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He is especially losing support when it comes to the handling of the economy.
If Donald Trump is trying to get into the christmas spirit before the big day next week, he might want to stay away from looking at his approval ratings.
A fresh survey from Reuters/Ipsos shows that the American’s apporval of Donald Trump as president has slipped to the lowest of his current term.
According to the poll, which was conducted from Dec 12 to Dec 15, only 39% of the U.S. adults approve of how Trump is doing in office.
This is two points down from the latest Reuters/Ipsos survey from late November, and very close to the Mid-november 38%, which was Trumps lowest approval of all time.
Probably not the christmas present, Trump was hoping for.
Another poll is better news
But polls can vary a lot, and if Trump does not want to have his holiday spirits ruined, he might want to take a look at the latest approval numbers from YouGov instead of the Reuters/Ipsos one.
The latest result of the approval-tracker from YouGov actually shows a slight increase in Trump’s approval going from 43% to 43.2% in a week.
This is the third increase on approval on the YouGov-tracker in a row since late November, when Trump hit a second-term low of 42.6%.
Economy takes the biggest toll
Going back to the Reuters/Ipsos poll, only 33% of U.S. adults approved of Trump’s handling of the economy, his lowest score this year, Reuters reported. Approval on the cost of living dropped to 27%, down from earlier in the month.
Republican support overall stayed firm though, with 85% approving of Trump’s presidency.
But within the party, confidence in his economic management slipped to 72%, the weakest reading this year.
Sources: Reuters, YouGov
