The Public Has Reached a Breaking Point with Trump's Presidency
President Trumps standing with the American public has settled into a familiar but increasingly rigid shape by early February 2026.
Across three independent national polls conducted within days of one anotherthe NPR/PBS/Marist survey, the Economist/YouGov poll, and Quinnipiac Universitys national pollhis job approval remains stalled in the high-30s to around 40 percent, with a clear majority disapproving.
While the precise figures vary slightly depending on methodology and sample, the convergence itself is the signal: Trump remains underwater nationally, deeply unpopular among Democrats, losing independents by wide margins, and sustained politically almost entirely by a still-loyal Republican base, according to all three instruments.
By the Numbers Fact Box
Trumps Second Term What the Polls Actually Show
Overall approval: 3740%
Overall disapproval: 5456%
Independents disapprove: ~6065%
Approve on the economy: ~3639%
Approve on immigration: ~38%
Say ICE has gone too far: ~65%
Say ICE makes the country less safe: ~60%
Republicans who still approve: ~8085%
Source: NPR/PBS/Marist, Economist/YouGov, Quinnipiac | Jan.Feb. 2026
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