BySara Dorn,
Forbes Staff.
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has hovered at around 40% for the duration of his term—despite an 11-point drop in views of his handling of immigration, as violent clashes with ICE officers have led to shootings and deaths of civilians, according to a new poll.
Jan. 15Trump’s 40% approval rating in the Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research January survey is largely consistent with his numbers throughout the first year of his second term—and are similar to his ratings in his first term, when he entered the presidency with a 42% approval rating and left office with nearly the same number.
Americans’ views of Trump’s handling of immigration—one of his signature issues—have declined sharply throughout his first year in office, however, reaching 38% in January, down from 49% in March last year.
