Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
not measured
these signals count newsroom corrections;
Commentary has none to count
Outlets on this story
1
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
🕒 The latest on Trump’s approval rating
Updated September 15, 2026
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latest → update → rating
We’ll regularly update the charts below as new polls about Donald Trump’s approval rating come in.1
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polls → update → rating
This page is designed to be viewed on the web rather than in our email client or in the Substack app.
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page → design → app
Click here for more information on how the average works.
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average → click → information
The Silver Bulletin average weights more reliable polls heavily — you can find our latest pollster ratings here.
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you → weight → ratings
Our default average reflects a combination of all polls, whether conducted among adults, registered voters or likely voters.
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average → reflect → adults
If a pollster releases multiple versions of the same survey, we use the all-adult version of the poll before the registered voter version.2
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we → release → version.2
This is because all Americans have a say in how popular the president is — whether or not they vote.
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they → have → say
The polls: What do the surveys say?
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surveys → say → What
Each poll gets an “influence” score based on its pollster rating, its sample size, its recency, and how often a pollster is publishing numbers.3
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pollster → get → rating
Sometimes, surveys with mediocre pollster ratings have more weight in the model just because they were conducted very recently or polled more people.
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they → have → people
Inevitably, there’s a lot of disagreement from survey to survey, not just because of statistical variation but because pollsters have long had trouble pegging down Trump’s popularity.
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pollsters → ’ → popularity
By clicking on the “adjusted results” tab, you can see how the “house effects” adjustment that corrects for these predictable differences works in our model.
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that → click → model
You can also click here to download every Trump approval poll in our database — including some additional details not shown in the chart below.
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You → click → chart
The issues: What do Americans think of Trump’s policies?
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Americans → think → policies
Pollsters don’t just ask about Trump’s overall job approval, they also ask about how well he’s dealing with different issues.
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he → ask → issues
We’re tracking how the public feels about Trump’s handling of four topics: the economy, immigration, trade and tariffs, and the cost of living.
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public → track → living
The deep dive
We also have a few features we’re reserving for paying subscribers:
How do Trump’s approval ratings compare to every past president since Truman?
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ratings → have → Truman
How many voters strongly approve or disapprove of Trump?
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voters → approve → Trump
What are Trump’s numbers in only polls of adults or only polls of likely and registered voters?
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numbers → register → voters
You can find all of that, plus downloadable data on every president’s approval rating every day since 1945, down below.
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You → find → 1945
The Aporia
