President Donald Trump’s approval rating has managed to hold firm and remain in the positive exactly one month after taking office and amid a rapid introduction of his agenda.Trump has recorded at least 50 percent approval ratings in three recent surveys, Newsweek, adding that the “surveys suggest that most Americans approve of the job the president is doing, despite other polls indicating that Trump’s favorability ratings have declined since his first few days back in office.”
A SurveyUSA poll of 2,000 adults found that a majority (51 percent) approve of Trump’s job as president, while 45 percent disapprove, giving him a net approval score of +6 points.
When analyzed by region, the results reveal that Trump enjoys stronger approval in rural areas (59 percent) compared to suburban (48 percent) and urban areas (51 percent).
The SurveyUSA poll was conducted between February 13 and 16, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
A separate Morning Consult poll, also released on Tuesday, showed that 50 percent of voters approve of Trump’s job as president, while 47 percent disapprove, Newsweek’s report continued.
Eli Yokley, U.S. politics analyst for Morning Consult, and Cameron Easley, head of U.S. political analysis, noted in their analysis that Trump’s approval rating has “stabilized” after three consecutive weeks of decline.
“The president’s approval and favorability ratings have stabilized following three straight declines week over week. Voters are slightly more likely to approve than disapprove of Trump’s job performance, 50% to 47%, and slightly more likely to view him unfavorably than favorably on a personal level, 49% to 48%,” Yokley told Newsweek. “Both figures represent marginal improvements from last week’s update and are similar to his numbers at the same point in his first term in office.”
The Morning Consult poll was conducted between February 14 and 16 among 2,217 registered voters.
Additionally, a recent survey from a Republican polling firm indicated that Trump maintains a strong approval rating.
The Napolitan News survey, conducted by Scott Rasmussen and RMG Research, showed Trump’s approval at 55 percent, with a disapproval rating of 43 percent, giving him a net approval score of +12 points, Newsweek added.
Trump’s approval rating among this group has remained above 50 percent since he returned to the White House on January 20, peaking at 57 percent during his inauguration week.
The Napolitan News poll surveyed 3,000 registered voters between February 10 and 14, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percentage points.
RMG Research was founded by pollster Scott Rasmussen, who also established the polling company Rasmussen Reports.
“It’s not terribly uncommon for Americans to hold slightly different views of public officials as people (favorability) versus their performance of the job (approval),” Chris Jackson, senior vice president of U.S. public affairs at Ipsos, previously told Newsweek.
What we’ve heard in some qualitative research is that there is a small but real group of Americans who do not personally like President Trump or his behavior, but they think he is the right person for the job or the moment,” he added.
Meanwhile, a significant shift is taking place in how major corporations approach and fund Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, an issue Trump campaigned on last year before destroying now-former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump accelerated this transition last month by signing an executive order eliminating DEI policies and staff within the federal government and extending the ban to federal contractors, The Center Square reported.
Some private companies had already begun scaling back DEI initiatives before Trump took office. However, following his directive, many have begun retreating from their DEI commitments—at least symbolically—even if substantive internal changes remain limited, the outlet noted further.
Businesses that choose to maintain DEI-driven hiring practices face an uncertain legal landscape, the outlet added.
