UPDATED May 8, 2018 at 1:13 PM

How unpopular is Donald Trump?

How unpopular
is Donald Trump?

An updating calculation of the president's approval rating, accounting for each poll's quality, recency, sample size and partisan lean. How this works »

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90% OF POLLS PROJECTED TO FALL IN THIS RANGE

	DATES	POLLSTER	GRADE	SAMPLE		WEIGHT						ADJUSTED		ADJUSTED NET APPROVAL
•	May 3-7 5/3-7	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	C+	1,500	LV	0.78	47%	51%		42%	51%	-10
•	Apr. 30-May 6 4/30-5/6	Gallup	B-	1,500	A	1.02	42%	52%		43%	50%	-7
•	May 3-5 5/3-5	CBS News	A-	1,101	A	1.73	40%	55%		41%	54%	-13
•	May 2-5 5/2-5	CNN/SSRS		1,015	A	1.48	41%	53%		42%	52%	-11
•	Apr. 26-May 4 4/26-5/4	IBD/TIPP	A-	900	A	1.50	38%	56%		40%	54%	-14
•	May 3-7 5/3-7	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	C+	1,500	LV	0.78	47%	51%		43%	51%	-8
•	May 2-5 5/2-5	CNN/SSRS		901	RV	1.37	44%	51%		44%	51%	-6
•	Apr. 29-May 3 4/29-5/3	Ipsos	A-	1,238	RV	2.15	49%	49%		49%	47%	2
•	Apr. 30-May 2 4/30-5/2	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	C+	1,500	LV	0.53	50%	49%		46%	49%	-3
•	Apr. 26-May 2 4/26-5/2	SurveyMonkey	C-	13,033	RV	0.75	47%	52%		45%	50%	-6
•	Apr. 30-May 6 4/30-5/6	Gallup	B-	1,500	A	1.02	42%	52%		43%	50%	-8
•	May 3-5 5/3-5	CBS News	A-	1,101	A	1.73	40%	55%		41%	55%	-14
•	May 2-5 5/2-5	CNN/SSRS		1,015	A	1.48	41%	53%		41%	53%	-11
•	Apr. 26-May 4 4/26-5/4	IBD/TIPP	A-	900	A	1.50	38%	56%		40%	54%	-15
•	Apr. 29-May 3 4/29-5/3	Ipsos	A-	1,423	A	2.24	48%	50%		47%	49%	-1

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A = ALL ADULTS

RV = REGISTERED VOTERS

LV = LIKELY VOTERS

V = VOTERS

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George W. Bush2001-09

Bill Clinton1993-2001

George H.W. Bush1989-93

Ronald Reagan1981-89

Jimmy Carter1977-81

Gerald Ford1974-77

Richard Nixon1969-74

Lyndon B. Johnson1963-69

John F. Kennedy1961-63

Dwight D. Eisenhower1953-61

Harry S. Truman1945-53

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