Donald Trump's approval rating is at 56 percent, according to the head pollster at Rasmussen.
Rasmussen is a conservative-leaning polling company. The poll's margin of error was not immediately available and had a sample size of 407.
Head Pollster Mark Mitchell initially said on X, formerly Twitter, that 53 percent of Democrats approved of Trump.
He then posted updated figures showing that Trump's approval stood at 56 percent overall, with 36 percent of Democrats approving of Trump's job performance.
Newsweek has contacted Rasmussen and the White House for comment via email.
It could also solidify the chances of another MAGA candidate being picked as the GOP's nominee in the next presidential election.
However, at that time, 50 percent of voters disapproved of him, FiveThirtyEight's tracker shows.
And the latest poll is a jump even from yesterday for Trump, when Rasmussen's tracking poll showed that Trump's approval rating stood at 53 percent,
Of those voters, 36 percent said they strongly approved of his job performance, while 32 percent strongly disapproved. That poll had a sample size of 423 voters.
This surge follows Trump's inauguration for a second term as president, now backed by a strong voter mandate and Republican control of both the House and Senate.
However, despite his strong support, Trump still faces some barriers to getting his agenda through Congress.
Some of his executive orders are already facing legal challenges, including one that ends birthright citizenship for children who are born while in the United States to foreign national parents who are not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S, as well as another that effectively reinstates "Schedule F," a policy created under Trump's first administration, which altered civil service rules to enable the firing of a wide range of career federal workers by removing their civil service protections, reclassifying their positions as political appointments.
Rasmussen is a conservative-leaning polling company. The poll's margin of error was not immediately available and had a sample size of 407.
Head Pollster Mark Mitchell initially said on X, formerly Twitter, that 53 percent of Democrats approved of Trump.
He then posted updated figures showing that Trump's approval stood at 56 percent overall, with 36 percent of Democrats approving of Trump's job performance.
Newsweek has contacted Rasmussen and the White House for comment via email.
Why It Matters
Trump's popularity could allow him to pass his agenda easily through Congress if Republicans rally around him. The president's agenda includes mass deportations, rolling back DEI policies and environmental protections, and raising tariffs on countries such as China, Mexico and Canada, which could impact the economy.It could also solidify the chances of another MAGA candidate being picked as the GOP's nominee in the next presidential election.
What To Know
The results represent the highest ever approval ratings for Trump. His approval rating during his first term peaked at 45.8 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight.However, at that time, 50 percent of voters disapproved of him, FiveThirtyEight's tracker shows.
And the latest poll is a jump even from yesterday for Trump, when Rasmussen's tracking poll showed that Trump's approval rating stood at 53 percent,
Of those voters, 36 percent said they strongly approved of his job performance, while 32 percent strongly disapproved. That poll had a sample size of 423 voters.
This surge follows Trump's inauguration for a second term as president, now backed by a strong voter mandate and Republican control of both the House and Senate.
However, despite his strong support, Trump still faces some barriers to getting his agenda through Congress.
Some of his executive orders are already facing legal challenges, including one that ends birthright citizenship for children who are born while in the United States to foreign national parents who are not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S, as well as another that effectively reinstates "Schedule F," a policy created under Trump's first administration, which altered civil service rules to enable the firing of a wide range of career federal workers by removing their civil service protections, reclassifying their positions as political appointments.
