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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
01/16/20 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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