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President Donald Trump's approval rating reached a new low for his second term, according to The Economist/YouGov poll released this week.
Trump currently has a 39% approval rating and a 58% disapproval rating for a -19 net approval, having had a 39% approval rating with a 56% disapproval rating in the survey conducted one week prior. The latest results are also lower than all but one poll during Trump's first term in office. The survey included 1,623 respondents polled between October 24 and October 27 and had a reported 3.4% margin of error.
Trump was, however, reported to have shown slight improvement in the Reuters poll published last week. The president was reported to have a 42% approval rating, which was 2% higher than earlier in the month, during the six-day poll reported to have a two-point margin of error.
Trump was previously reported to have a -13 net approval rating for his handling of the U.S. economy, which was the lowest of any point during his two separate terms in office, according to the CNBC All-America Economic Survey conducted earlier this month. The president's approval rating on the economy is reported to be at 42%, while 55% of respondents disapprove, while the survey also reported his overall approval rating dropped from 46% to 44%, with a net approval of -8%.
Trump's economic numbers were typically one of the stronger issues of his first administration, with positive percentages that were routinely above his overall polling. But recent polls have shown a drastic change with just 34% approving his policies on inflation and the cost of living, which is the worst percentage of the three CNBC surveys conducted during his second term, as well as 56% disapproving his tariff policies, which equaled a -15 net approval compared with the -6 in the second-quarter survey.