The authoritarian tries to control the narrative. They will attack the media's credibility to sow doubt in their reporting. Sme will claim that the things you see are not so. We are told how protesters are paid agitators or how democrats are invading town halls, but the reality is that what Trump is doing is very unpopular.
Donald Trump's approval rating is underwater on every issue
Why It Matters
Trump's approval ratings signal serious challenges ahead for his administration. They come as polls have shown his approval ratings trending upward in recent days.
What To Know
The latest Quinnipiac University poll was conducted June 5-9 among 1,265 self-identified registered voters.
On immigration, just 43 percent approved of Trump's handling of the issue, while 54 percent disapprove. That marks a slip from last month when Quinnipiac's survey showed him at 45 percent approval and 50 percent disapproval.
The shift comes as Trump deployed the National Guard and later 700 Marines to Los Angeles, responding to reports of violence targeting law enforcement, particularly Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents carrying out deportation raids. California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said state and local authorities could handle the situation without the National Guard, but Trump said he was reestablishing law and order after failures by local and state leadership.
The move is part of Trump's pledge to carry out the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, which has included sweeping ICE raids nationwide.
Protests have erupted in major cities including Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Dallas, and Washington, D.C., in response. Despite the backlash, polling shows Trump's tough-on-immigration stance is resonating with much of the electorate.
In a striking reversal from his first term, Trump now holds a net-positive rating on immigration—a shift from -21 in June 2017 to +1 today—his largest net gain on any issue, according to CNN's Harry Enten.
But Quinnipiac's poll tells a different story. Trump's approval on deportations has also declined, dropping from 42 percent to 40 percent, the poll shows, while disapproval has climbed from 53 percent to 56 percent.
Trackers published by pollsters G. Elliott Morris and Nate Silver also show Trump trending downward on immigration.
Trump's numbers on the economy—once considered a relative strength—remain weak. The latest poll shows 40 percent approval and 56 percent disapproval.
