As of April 2025, about 44 percent of Americans approved of the way Donald Trump was handling his job as president. President Trump’s public approval fluctuated during his first term, falling to 34 percent toward the end of his first term in 2021. Approval of Administration Donald Trump’s presidency has caused a lot of controversy and debate both within and outside the United States. It took only eight days from his first day in office for Donald Trump to receive a 50 percent disapproval rating. The President is not the only politician with low approval ratings, as many Senators also face low approval ratings. However, President Trump’s second term approval ratings are not much lower than his approval rating after the same amount of time in office during his first term.

According to an April survey taken in the United States, ** percent of respondents approved of the way Donald Trump was handling immigration in the country. Furthermore, ** percent approved of his government spending.

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FINAL UPDATE: It's election night, and the results are coming in. The final update includes the latest poll data from 538, which is from two days ago. Thanks all for following the development of this dataset.

OCTOBER UPDATE: The past month has been typical of the final weeks before the election - rallies, interviews, and advertising. This update includes a transcript of the VP debate between Walz and Vance, and the latest poll summaries.

SEPTEMBER UPDATE: Trump and Harris had their first debate. This update includes the transcript and recent poll results. Also, there was a second attempt to kill former President Trump! No shots fired though on this one. You'll see aerial diagrams of both attempts in the dataset.

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LATE AUGUST UPDATE: The Democratic Party replaced President Biden with his VP, Kamala Harris. It's now Trump v Harris along with one nominee from each of the smaller factions.

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AUGUST UPDATE: This election season just gets crazier and crazier. You'll see new data related to the assassination attempt on former President Trump. There are transcripts of Secret Service hearings and an annotated image of the rally area.

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JULY UPDATE: Added the transcript of the debate between Trump and Biden.

MAY UPDATE: Added some new polls and also a meta-poll assessing the quality of select pollsters.

APRIL UPDATE : The dataset now contains approval ratings for sitting presidents, which includes Biden and Trump.

MARCH UPDATE: As of last week, the presumptive nominees are Joe Biden(D) and Donald Trump(R). They also ran against each other in 2020. Robert F Kennedy Jr is running as an independent.

Presidential elections occur quadrennially in years evenly divisible by 4, on the first Tuesday after November 1. Presidential candidates from the major political parties usually declare their intentions to run as early as the spring of the previous calendar year before the election. The two major parties each nominate one candidate through a process of primary elections and nominating conventions during the election year. (source: Wikipedia)

This dataset contains data on candidates, primary/caucus results, polls, and debate transcripts. Updates and additional data will be added as the landscape develops.

Note: Version 3 of this dataset contains previous coverage of the 2022 Congressional Mid-term Elections.

This statistic shows the number of days American presidents have spent in office until their public disapproval reached 51 percent from President Truman to President Trump's second term. As of January 28, 2017, President Trump spent only eight days in office until he reached a disapproval rating of 51 percent. In comparison, Joe Biden reached a disapproval rating of 53 percent 240 days after assuming office, the first time it exceeded 51 percent.

According to a May 2025 survey, roughly one-third of Americans believed President Trump was putting the interests of the United States first, compared to 47 percent who thought that his business interests came first.

According to a May 2025 survey, more than half of American respondents believed President Trump was using his office for personal gain.

During a ************* survey, the opinion of Mexicans regarding the future of their country with Donald Trump's presidency was fairly negative. Specifically, ** percent of respondents stated that the direction of the country will go either bad or very bad.

President Trump's visit to Qatar results in a $1.2 trillion economic agreement, enhancing U.S.-Qatar trade relations with a significant Boeing deal.

According to a July 2025 survey, Donald Trump's favorability among Republicans was strong, with 60 percent viewing him very favorably and 29 percent somewhat favorably. This overwhelming support from his party base contrasts sharply with Democrats, of whom 90 percent viewed Trump very unfavorably. Independents were more divided, with 28 percent expressing some degree of favorability towards the former president. Electoral college victory Trump's popularity among Republicans translated into electoral success in the 2024 presidential election. He secured 312 electoral votes, surpassing the 270 needed to win the presidency. This victory came as Trump won all seven swing states, some by significant margins, despite pre-election polls showing only a slight lead in most battleground states. Increased republican support The 2024 election saw Republicans gain ground across the country. Every state reported an increase in Republican votes compared to 2020, with New York showing the largest gain of 6.43 percent. New Jersey and Florida also saw significant increases of nearly five percent. This surge in Republican support led to Trump flipping six states that he had lost in the previous election, contributing to his decisive victory.

Descriptive statistics of abnormal returns in the estimation window.

This statistic gives an insight into how voters view the qualifications of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to be the President of the United States should they succeed in the 2016 presidential election, as of *********. ** percent to voters considered Hillary Clinton to be qualified for the job. In contrast, Donald Trump was considered qualified by ** percent of voters.

According to a survey conducted in July 2025, around 49 percent of Americans had a very unfavorable view of Donald Trump, while 24 percent of Americans held a very favorable view. Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in November 2024. The former president will be sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2025. Shifting perceptions of trustworthiness Despite the significant portion of Americans who view Trump unfavorably, his perceived trustworthiness has shown improvement over time. A September 2024 survey found that 41 percent of registered voters considered Trump honest and trustworthy, marking an increase from 38 percent in 2016. Policy proposals and partisan support Trump's policy proposals have continued to garner strong support from his Republican base while facing opposition from Democrats. An August 2024 survey showed roughly 85 percent of Republicans backing Trump's plan to arrest and deport thousands of illegal immigrants, compared to only 22 percent of Democrats. This stark partisan divide on key policy issues reflects the broader polarization in Trump's favorability ratings.

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted with British holidaymakers in 2017, asking them if they are more or less likely to visit the United States in the future following Donald Trump's presidential election. Of respondents, 27 percent said they are now less likely to visit the USA. However for the majority, Trump's presidency makes no difference to their plans to visit the country in future.

This statistic shows a survey on Trump's presidency affecting Sweden in 2017, by gender and political affiliation. During the survey period, 13 percent of interviewed Swedish men stated that Donald Trump's presidency will have a positive effect on Sweden.

During a survey conducted in December 2020, 50 percent of respondents said they approve of how Donald Trump is handling the U.S. economy. 56 percent of respondents reported that they disapproved of how he is handling the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

A poll conducted in January 2024 found that most Americans would not want Joe Biden or Donald Trump to run for president again in the next election. The next presidential election in the United States is scheduled for November ***, 2024. Current polling of the two presidential front-runners can be found here.

This statistic shows the distribution of expenditures of Donald Trump's campaign in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. As of August, 2016, 20.1 million U.S. dollars was spent by Donald Trump's campaign on media.

In 2019, ** percent of respondents worldwide indicated that they disapproved of President Donald Trump's policy of the U.S. increasing tariffs on imported goods from other countries. On the other hand, ** percent of respondents approved of U.S. negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

According to a survey in July 2020, ** percent of respondents in the United States thought that President Donald Trump embodies American values very poorly, while ** percent of respondents said he embodies American values somewhat well.

This graph shows the results of a survey on who can be more trusted between President Trump and the news media to tell the truth about important issues in the United States as of *************. According to the source, ** percent of respondents stated that they trust the news media more to tell the truth about important issues.