History of President Trump Composite Job Approval Polls

Trump - Fourth Year

2020 Job Approval Poll History and Basis Data
Date	Percent	Points / #Polls	Polls Used/Percent/(New) flag
01/19/21	36.38%	291 / 08	NBC 43 (New), USA/Suffolk 41 (New), ABC/WaPo 38, Marist 38, Ipsos 34, Quinnipiac 34, CNN 34, PEW 29
01/17/21	34.33%	206 / 06	ABC/WaPo 38 (New), Marist 38, Ipsos 34 (New), Quinnipiac 33, PEW 29 (New)
01/16/21	34.40%	172 / 05	ABC/WaPo 38 (New), Marist 38, Ipsos 34 (New), Quinnipiac 33, PEW 29 (New)
01/12/21	36.33%	109 / 03	Ipsos 38 (New), Marist 38 (New), Quinnipiac 33
11/03/20	43.00%	301 / 07	FOX 46 (New), NBC 45 (New), ABC/WP 44, CNN 42 (New), CNBC 42 (New), Quinnipiac 41 , Marist/NPR 41
10/25/20	42.83%	257 / 06	FOX 47 (New), ABC/WP 44 (New), NBC 44 (New), Quinnipiac 41 (New), Marist/NPR 41 (New), CNN 40 (New)
10/04/20	43.60%	218 / 05	FOX 48, ABC/WP 44 (New), Quinnipiac 43 40 (New), NBC 43 (New), Marist/NPR 40 (New)
09/15/20	43.60%	218 / 05	FOX 48 (New), USA Today 45 (New), Quinnipiac 43 (New), CNN 41 (New), Monmouth 41 (New)
08/23/20	42.17%	253 / 06	NBC 44 (New), FOX 44 (New), ABC 43 (New), CNN 42 (New), Monmouth 41, Marist 39 (New)
07/16/20	39.67%	238 / 06	NBC 42 (New), Monmouth 41, USA Today 40, Marist 40, Quinnipiac 36 (New), CNBC 39
07/07/20	41.00%	246 / 06	Monmouth 41 (New), USA Today 40 (New), FOX 44, Quinnipiac 42, Marist 40, CNBC 39
06/28/20	40.50%	243 / 06	FOX 44 (New), Quinnipiac 42, Marist 40 (New), CBS 40, CNBC 39 (New), CNN 38
06/11/20	42.29%	296 / 07	ABC 45, NBC 45 (New), FOX 44, Monmouth 42, Quinipiac 42, CBS 40 (New), CNN 38 (New)
06/03/20	43.60%	218 / 05	ABC 45 (New), CNN 45, FOX 44 (New), Monmouth 42 (New), Quinipiac 42
05/20/20	43.25%	173 / 04	Monmouth 43, CNN 45 (New), Quinipiac 42 (New), USA Today 43
05/05/20	44.00%	321 / 03	Monmouth 43* (New), NBC 46* (New), USA Today 43* (New)
04/10/20	45.86%	321 / 07	Fox 49* (New), ABC 48* (New), CNBC 46* (New), NBC 46, Quinnipiac* 45 (New), Monmouth 44 (New), Marist/NPR 43 *=New high
03/27/20	44.50%	267 / 06	Fox 48 (New), NBC 46 (New), Monmouth 46 (New), CNN 43, Marist/NPR 43 (New), Quinnipiac 41
03/12/20	43.43%	304 / 07	Fox 47 (New), NBC 47, CNN 43 (New), ABC 43, Marist/NPR 42 (New), IBD/TIPP 41 (New), Quinnipiac 41 (New)
02/27/20	44.25%	177 / 04	NBC 47 (New), Monmouth 44, ABC 43 (New), Quinnipiac 43
02/16/20	44.14%	309 / 07	NBC 46, FOX 45, ABC 44, IBD/TIPP 44 (New), CBS 43, Quinnipiac 43 (New), Monmouth 44 (New)
02/03/20	43.50%	348 / 08	NBC 46 (New), FOX 45 (New), Quinnipiac 43 (New), ABC 44, CBS 43 (New), CNN 43 (New), MaristNPR/PBS 41, Monmouth 43
01/25/20	42.80%	214 / 05	ABC 44 (New), Monmouth 43 (New), Quinnipiac 43, IBD/TIPP 43, MaristNPR/PBS 41
01/16/20	42.33%	127 / 03	Quinnipiac 43 (New), IBD/TIPP 43 (New), MaristNPR/PBS 41 (New)
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Trump - Third Year

2019 Job Approval Poll History and Basis Data
Date	Percent	Points / #Polls	Polls Used
12/19/19	44.00%	352 / 08	Fox 45% (New), NBC/WSJ 44% (New), IBD/TIPP 44% (New), CNN 43 (New), Quipnnipiac 43% (New), Monmouth 43% (New), Marist 42% (New), USA Today 48% (New)
11/30/19	41.00%	123 / 03	Marist 41%, Quipnnipiac 40% (New), CNN 42% (New)
11/21/19	42.00%	294/ 07	USA Today 46%, NBC 45%, Monmouth 43%, FOX 42%, Marist 41% (New), IBD/TIPP 39%, ABC 38%
11/09/19	41.50%	332/ 08	USA Today 46%, NBC 45% (New), Monmouth 43% (New), FOX 42% (New), IBD/TIPP 39% (New), CNN 41%, Quinnipiac 38%, ABC 38%
11/02/19	41.75%	334/ 08	USA Today 46% (New), NBC 43%, FOX 43%, Battleground 43%, Marist 42%, CNN 41% (New), Quinnipiac 38% (New), ABC 38% (New)
10/18/19	41.63%	333/ 08	NBC 43% (New), FOX 43% (New), Battleground 43% (New), IBD/TIPP 43% (New), Marist 42% (New), Quinnipiac 41% (New), Monmouth 41%, CNBC 37%
10/07/19	42.17%	253/ 06	NBC 45% (New), FOX 45% (New), Marist 44% (New), Quinnipiac 41% (New), Monmouth 41% (New), CNBC 37% (New)
09/20/19	39.00%	195/ 05	Marist 41% (New), CNN 39% (New), IBD/TIPP 39%, ABC 38% (New), Quinnipiac 38%
08/23/19	41.00%	287/ 07	USA Today 44% (New), Fox 43%, NBC 43%, Monmouth 40%, CNN 40%, IBD/TIPP 39% (New), Quinnipiac 38% (New)
08/23/19	41.00%	246/ 06	Fox 43% (New), NBC 43% (New), Quinnipiac 40% (New), IBD/TIPP 40% (New), Monmouth 40% (New), CNN 40% (New)
07/26/19	44.40%	222/ 05	Fox 46% (New), NBC 45% (New), Marist 44% (New), ABC/WaPo 44%, CNN 43%
07/13/19	43.33%	130/ 03	ABC/WaPo 44% (New), CNN 43% (New), IBD/TIPP 43% (New)
06/27/19	43.38%	347/ 08	USA Today 49% (New), FOX 45% (New), NBC 44% (New), CNN 43%, Quinnipiac 42% (New), IBD/TIPP 42% (New), Monmouth 41% (New), Marist 41% (New)
06/06/19	41.33%	248/ 06	FOX 46%, CNN 43% (New), CBS 41%, Monmouth 40%, CNBC 40% (New), Quinnipiac 38%
05/27/19	42.20%	211 / 05	NBC 46%, FOX 46% (New), CBS 41% (New), Monmouth 40% (New), Quinnipiac 38% (New)
05/15/19	42.40%	212 / 05	NBC 46% (New), CNN 43% (New), IBD/TIPP 43% (New), Marist 41% (New), ABC 39% (New)
04/23/19	42.50%	170 / 04	Fox 45% (New), Battleground 43% (New), Marist 42%, Monmouth 40% (New)
03/30/19	42.17%	253 / 06	Fox 46% (New), Monmouth 44%, CNN 42% (New), Marist 42% (New), PEW 40% (New), Quinnipiac 39% (New)
03/09/19	43.00%	215 / 05	Fox 46% (New), NBC 46% (New), Monmouth 44% (New), IBD/TIPP 41% (New), Quinnipiac 38% (New)
02/06/19	39.30%	393 / 10	Fox 43% (New), NBC 43% (New), Monmouth 41% (New), CNN 40% (New), IBD/TIPP 39%, Marist 39%, Quinnipiac 38% (New), ABC 37%, PEW 37%, CBS 36%
01/25/19	39.00%	312 / 08	Fox 43% (New), IBD/TIPP 42%, Quinnipiac 41%, Marist 39%, ABC 37% (New), CNN 37%, PEW 37%, CBS 36% (New)
01/20/19	39.20%	196 / 05	IBD/TIPP 42% (New), Quinnipiac 41% (New), Marist 39% (New), CNN 37% (New), PEW 37% (New)
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Trump - Second Year

2018 Job Approval Poll History and Basis Data
Date	Percent	Points / #Polls	Polls Used
12/18/18	41.67%	250 / 06	FOX 46% (New), NBC/WSJ 43% (New), Marist 42%, CNBC 41% (New), CNN 39% (New), IBD/TIPP 39%
12/08/18	40.80%	204 / 05	Monmouth 43% (New), Marist 42% (New), Quinnipiac 41% (New), CBS 39% (New), IBD/TIPP 39% (New)
11/22/18	41.20%	206 / 05	NBC 46% (New), Marist 41% (New), IBD/TIPP 40% (New), ABC 40% (New), CNN 39% (New)
10/21/18	42.00%	378 / 09	FOX 47% (New), NBC 47% (New), CNBC 41% (New), Marist 41% (New), Quinnipiac 41% (New), ABC 41% (New), CNN 41% (New), IBD/TIPP 40% (New), CBS 39% (New)
09/28/18	40.33%	242 / 06	FOX 44% (New), NBC 44% (New), Marist 42% (New), PEW 38% (New), Quinnipiac 38%, CNN 36%
09/11/18	39.75%	318 / 08	FOX 45%, NBC 44%, Monmouth 43%, USA Today/Suffolk 40%, Quinnipiac 38% (New), CNN 36% (New), ABC 36%, IBD/TIPP 36%
09/02/18	40.88%	327 / 08	FOX 45% (New), NBC 44% (New), Monmouth 43% (New), CNN 42%, Quinnipiac 41%, USA Today/Suffolk 40% (New), ABC 36% (New), IBD/TIPP 36% (New)
08/18/18	40.75%	163 / 04	CNN 42% (New), Quinnipiac 41% (New), IBD/TIPP 41%, Marist 39
08/03/18	41.80%	209 / 05	Fox 46%, NBC/WSJ 45%, IBD/TIPP 41% (New), Marist 39 (New), Quinnipiac 38%
07/24/18	43.00%	129 / 03	Quinnipiac 38% (New), NBC/WSJ 45% (New), Fox 46% (New)
07/03/18	41.75%	334 / 08	Fox 45%, USA Today/Suffolk 43% (New), Monmouth 43%, CBS 42%, IBD/TIPP 41% (New), CNBC 41% (New), Quinnipiac 40%, CNN 39%
06/19/18	41.29%	289 / 07	Fox 45%, NBC 44%, Monmouth 43% (New), CBS 42% (New), Quinnipiac 40%, CNN 39% (New), and IBD/TIPP 36%
06/10/18	41.25%	165 / 04	Fox 45% (New), NBC 44% (New), Quinnipiac 40% (New), and IBD/TIPP 36% (New)
05/09/18	40.00%	320 / 08	Fox 44% (New), CNN 41% (New), Monmouth 41% (New), CBS 40 (New), Quinnipiac 39% (New), PEW 39% (New), Marist 38%, IBD/TIPP 38% (New)
04/22/18	39.50%	150 / 04	Marist 38% (New), ABC/WashPost 40% (New), NBC 39% (New), Quinnipiac 41% (New)
03/28/18	40.89%	368 / 09	CNN 42% (New), Marist 40% (New), Fox 45% (New), Quinnipiac 40% (New), NBC 43 (New), Pew 39%, CBS 38% (New), Battleground 42%, Monmouth 39%, IBD 37%, Suffolk/USA Today 38%
03/17/18	38.67%	348 / 09	CBS 38% (New), PEW 39% (New), Battleground 42% (New), Marist 42% (New), Marist 42% (New), Quinnipiac 38% (New), Monmouth 39% (New), IBD 37% (New), Suffolk/USA Today 38%
03/02/18	38.20%	191 / 05	Suffolk/USA 38% (New), CNN 35% (New), Marist 38%, Quinnipiac 37%, Fox 43%
02/25/18	40.00%	160 / 04	Marist 38% (New), Quinnipiac 37% (New), Fox 43% (New), Monmouth 42%
02/08/18	38.25%	351 / 09	IBD 35% (New), ABC 36% (New), PEW 37%, CBS 37%, NBC 39%, Quinnipiac 40% (New), CNN 40, Monmouth 42% (New), Fox 45% (New)
01/24/18	37.71%	264 / 07	ABC 36% (New), CNN 40% (New), NBC 39% (New), CBS 37% (New), Quinnipiac 38% (New), PEW 37% (New), Marist 37% (New)
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Trump - First Year

2017 Job Approval Poll History and Basis Data
Date	Percent	Points / #Polls	Polls Used/Percent/(New) flag
12/21/17	35.75%	286 / 08	Monmouth 32%, Pew 32%, CNN 35% (New), CBS 36%, IBD 36%, Quinnipiac 37% (New), Marist 37%, NBC 41% (New)
12/14/17	35.00%	210 / 06	Monmouth 32% (New), Pew 32%, CBS 36%, IBD 36%, Quinnipiac 37% (New), Marist 37% (New)
12/08/17	35.60%	178 / 05	Marist 39% (New), CBS 36% (New), IBD 36% (New), Quinnipiac 35% (New), PEW 32% (New)
11/16/17	36.89%	332 / 09	PEW 34%, Quinnipiac 35% (New), IBD 36%, CNN 36%, ABC 37%, Fox 38%, NBC 38%, CBS 39% Marist 37% (New)
11/09/17	36.88%	295 / 08	PEW 34%, IBD 36% (New), Marist 37%, CNN 36% (New), ABC 37%, Fox 38%, NBC 38%, CBS 39%
11/05/17	37.14%	260 / 07	PEW 34% (New), Marist 37%, CNN 37%, ABC 37% (New), Fox 38% (New), NBC 38% (New), CBS 39% (New)
10/20/17	37.00%	222 / 06	IBD 33% (New), CBS 35%, Quinnipiac 38% (New), Marist 37% (New), CNN 37% (New), CBS 35%, Fox 42%
10/06/17	38.63%	309 / 08	CBS 35%, Quinnipiac 36%, Marist 37% (New), CNN 37% (New), ABC 39%, Monmouth 40%, Fox 42% (New), NBC 43%
09/27/17	38.86%	272 / 07	CBS 35% (New), Quinnipiac 36% (New), Marist 39%, ABC 39% (New), Monmouth 40%, CNN 40% (New), NBC 43%
09/21/17	40.20%	201 / 05	IBD 38% (New), Marist 39% (New), Monmouth 40% (New), Fox 41% (New), NBC 43% (New)
08/24/17	37.00%	296 / 08	IBD 32%, Marist 35%, Quinnipiac 35% (New), CBS 36%, ABC 37% (New), CNN 38%, Monmouth 41%, Battleground 42% (New)
08/20/17	36.83%	255 / 07	IBD 32% (New), Marist 35% (New), CBS 36%, CNN 38%, Quinnipiac 39% (New), Monmouth 41% (New)
08/09/17	36.43%	255 / 07	IBD 32% (New), Quinnipiac 33%, CBS 36% (New), ABC 36%, CNN 38% (New), Monmouth 39%, FOX 41%
08/03/17	37.25%	149 / 04	ABC 36%, Monmouth 39%, Quinnipiac 33% (New), FOX 41% (New)
07/19/17	39.29%	275 / 07	ABC 36% (New), IBD/TIPP 37%, Marist 37%, Monmouth 39% (New), Quinnipiac 40%, USA Today 42%, FOX 44%
07/15/17	39.43%	276 / 07	CBS/NYT 36%, IBD/TIPP 37% (New), Marist 37%, Quinnipiac 40% (New), NBC 40%, USA Today 42% (New), FOX 44%
06/28/17	38.14%	267 / 07	Quinnipiac 34%, CBS/NYT 36%, IBD/TIPP 37%, Marist 37% (New), PEW 39%, NBC 40% (New), FOX 44% (New)
06/20/17	37.20%	186 / 05	Quinnipiac 34%, CBS/NYT 36% (New), IBD/TIPP 37%, PEW 39% (New), FOX 40%
06/09/17	37.80%	189 / 05	Quinnipiac 34% (New), IBD/TIPP 37% (New), Monmouth 39%, NBC/WSJ 39%, FOX 40%
05/25/17	38.80%	194 / 05	Quinnipiac 37% (New), IBD/TIPP 39%, Monmouth 39%, NBC/WSJ 39%, FOX 40% (New)
05/20/17	40.43%	283 / 07	Quinnipiac 36%, IBD/TIPP 39%, NBC/WSJ 39%, Monmouth 39% (New), CBS 41%, CNN/ORC 44%, FOX 45%
05/15/17	40.86%	286 / 07	Quinnipiac 36% (New), IBD/TIPP 39%, NBC/WSJ 39% (New), CBS 41%, ABC/WP 42%, CNN/ORC 44%, FOX 45%
05/09/17	41.25%	330 / 08	IBD/TIPP 39% (New), Marist 39%, Quinnipiac 40%, NBC/WSJ 40%, CBS 41%, ABC/WP 42%, CNN/ORC 44%, FOX 45%
04/29/17	41.25%	330 / 08	Pew 39%, Marist 39%, Quinnipiac 40%, NBC/WSJ 40% (New), CBS 41% (New), ABC/WP 42%, CNN/ORC 44% (New), FOX 45% (New)
04/22/17	39.00%	195 / 05	IBD/TIPP 34%, Pew 39%, Marist 39%, Quinnipiac 40% (New), ABC/WP 42% (New), CBS 43%
04/18/17	38.00%	190 / 05	IBD/TIPP 34%, Quinnipiac 35%, Pew 39% (New), Marist 39% (New), CBS 43% (New)
04/05/17	38.00%	152 / 04	IBD/TIPP 34% (New), Quinnipiac 35% (New), CBS 40% (New), Fox 43%
03/25/17	42.67%	256 / 06	Quinnipiac 37% (New), IBD/TIPP 41% (New), Fox 43% (New), Monmouth 43%, CNN 45%, USA Today 47%
03/04/17	41.50%	249 / 06	Quinnipiac 38%, PEW 39%, CBS/NYT 39%, McClatchy-Marist 41%, NBC 44% (New), Fox 48%
02/25/17	41.57%	291 / 07	Quinnipiac 38% , PEW 39%, CBS/NYT 39% (New), McClatchy-Marist 41%, IBD/TIPP 42%, CNN/ORC 44%, Fox 48%
02/23/17	41.71%	292 / 07	PEW 39%, CBS/NYT 40%, McClatchy-Marist 41% (New), IBD/TIPP 42%, Quinnipiac 38% (New), CNN/ORC 44%, Fox 48%
02/18/17	42.50%	255 / 06	PEW 39% (New), CBS/NYT 40%, IBD/TIPP 42%, Quinnipiac 42%, CNN/ORC 44%, Fox 48%
02/15/17	43.20%	216 / 05	CBS/NYT 40%, IBD/TIPP 42% (New), Quinnipiac 42% (New), CNN/ORC 44%, Fox 48% (New)
02/03/17	40.00%	120 / 03	CBS/NYT 40% (New), Quinnipiac 36% (New), CNN/ORC 44% (New)
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