A majority of Americans approve of President Trump's job performance, reflecting steady support for the president through a turbulent second term.
The latest daily poll from Rasmussen Reports has Trump at 50% support among likely voters, with 48% disapproving. His approval rating fell three points from 53% on Friday, September 19, when 46% of voters disapproved of him.
Trump's current net approval rating of +2 marks a five-point gain in the span of a week. He was three points underwater on Monday September 15, when 48% approved and 51% disapproved.
The latest survey from Monday September 22 found that 34% "strongly" approve of Trump's performance, while 40% strongly disapprove, which gives Trump a Presidential Approval Index rating of - 6.
Rasmussen collects polling data over the telephone, sampling 300 likely voters on a nightly basis. To reach voters who do not have landline phones, Rasmussen uses an online survey tool to interview randomly selected participants from a demographically diverse panel.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters is +/- 2.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
The Rasmussen results are better for Trump than some other polls out there. A recent Economist/YouGov poll found 39% of voters approve of Trump's job performance while 57% disapprove, marking a low point in the survey for his second term.
Trump has received some of his strongest marks on crime and immigration. A recent survey from the highly regarded AlasIntel found 51% of Americans rated Trump's job on immigration as good or excellent, with 47% disapproving.
However, the poll also found 55% of American adults rate the "mass deportation of undocumented immigrants" as a policy "error," reflecting backlash against Trump's increasingly aggressive crackdown on illegal aliens.
Over the weekend, Trump announced a $100,000 fee for guest workers applying for the H-1B visa, a move that was cheered by his base.
Trump's tariff agenda has received a cool reception, with 43% approving and 54% disapproving, a difference of 11 points, according to the AtlasIntel poll.
The poll sampled over 1,000 U.S. adults between September 12 and September 16, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 points.
On the economy, 46% approved of Trump's job, while 49% disapproved, according to the poll. Overall, 47% of adults disapproved of Trump's job performance and 52% approved.
Trump has weathered months of headlines connecting him to Jeffrey Epstein, a controversy Trump has rejected as a Democratic party hoax. The Epstein estate recently released a birthday letter with Trump's signature, although he maintains the document is fake.
