President Donald Trump’s job approval score is slipping amongst unbiased voters in a brand new survey from Gallup, spurred partially by disapproval of how the president is dealing with key points together with the federal price range, financial system and immigration.
A July ballot from Gallup discovered that Trump’s job approval score has dipped to only 37 % amongst all American adults, the bottom of his second time period. Self-identified independents gave the president a 29 % job approval score. The 17-point decline since January matches his lowest score with independents in both of his phrases.
Sixty-four % of independents stated they’ve an unfavorable opinion of the job Trump is doing. Simply 7 % of Republicans stated the identical, whereas 97 % of Democrats stated they’d an unfavorable view.
The ballot, which was carried out simply days after Congress handed Trump’s megabill, confirmed that 73 % of independents disapprove of the president’s dealing with of the federal price range. Sixty-five % of all adults surveyed stated they disapprove of how Trump is dealing with the price range, a rise from 52 % who stated the identical in March of this yr.
The decline in help might be a warning signal for Republican leaders as they appear to keep up their slim management of the Home and Senate forward of the 2026 midterms.
Trump struggled to garner greater than 40 % approval from unbiased voters on a number of points central to his 2024 marketing campaign.
Although Trump made fortifying the financial system a central pillar of his marketing campaign, 68 % of independents stated they disapprove of how he’s dealing with the difficulty. General, 61 % of adults stated they disapprove of how the president is dealing with the financial system — a gradual enhance from the 54 % who stated the identical in February, and roughly even with the 59 % who stated so in March.
Impartial voters additionally stay largely displeased together with his dealing with of immigration, even because it stays a cornerstone of Trump’s agenda — framed as important to nationwide safety and financial stability.
Solely 30 % of independents approve of Trump’s dealing with of immigration within the Gallup ballot. Sixty % of all adults stated they disapprove of his dealing with of the difficulty, additionally a rise from February when 51 % stated the identical.
Democrats within the ballot broadly disapprove of Trump’s dealing with on most main points. Solely 2 % of Democrats approve of Trump’s dealing with of the financial system, and solely 3 % approve of his dealing with of the federal price range. 4 % approve of his dealing with of immigration.
Republicans largely nonetheless approve of Trump’s presidency, with 89 % general approving. Eighty-four % approve of his dealing with of the financial system, whereas 81 % approve of Trump’s dealing with of the federal price range. Eighty-eight % of Republicans approve of how Trump is dealing with immigration.
The ballot was carried out by phone from July 7-21, 2025 with a random pattern of 1,002 adults. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4 proportion factors. Subgroups have a bigger margin of error.