UNDERNEWS: Polls

October 31, 2025

Polls

Line chart titled Trumps approval rating is at its lowest ever showing net approval ratings by presidential term in points from 40 to -30 over months from January to November. Three lines: blue dashed for Obama 2009 starting high and declining slightly, green dashed for Biden 2021 starting positive and dropping to negative, red solid for Trump 2017 starting near zero and plunging to -18 by late year, with another red line labeled Trump 2025 starting low. Labels distinguish approve and disapprove regions, source YouGov The Economist.

Washington Post A majority of Americans oppose President Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, a Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found. Twenty-eight percent say they support the demolition project.

Washington Post - More Americans blame President Trump and Republicans in Congress than Democrats for the nearly month-long government shutdown, according to a Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.

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