Trump Approval Rating At 35%: 59% Of Voters Say Gas Prices Will Get Worse – Benzinga
A new poll shows President Donald Trump with a low approval rating and higher gas prices could be the reason to blame, similar to other recent polls since the U.S. attacked Iran in February.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Trump with an approval rating of 35%, unchanged from the same polling group in mid-May.
Trump's disapproval rating stands at 63% in the poll, also unchanged from the most recent poll.
The president has a net approval rating of -28.
Trump's approval rating is just above the lowest he has had in his second presidential term, according to Reuters/Ipsos, ahead of a 34% rating from April.
In the latest poll, only 17% of voters said gas prices will get better because of the Iran War, while 13% say they will stay the same and 59% think they will get worse. The remaining 11% said they were not sure or skipped the question.
Asked if the military action in Iran is worth it, only 25% of voters say yes, while 53% say no and 23% are not sure or skipped the question.
In the latest poll, only 22% of voters approve of Trump's management of the cost-of-living, while 70% disapprove.
This now ranks worse than the final marks for former President Joe Biden at the end of his term. Biden had a 29% approval and 63% disapproval for his management of the cost-of-living at the end of his term, which came with high inflation, a main worry and struggle for consumers.
American voters polled now believe they may be worse off than during that period based on their cost of living and Trump's lack of attention to this key voter worry.
The voter opinions on the war in Iran and Trump's lack of focus on the cost-of-living could be bad news for the Republican party moving forward.
Voters said that if the congressional elections were held today, they are more likely to vote for the Democrat candidate than Republican candidate by a 41% to 37% margin, with the remainder not sure.
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