According to
538's live average tracker, Trump's current favorability rating stands at 46.6 percent, with 48 percent unfavorable, giving the president a net unfavorable rating of plus 1.4.
This is just below the 1.6 net unfavorable rating Trump had on January 20, when he returned to the White House for his second term.
538's tracker shows that Trump's average favorability rating improved in the subsequent days, reaching a net high of plus 0.6 percentage points unfavorable between February 3 and 9 before sliding back down to its current level.
Trump's favorability rating followed a similar trajectory on
RealClearPolitics' average tracker.
On January 20, the president's net score was 0.2 percentage points unfavorable (48.1 percent unfavorable to 47.9 percent favorable).
By February 2, Trump's net rating rose to plus 1.2 percentage points favorable. As of February 18, his overall score is back in negative territory (48.5 percent unfavorable to 47.9 percent favorable).
A
recent Economist/YouGov poll found that a majority of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of Trump (52 percent), while 46 percent view him positively, giving the president a net favorability score of minus 6 percentage points.
The survey, conducted February 9-11 among 1,595 adults, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
Elsewhere, a Morning Consult poll of 2,230 registered voters, conducted February 7-9, found Trump's favorability rating at 47 percent, with 50 percent viewing him unfavorably.
This will only further deteriorate.
