Lisa Desjardins:
First, I know a lot of people don’t like polling, but I have to stress this is scientific. It’s not perfect, though. It’s not a pinpoint. It’s a compass, and it tells us a lot.
So let’s start with the big number, first of all, President Trump’s approval rating his first 100 days in his second term, 42 percent. Now, that compares with disapproval rating 53 percent. So a majority of Americans in our poll disapprove of the job he’s doing. That’s just a pinpoint.
Let’s look at what that means as a trend. If you go back two months ago, February, here’s what was going on. Trump was relatively 50/50. Americans were not sure, approve or disapprove. But now look at this. Now there is by 11 points people disapprove of the job that he is doing.
Now, let’s put this more in a historical context. Where is he in terms of most presidents at this time in office? Here we go. Here’s President Trump right now, second term, 42 percent. If you compare that to Joe Biden, 54 percent first 10 days of his first term, his only term, and then 39 percent for Trump in his first term.
So you see Trump is below Biden. Clearly, what about other presidents? That holds up. President Trump in general, his approval rating for his first 100 days this term and his first term are lower than the historical averages and certainly for any recent president.