Trump approval holds at 32pc, near lowest of his career, Reuters Ipsos poll finds

President Donald Trump’s approval rating was near the lowest of his political career, weighed down by national concerns about rising prices that swept his Republican Party in last week’s midterm elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday.

About 32% of Americans approve of Trump’s performance in the White House, unchanged from two previous Reuters/Ipsos polls conducted between late October and early November. That’s one percentage point higher than his 31 percent approval rating in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in mid-October, the lowest approval rating of his political career.

The Republican Party led by Trump suffered a catastrophic defeat in the midterm elections held on November 3, losing control of both houses of the US Congress. With some races still undecided, Democrats scored their biggest victory in the ​House of Representatives since at least 2008 while flipping Senate seats in traditionally conservative ​states including Kansas, South Carolina and Texas.

The poll showed just 21% of Americans giving Trump a thumbs-up on his management ‌of ⁠the cost of living. The war the president launched against Iran in February sent fuel prices soaring, straining household finances. Trump’s low approval ratings on the issue also hurt his allies in Congress. Trump’s approval rating for his immigration policies, at 38 percent, remains well above the 25 percent approval rating among Americans for his economic management.

About 81% of Republicans in the survey support Trump’s immigration policies, compared with 50% who support the cost of living. Trump has aggressively increased immigration deportations since returning to the White House in January 2025, and last week promoted Stephen Mueller, a key developer of the policy, to become the new White House chief of staff.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll, which was conducted online nationwide from Nov. 6-9, collected responses from 1,705 American adults and had a margin of error of about 2 percentage points.