The picture gets even worse when you drill into economic issues. <\/p>\n
The president’s net approval rating on trade, one of Trump’s signature issues, is -25.7%. It’s worse, at -29.6%, on the economy overall, according to Silver’s calculations as of Friday.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The worst issue for the president is inflation, with a dismal -42.4% net approval rating. All three numbers have been on a downward trajectory throughout Trump’s second term in office. <\/p>\n
Americans’ dimming views of the US economy were further echoed Friday as a consumer sentiment reading for August<\/a> fell to 51 from 55.2 in July. <\/p>\n “Decreases in sentiment were seen across the political spectrum, with Republicans exhibiting the strongest month-to-month decline in August,” survey director Joanne Hsu said. <\/p>\n She added that sentiment among Republicans is now at its lowest level since the 2024 election. <\/p>\n Second-term lows for Trump <\/p>\n Economic issues are the dominant negative in Trump’s ratings, a complete turnabout from his first term, when the economy pulled his ratings up. <\/p>\n Silver recently noted that Trump’s overall ratings<\/a> are at a second-term low and that the data “lines up remarkably well with gas prices and the resumption of hostilities in Iran.” <\/p>\n The story is similar in a compilation of polls by RealClearPolitics, with inflation a standout issue at 30.5%<\/a>, far below other issues tracked, such as foreign policy, immigration, and crime. <\/p>\n<\/a> (Graphic: Nate Silver’s “Silver Bulletin”) <\/p>\n