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President Donald Trump's net approval rating was reported to be negative 2 percentage points in February, once again becoming the only president to have a net approval rating in the negatives since 1937, CNN polling guru Harry Enten said on Thursday (March 20).
Trump, who was reported to have a plus 7 net approval rating in January, had previously dipped below zero during his first term as president in 2017.
“Well, there are two men on the screen, and they’re the same two men, and Trump in 2017, and Trump in 2025. He only matches himself,” Enten said.
“I guess the good news is he’s doing a little bit better than he was eight years ago at this point.But when you’re only matching yourself and you’re the only dude who’s underwater at this point, not particularly good. Every single other president at this point in a term, either first or second, was above water,” he continued.
“So Donald Trump likes to make history, but this is the type of history Donald Trump does not like to make,” Enten added.
Enten claimed that Trump had negative approval ratings on every major issue excluding immigration.
“And that is what is dragging Donald Trump down. People came in with good expectations for Trump, better than for the first term. Yes, he’s doing slightly better than he was during the first term at this point,” he said.
“But compared to everybody else, he’s doing far worse. And the reason he’s doing far worse is Donald Trump is not meeting the voters' expectations on the issues that matter to them,” Enten added.
s reported to have a 47.3% approval rating and a 52.4% disapproval rating, according to AtlasIntel, which has deemed as the "most accurate pollster" during the past two presidential elections. The president's approval rating decreased by 3% in February, its first decline since he took office in January, while his disapproval rating increased by 2.7%. A reported 0.3% said they "don't know" how to view his job thus far, which was a 0.2% increase from the previous month.
Trump's image, however, didn't register a decline as both he and Vice President J.D. Vance were viewed as 51% positive when AtlasIntel asked respondents about their personal image.