Trump's Approval Drops to 31%

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Trump’s Approval Drops to 31%

May 21, 2026 at 9:13 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 131 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/21/trumps-approval-drops-to-31/

Just 31% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 64% say they disapprove, according to the latest American Research Group survey.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. How is it that high?

I mean seriously...

[Skittles]

26. I suspect many are too proud to admit they were duped

sorry, too fucking stupid I mean

[spooky3]

2. Is he headed to GW Bush territory? He's certainly worse than GWB. nt

[Soul_of_Wit]

25. The "bush line" is generally considered to be 32%

That was W's approval when he left office. He did have a lower approval rating in 2008 before rebounding. Nixon had an even lower approval right before resigning. W also had the highest approval, right after 9/11.

The aftermath of lying us into a second forever war was two Obama terms and a GOP so damaged that Donald got the Republican nomination in 2016. The grifter POTUS has literally never had approval at 50%. Not once. I once thought a satirical protest candidate would have a better chance to be elected than the tangerine toddler. The joke was on sane Americans everywhere.

[twodogsbarking]

28. Zero Celsius is thirty-two Fahrenheit. Below 32 is effectively a negative number.

I'm with you.

[Wicked Blue]

3. Down, down, down, down

How low can he go?

[Vogon_Glory]

29. Answer: Rock Lobster Territory n/t

[lame54]

4. Tomorrow it will 41 percent...

Trump polls jump all over the place

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. Not a chance

While there are difference in results from different pollsters, If you follow the polls from the same outlets, in each successive poll his numbers decline.

[PatSeg]

16. Yes and I find these results very believable

I expect the numbers to go below 30%, hopefully soon.

[vapor2]

5. Waiting for the drop into the teens

[Volaris]

6. He'll get there lol...between Lil Marcos Bay of Pigs 2.0, summer prices spiking all over the place,

and epstiens ghost still hanging around...yeah, he might be just about there by the time the leaves start to turn.

[CaptainTruth]

12. I think he's more into pre-teens.

[Epstein joke]

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. Just imagine where he will be in November

Using Trumpian math, his approval will be down by 6000%!

[talking-liberally]

9. 31 points higher than it should be.

[Warpy]

10. I hope other polls come in with similar numbers

as it becomes more and more clear that Fatso doesn't know what the fuck he's doing and wouldn't care about any of the non billionaires even if he did.

[MadameButterfly]

11. I wish this had any impact on who he could control or what

he is able to get away with.

[Fil1957]

15. If it gets low enough, it will.

[MadameButterfly]

20. I keep holding out hope that the last thing is the thing that will do it.

And I wonder if it gets down to even 20%, will the sychophants in DC still do his bidding. Will there be enough election meddling and Brownshirts to keep him in power?

[Fil1957]

23. There will be some that will and some that will try. We just have to hope there won't be enough of them.

[CaptainTruth]

13. Way too many people are delusional or hate America...

...or both.

[peggysue2]

14. Lower, please.

Low 20s would be a better score, more accurate. Scraping the teens would be even better.

My approval?

Zero percent from the moment this jerk rode down his golden escalator.

[Fil1957]

18. 20% or less approval seems to be Trump's personal goal, judging by his policies, actions and practically everything he

does these days.

[SergeStorms]

19. If it was 3.1%......

It'd still be too damned many. Who the hell are these idiots? If a Democrat did one, just one of hundreds (perhaps thousands) of crimes Agent Orange has done, we'd never stop hearing about it on the media. But Trump?..............crickets chirping. 🦗🦗🦗

[Norbert]

21. How low can you go?

[hunter]

22. Trump flags and signs were common in California's Republican counties. Now they are not

The Newsom hate signs remain.

[Dave Id]

24. So tell me...

What the fuck has the adjudicated, convicted rapist done that 31% of people approve of?

[Soul_of_Wit]

30. As the Russians say, Donald is a useful idiot

He is pro-grift, pro-bribery and pro-fraud, including tax fraud. He cuts taxes and IRS staffing. He appeals to the pro-authoritarian and the pro-theocracy crowd. Much of MAGA, especially the evangelicals, are also on board for the bigotry and misogyny.

[wiggs]

27. These polls focus on job performance in policy areas...they therefore miss the most important interview

questions that SHOULD be asked in a popularity or performance poll

...Yes/No/Somewhat: Is TSF so diminished by personal, mental, health, and emotional limitations that he cannot effectively perform the duties of the office on behalf of its citizens?

...Yes/No/Somewhat: Do you fear that TSF often acts recklessly, irrationally, and ignorantly regarding important national issues?

...Yes/No/Somewhat: Do you believe that TSF often appears to be very interested in the aggrandizement and enrichment of himself, his family, and his allies?

...Yes/No/Somewhat: Do you believe that TSF understands, respects, and treats equally those who are of a different skin color or gender as he is?

...Yes/No/Somewhat: Do you believe that TSF knows that he frequently lies and that uses his lies craftily and with political purpose, as opposed to lying while deluded, confused, disconnected, or ignorant?

...Yes/No/Somewhat: Do you believe that whining, cheating, lying, grifting, prideful illiteracy, failure, arrogance, and bragging are useful character traits for a potus?

Why do we not see questions like this, when they are of the utmost importance with respect to an office with so much power and potential for danger? some of the job performance results may reflect that people can see TSFs disorders daily.

[doc03]

31. What worries me that is 31% of the public, but only half of us vote. What percentage

is he among voters? It is probably much more than 31%. Presidential elections are usually in the single didget
margin. It doesn't take much voter suppression to win.

[Kaleva]

33. Here's a poll of registered voters

“The latest poll, conducted between May 15-18 among 1,002 registered voters, puts Trump’s approval rating at a new low across both his terms in the White House, with 39 percent approving and 61 percent disapproving.“

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221253324

[J_William_Ryan]

32. "How is it that high?"

30 percent represents the Trump hard core: Cult members and blind partisan Republican hacks who will forever support and defend Trump.

It likely won’t go much lower.

[OAITW r.2.0]

34. Pretty much all Democrats and most Independent are already accounted for in Trump's disapproval ratings.

What's left are Republicans. And every 1% drop now are Republicans that are finally getting woke.