President Donald Trump’s approval rating has rebounded among key demographic groups after hitting record lows last week, according to new polling.
New YouGov/Economist polling, conducted between October 10-13 among 1,622 U.S. adults, shows that the bump occurred among women, Hispanics and older citizens.
Why It Matters
A recovery among seniors and Hispanics could help Trump stabilize his overall approval rating, particularly after weeks of negative polling. While his ratings among women remain weak, the uptick across all three groups suggests a modest improvement in public sentiment following a period of decline.
What To Know
Among women, Trump’s net rating rose 10 points, from –28 to –18, while among Americans aged 65 and older, it climbed from –12 to an even 0, marking the first time in months that seniors are evenly divided on his performance. Support also ticked up among Hispanics, with his net approval improving from –46 to –35. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percent.
Trump has seen a slight uptick in his approval ratings in the last week. In the latest Morning Consult survey conducted from October 10 to 12, Trump’s net approval was at to +8, up 3 points from polling conducted October 3 to 5.
Rasmussen Reports also showed improvement, with Trump’s net rating rising from -10 on October 8 to -5 on October 14.
YouGov/Economist polling has also shown a small improvement in Trump’s popularity, with his net approval rising from -17 points last week to -15 points this week.
Newsweek’s tracker shows Trump’s net approval remaining consistent at -8 points, with 44 percent approving and 52 percent disapproving.
That is despite the fact that the government shutdown entered its third week after Democrats and Republicans failed to come to an agreement over the Affordable Care Act. “That’s a bit unusual,” pollster Nate Silver told the New York Times. “Most of the time, a shutdown (temporarily) hurts everyone’s numbers. Funnily enough, there has been a recent dip in Trump’s numbers, but it predates the shutdown.”
Instead, Trump has seen his approval numbers shoot up since the shutdown began. The YouGov/Economist poll shows that approval of Trump’s handling of the shutdown has crept up in the past week among women, Hispanics and baby boomers.
Among women, 33 percent now approve of his handling of the shutdown, up from 26 percent last week. Among Hispanics, there was a smaller improvement, from 22 percent to 24 percent. While approval among baby boomers shot up from 39 percent to 47 percent.
Women, Hispanics and baby boomers are also now less likely to blame Donald Trump and the Republican Party for the government shutdown than they were a week ago.
The share of women who say they hold Trump and the GOP responsible has fallen from 42 percent to 38 percent, while among Hispanics, that figure has dropped from 45 percent to 41 percent. Among baby boomers, the decline is even steeper—from 46 percent last week to 39 percent now.
Trump has also seen his numbers creep up since he announced his 20-point peace plan for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Trump has hailed the proposal as “the dawn of a new era of peace” in the Middle East, while foreign governments cautiously endorsed it as a critical—if fragile—first step.
Polling shows that Americans are largely supportive of the deal. The YouGov/Economist poll shows that 53 percent of Americans approve. And that includes 48 percent of women, 57 percent of Hispanics and 69 percent of baby boomers.
