DemDaily: “Disapprove”
April 30, 2025
As the Trump administration attempts to spin the President's record in his first 100 days in office, the nation is making its own judgment.
A flurry of Polls leading up to the landmark date show Trump has the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years -- with high negatives among voters on many of his policies and handling of major issue initiatives amid widespread economic discontent and fears of inflation and a recession.
| According to an April 18-22, 2025, ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll of US adults, conducted among partisan divisions of 30%-30%-29%, Democrats-Republicans- |
It now almost exactly matches his average, 40%, across his first term, with just 21% saying they "strongly" approve of Trump's work in office -- his lowest percentage on record. About twice as many, 44%, said they strongly disapprove.
Seventy-three percent of respondents said the economy is in bad shape, 53% said it's gotten worse since Trump took office, and 41% said their own finances have worsened -- which is as many as those who said so under President Joe Biden last summer.
Sixty-two percent said prices, which candidate Trump pledged to curb, are rising, and 72% said they think it's very or somewhat likely that his economic policies will cause a recession in the short term.
Anywhere from 57% to 67% of Americans said they disapprove of Trump's performance on six of seven issues tested in the survey.
Those include his handling of stock market volatility, tariffs, foreign relations and the economy overall. Fewer, 53%, said they disapprove of his handling of immigration.
Six in 10 or more said they oppose various administration initiatives, peaking at 77% opposed to cuts in federal funding for medical research.
Seventy percent were opposed to increasing the federal government's role in how private universities are run, 67% were opposed to ending birthright citizenship and 66% were opposed to closing the Department of Education.
In a deeper dive, on the administration's actions, 65% said Trump's administration is trying to avoid complying with federal court orders, 62% said they don't think he respects the rule of law, and 64% said he's going too far in trying to expand presidential powers.
Majorities also expressed concern that the president has gone too far in reducing the size and role of government (58%), acting beyond his presidential authority without justification (56%) and doubted the Trump administration's commitment to protecting citizens' rights and freedoms (55%).
In a partisan breakdown, 83% of Republicans approve of Trump's work in office, while 93% of Democrats and 60% of independents disapprove.
A difference is that 51% of Republicans strongly approve of Trump, while 85% of Democrats strongly disapprove. So do 44% of independents -- three times as many as those who strongly approve.
| Despite the negative numbers, Trump is hanging on to the vast bulk of his voters. Among people who voted for him in November, just 6% said they now regret it, while 94% said it was the right thing to do (Buyer's regret was even lower, 2%, at this point in his first term, a 4-point swing). |
That may be because they trust Congress even less.
Respondents said they trust Trump over the Democrats in Congress to handle the nation's main problems by 37%-30%. The dissatisfaction is bipartisan, however, with 30% saying they don't trust either party.
Further, while 60% said Trump is out of touch with the concerns of most people in the country, even more, 69%, said the Democratic Party is out of touch. It's 64% for the Republican Party overall.
DemList will keep you informed.
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