NCS information analyst Harry Enten says President Donald Trump is now in a league of his personal on the subject of sinking approval scores.
Citing a median of latest surveys from AP-NORC, NBC News, Yahoo-YouGov, and Quinnipiac, Enten famous that Trump’s web approval ranking now stands at -22. By comparability, Joe Biden was at -13 in February 2022, whereas Trump sat at -12 throughout the identical level in his first time period.
“Look at this, I got four numbers across for you on this screen here. They are all second-term lows for the given pollster. What are we talking about? AP-NORC, 26 points below water. NBC, 22 points below water. Yahoo-YouGov, 20 points below the water. Quinnipiac, 19 points below water. So we’re ranging from -19 points, all the way to -26 points,” Enten stated.
Enten’s evaluation revealed that the drop in Trump’s approval ranking is being pushed by unbiased voters. / NCS
He stated individuals preserve asking, “Where is the floor for Donald Trump?”
“And I’m not sure there is a floor, because if there is one, Donald Trump, at least in term No. 2, has just fallen through it to another low level!”
He added: “The bottom line is this: Donald Trump is setting new records for himself in term No. 2, setting new records for himself compared to where he was at this time in term No. 1. And he is doing worse than Biden, which is of course a comparison that Donald Trump does not want to be because we all know what happened to Joe Biden,” famous Enten.
Pressed by anchor Kate Bolduan on what’s driving the decline, Enten pointed squarely at unbiased voters.
In February 2018, throughout his first time period, Trump’s web approval amongst independents was -17, in line with Quinnipiac. Now, that determine stands at -27.
“Well, we’re talking about independents, we’re talking about independents. When you lose the center of the electorate, you lose the American people. Trump’s net approval rating among independents, you know, at this point, you go back, term number one, he was 17 points below water. Now, according to Quinnipiac, he is 27 points below water.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the Fort Bragg U.S. Army base on February 13, 2026 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. / Nathan Howard / Getty Images
“I don’t understand how this works out well for the president of the United States. When you are 27 points below water, underwater, with the center of the electorate, with independents, you lose, your party loses,” he stated. “At this point, I don’t really know who to even compare Donald Trump to because he’s just so low, and he’s so low with the center of the electorate,” Enten stated.
Polls have proven Trump’s scores tanking in latest weeks amid controversy over the administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement policy, and pessimism concerning the economic system.
Multiple polls have proven rising assist for abolishing ICE, whereas Enten said earlier this month that a stark 55 percent of Americans imagine the economic system has worsened below Trump.
Meanwhile, polls have proven Trump dropping assist amongst key voter teams that propelled him into the White House in 2024 like younger males, Hispanics, and non-college educated Americans.
NCS means that Donald Trump’s plan of “simply blaming Biden” for the state of the economic system is just not working with the general public. / MELINA MARA / Melina Mara/Pool/AFP through Getty Images
“If you know anything about Donald Trump, you know that he built his two presidential victories on winning voters without a college degree,” Enten stated. “Well, Donald Trump’s base with non-college voters is absolutely collapsing.”
A trio of surverys additionally discovered final week that Americans assume Biden did a greater job within the White House than Trump has to this point.