Trump Approval Rating Near Career Low in Reuters/Ipsos Poll
President's approval stands at 32%, with national concerns over rising prices cited as a factor.
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Trump Approval Rating Near Career Low in Reuters/Ipsos Poll
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What this story says
- President Trump's approval rating was 32% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted November 6-9, near his career low of 31%.
- The poll surveyed 1,705 U.S. adults and had a 2-percentage-point margin of error.
- National concerns over rising prices were cited as a factor depressing Trump's approval and impacting the Republican Party in recent midterm elections.
- RealClearPolitics averaged Trump's approval at 38.9% with 59.2% disapproval as of November 9.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
74/100
Craft
77/100
Hype
12/100
9 sources · methodology
President Donald Trump's approval rating stood at 32% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted between November 6 and November 9. This figure is near his career low of 31%, which he recorded in mid-October. The poll surveyed 1,705 U.S. adults and carried a 2-percentage-point margin of error. National concerns over rising prices were identified as a factor contributing to the president's approval numbers and the Republican Party's performance in the recent midterm elections.
As of November 9, national polling averages also indicated a low approval for the president. RealClearPolitics averaged Trump's approval rating at 38.9%, with 59.2% disapproval. Other polling averages, including The New York Times and Silver Bulletin, showed similar trends with approval ratings in the mid-30s and disapproval ratings around 60%.
Disagreement on approval for cost of living management
USA Today reported that 21% of Americans approved of Trump's management of the cost of living, while 25% gave him good marks on the economy. None of the other reports mention specific approval figures for Trump's handling of the cost of living or the economy.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention the 21% approval of Trump’s management of the cost of living reported by USA Today. The centre-rated digests also do not mention this specific figure.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 9 Nov 2026, 23:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- The left-rated report from USA Today led with President Trump's approval rating being near its career low. It highlighted that the 32% approval was only one percentage point higher than his 31% career low. The report also noted the Republican Party's performance in the midterms, stating Democrats were set to hold their biggest House majority since 2008 and were positioned to flip Senate seats. USA Today quoted figures on approval for Trump's management of the cost of living (21%) and the economy (25%), and mentioned other polling averages from Economist/YouGov, The New York Times, and Silver Bulletin.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports from Investing.com, The Lufkin News, Reuters, and The Detroit News all focused on President Trump's approval rating holding at 32%, near the lowest of his career, as found by the Reuters/Ipsos poll. They consistently mentioned that this rating was depressed by national concerns over rising prices that impacted the Republican Party in the recent midterm elections. These digests attributed the information to Reuters.
Right
4 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports from regionalmedianews.com, The Star Kuala Lumpur, Cyprus Mail, and The Straits Times led with President Trump's approval rating holding at 32%, near the lowest of his career, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. They stated the rating was depressed by national concerns over rising prices that tanked his Republican Party in last week's midterm elections. These digests also attributed the information to Reuters.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Trump Approval Rating Near Career Low in Reuters/Ipsos Poll?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 11% are rated left, 45% are rated centre, 44% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Trump Approval Rating Near Career Low in Reuters/Ipsos Poll left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Trump Approval Rating Near Career Low in Reuters/Ipsos Poll biased?
- Trump Approval Rating Near Career Low in Reuters/Ipsos Poll is one event reported by 9 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered Trump Approval Rating Near Career Low in Reuters/Ipsos Poll?
- 9 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What was President Trump's approval rating in the latest poll?
- President Trump's approval rating was 32% in the Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted November 6-9. This is near his career low of 31%.
- How many people were surveyed for the poll?
- The Reuters/Ipsos poll surveyed 1,705 U.S. adults. It had a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
- What factors contributed to the president's approval rating?
- National concerns over rising prices were cited as a factor depressing President Trump's approval rating and impacting the Republican Party in recent midterm elections.
Read it at the source
9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
4- Trump approval holds at 32%, near lowest of his career, Reuters Ipsos poll finds (opens The Lufkin News in a new tab)
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- Trump approval holds at 32%, near lowest of his career, Reuters Ipsos poll finds (opens Investing.com in a new tab)
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- Trump approval holds at 32%, near lowest of his career, poll finds (opens The Detroit News in a new tab)
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- Trump approval holds at 32%, near lowest of his career, Reuters Ipsos poll finds (opens Reuters in a new tab)
Right
4- Trump approval holds at 32%, near lowest of his career, Reuters Ipsos poll finds - Regional Media News (opens regionalmedianews.com in a new tab)
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- Trump approval holds at 32%, near lowest of his career, Reuters Ipsos poll finds (opens The Star Kuala Lumpur in a new tab)
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- Trump approval holds at 32%, near lowest of his career, Reuters Ipsos poll finds (opens Cyprus Mail in a new tab)
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- Trump approval holds at 32%, near lowest of his career, Reuters Ipsos poll finds (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
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0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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