UPDATED Jan. 18, 2021 at 3:20 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 »

Polls of likely or registered voters

KEY

ESTIMATE

PROJECTION

90% OF POLLS PROJECTED TO FALL IN THIS RANGE

	DATES	POLLSTER	GRADE	SAMPLE		WEIGHT						ADJUSTED		ADJUSTED NET APPROVAL
•	Jan. 15-17 1/15-17	Quinnipiac University	B+	1,131	RV	1.35	34%	61%		37%	59%	-22
•	Jan. 12-17 1/12-17	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	C+	1,500	LV	0.90	48%	51%		44%	52%	-8
•	Jan. 12-15 1/12-15	Suffolk University	A	1,000	RV	1.76	41%	54%		41%	54%	-13
•	Jan. 10-13 1/10-13	NBC News/The Wall Street Journal	A-	1,000	RV	1.65	43%	55%		42%	55%	-13
•	Jan. 10-12 1/10-12	YouGov	B	1,293	RV	1.08	41%	55%		41%	54%	-14
•	Jan. 15-17 1/15-17	Quinnipiac University	B+	1,131	RV	1.35	34%	61%		36%	60%	-24
•	Jan. 12-17 1/12-17	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	C+	1,500	LV	0.90	48%	51%		43%	53%	-10
•	Jan. 13-15 1/13-15	YouGov	B	2,166	A	1.16	41%	59%		42%	61%	-19
•	Jan. 12-15 1/12-15	Suffolk University	A	1,000	RV	1.76	41%	54%		40%	54%	-14
•	Jan. 4-15 1/4-15	Gallup	B	1,023	A	1.37	34%	62%		35%	61%	-26
•	Jan. 13-15 1/13-15	YouGov	B	2,166	A	1.16	41%	59%		41%	61%	-20
•	Jan. 4-15 1/4-15	Gallup	B	1,023	A	1.37	34%	62%		34%	61%	-27
•	Jan. 12-14 1/12-14	Morning Consult	B/C	2,200	A	0.34	34%	60%		33%	61%	-27
•	Jan. 9-14 1/9-14	CNN/SSRS	B/C	1,003	A	1.29	34%	62%		34%	61%	-27
•	Jan. 10-13 1/10-13	ABC News/The Washington Post	A+	1,002	A	2.13	38%	60%		38%	59%	-21

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A = ALL ADULTS

RV = REGISTERED VOTERS

V = VOTERS

LV = LIKELY VOTERS

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