{"id":3819,"date":"2025-05-13T05:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T05:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3819"},"modified":"2025-05-13T05:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T05:26:12","slug":"trumps-approval-ratings-remain-under-water-in-first-week-of-may-polling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3819","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s approval ratings remain under water in first week of May polling"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"2560a197-f121-4242-ba6d-4a23550e8e00\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"116\"><strong data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"116\">Trump&#8217;s Approval Ratings Remain Low in Early May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"285\">As the first week of May ends, President Donald Trump continues to face low approval ratings. Recent polls tied to his second-term performance show little improvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"584\">Polls marking Trump\u2019s first 100 days of his new term on April 29 revealed growing disapproval, with approval numbers reaching historic lows\u2014comparable only to Trump\u2019s own ratings in 2017. Despite political shake-ups, tariff disputes, and controversial remarks, his ratings have stayed mostly flat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"800\">According to RealClearPolitics, Trump\u2019s average approval was 45.2% in early May, with disapproval at 51.1% per a new AP-NORC poll. The New York Times\u2019 aggregation shows similar figures: 44% approve, 51% disapprove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"829\"><strong data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"829\">Recent Poll Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"830\" data-end=\"1133\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"830\" data-end=\"936\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"832\" data-end=\"936\"><strong data-start=\"832\" data-end=\"843\">AP-NORC<\/strong> (May 1\u20135): 41% approve, 57% disapprove; 60% disapprove of Trump\u2019s higher education policies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"1031\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"1031\"><strong data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"959\">Economist\/YouGov<\/strong> (May 2\u20135): 42% approve, 52% disapprove; 40% say U.S. is in a recession.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1032\" data-end=\"1133\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1133\"><strong data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1053\">Morning Consult<\/strong> (May 2\u20134): 46% approve, 52% disapprove; record-low approval for trade policies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1135\" data-end=\"1235\">Despite some slight fluctuations, Trump\u2019s approval remains underwater as his second term progresses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-start\">\n<div class=\"touch:-me-2 touch:-ms-3.5 -ms-2.5 -me-1 flex items-center p-1 select-none -mt-1 duration-[1.5s] focus-within:transition-none hover:transition-none pointer-events-none [mask-image:linear-gradient(to_right,black_33%,transparent_66%)] [mask-position:100%_0%] [mask-size:300%_100%] motion-safe:transition-[mask-position] group-hover\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-hover\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] group-focus-within\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-focus-within\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] has-data-[state=open]:pointer-events-auto has-data-[state=open]:[mask-position:0_0]\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s Approval Ratings Remain Low in Early May As the first week of May ends, President Donald Trump continues to face low approval ratings. Recent polls tied to his second-term performance show little improvement. Polls marking Trump\u2019s first 100 days of his new term on April 29 revealed growing disapproval, with approval numbers reaching historic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3819\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Trump\u2019s approval ratings remain under water in first week of May polling&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3820,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3819\/revisions\/3820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}