President Trump’s approval rating dipped to a second-term low in the latest New York Times/Siena poll published Monday.
Pollsters found Trump’s approval at 37 percent, with 59 percent of respondents saying they disapprove of the president’s job performance. The previous Times/Siena poll, released in January, showed Trump with an approval rating of 40 percent, while 57 percent of respondents said they disapproved of the president’s performance.
Trump sees stronger approval among men than women in the new survey, with his overall approval among men registering at 45 percent versus 29 percent among women. Most women disapprove of his job performance, at 66 percent, compared with 51 percent of men who say they disapprove.
Nearly three-quarters of surveyed nonwhite voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance, with just 21 percent saying they approve. Just more than half of surveyed white voters say they disapprove, whereas 45 percent say they approve.
Black voters overwhelmingly disapprove of the president’s job performance. Eighty-three percent disapprove compared with 14 percent who approve. Similarly, Hispanic voters largely disapprove at 71 percent, while 20 percent say they approve.
When broken down by age, the president holds the most support among respondents between 45 and 64 years old, who registered 45 percent approval, and among respondents 65 and older, who registered 43 percent approval.
Pollsters also found a majority of Republicans still support Trump, at 82 percent, compared with 79 percent of the president’s voters in 2024 saying they approve of his job performance.
Trump’s high disapproval rating comes amid souring views toward his administration’s handling of the war in Iran. Sixty four percent of those polled say they think the war in Iran was the wrong decision. Thirty percent say they agree it was the right decision.
Most respondents oppose the war, with 64 percent disapproving the war effort and 31 percent supporting it. Fifty-five percent of those surveyed say the war will not be worth the costs, while 21 percent say the war will be worth the cost.
The New York Times/Siena survey was conducted May 11-15 and included 1,507 respondents. The margin of error is 2.8 percentage points.
