Trump Approval Drops to 34% in Reuters/Ipsos Poll
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- Trump's approval dropped to 34% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday, 2 points below mid-April and matching his second-lowest first-term rating recorded six days after the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
- Gas prices have surged 40% due to the conflict with Iran, and Trump's approval on cost of living slipped to 22% from 25% in March, while his overall economic handling hit a new low of 27%.
- Trump's approval on handling the Iran conflict itself fell to 34%, down from 36% in mid-April and 38% in March, while his disapproval rating climbed to 64% from 62%.
- Republicans still back Trump at 71%, but 41% of Republicans say they disapprove of his handling of the cost of living — a notable intra-party fracture on kitchen-table issues.
- An AP/NORC poll released the same week showed Trump at 30% approval, an 8-point drop from March, reinforcing the downward trend across polling firms.
- The Reuters/Ipsos survey was conducted April 15-20, before the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday, meaning that incident's impact on public opinion is not yet captured.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to dismiss Iran's peace proposal submitted Monday, which reportedly excluded concessions on its nuclear program, even as a fragile ceasefire holds to permit negotiations.
Why it matters: Trump's 34% approval ties his second-lowest first-term mark, and 41% of Republicans now disapprove of his cost-of-living handling — meaning economic pain from the Iran conflict is cracking his own base, not just independents. The AP/NORC poll simultaneously showing 30% confirms a consistent cross-pollster trend, and the WHCD shooting happened after the survey was taken, leaving room for further decline.
