Trump Approval Rating Remains Near Record Low Amid Economic Concerns

Across a broad range of polls conducted in late May and early June 2026, President Trump's overall approval rating sits around 35%, one point above his second-term record low of 34% set in April, with disapproval ratings consistently in the low-to-mid 60s. The Reuters/Ipsos poll of 4,531 adults found 59% of respondents expect gas prices to rise further over the next year, reflecting anxiety over the Iran war, which has driven the national average price of a gallon of gasoline from $2.98 to $4.16 since hostilities began in late February. A YouGov/Economist poll found Trump's net approval rating on the economy at -34%, the lowest recorded across both his terms and a 42-point swing from the positive net rating he held at the same point in his first term. An AP-NORC analysis aggregating nearly two dozen polls found that independents without a college degree — a core Trump constituency — saw their positive views of the president fall from 48% before he took office to roughly one-quarter by spring 2026, erasing the education gap that had existed among independents. Hispanic independents experienced an even sharper drop, from 46% favorable around the 2024 election to as low as 15% during last fall's government shutdown. With Democrats holding a lead on the generic congressional ballot in several polls and Republican strategists warning of a potential midterm shellacking, the White House has attributed economic disruptions to Iran's interference with energy markets and pledged that conditions will improve once the conflict ends.