May Monthly Job Approval for Trump: Slide Hits 6 Month Mark

• For the full month of May, President Trump’s job approval sits at 42%.
  • This is 1 point down from April, and 8 points down from October when it was 50%.
  • It is also the 6th consecutive month that the President’s job approval has fallen.
  • The Napolitan News survey of 7,116 Registered Voters also found that 56% disapprove (up 1 point from April).
  • These numbers include 22% who Strongly Approve, and 45% who Strongly Disapprove.
  • Eight in 10 Republicans (79%) approve, but opinions within the party differ widely. Trump-policy voters approve by 94%, and only 55% of traditional GOP Republicans approve.
  • Not surprisingly, 87% of Democrats disapprove.
  • A majority (68%) of Independents also disapprove.
  • Napolitan News releases weekly updates of the President’s Job Approval Rating every Friday at 11 a.m. Eastern.
• See the April, March, and February results.

We provide these monthly summaries because they provide a longer-term overview that reduces the statistical noise sometimes found in weekly updates.