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