UPDATED May 21, 2019 at 5:34 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
•	May 18-21 5/18-21	HarrisX	C+	3,005	RV	0.68	46%	54%		43%	53%	-10
•	May 16-20 5/16-20	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	C+	1,500	LV	0.84	46%	53%		42%	54%	-12
•	May 16-20 5/16-20	Quinnipiac University	A-	1,078	RV	1.65	38%	57%		41%	55%	-15
•	May 16-17 5/16-17	YouGov	B	741	RV	0.25	42%	56%		41%	56%	-15
•	May 14-17 5/14-17	HarrisX	C+	3,004	RV	0.55	46%	54%		43%	53%	-10
•	May 18-21 5/18-21	HarrisX	C+	3,005	RV	0.68	46%	54%		42%	53%	-11
•	May 17-20 5/17-20	American Research Group	C+	1,100	A	1.15	40%	56%		42%	54%	-12
•	May 16-20 5/16-20	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	C+	1,500	LV	0.84	46%	53%		40%	54%	-14
•	May 16-20 5/16-20	Quinnipiac University	A-	1,078	RV	1.65	38%	57%		40%	56%	-16
•	May 16-17 5/16-17	YouGov	B	1,000	A	0.27	40%	52%		41%	54%	-13
•	May 17-20 5/17-20	American Research Group	C+	1,100	A	1.15	40%	56%		41%	54%	-13
•	May 16-17 5/16-17	YouGov	B	1,000	A	0.27	40%	52%		40%	55%	-15
•	May 15-16 5/15-16	YouGov	B	1,000	A	0.24	42%	52%		42%	55%	-13
•	May 14-15 5/14-15	YouGov	B	1,000	A	0.22	39%	54%		39%	57%	-18
•	May 13-14 5/13-14	YouGov	B	1,000	A	0.21	45%	50%		45%	53%	-8

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Key

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A = ALL ADULTS

RV = REGISTERED VOTERS

V = VOTERS

LV = LIKELY 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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