How popular is Donald Trump?
Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman.
🕒 The latest on Trump’s approval rating
Updated March 13, 2026
We’re 14 days into the Iran War. The conflict remains unpopular across most polls, although it still enjoys strong support among Republicans. Donald Trump’s approval rating, however, has been relatively stable. We’re no longer seeing a rally-around-the-flag effect — meaning a boost in presidential popularity at the beginning of a conflict — but Trump’s support hasn’t declined either.
As of today, Trump’s net approval rating in our average is -13.9. For context, he started out the month at -13.5, not exactly a massive change. Trump is less popular than he was at this point in his first term (-12.5) and less popular than Joe Biden in the same period (-9.3). He’s also less popular than Barack Obama was at the same point in his second term (-7.9).
If the war results in additional American casualties, or if gas prices continue to spike, it’s entirely possible that Trump’s approval rating will decline as a result. -EMD, 3/12/26
See also: Generic congressional ballot dashboard and Elon Musk favorability rating dashboard.
This is the landing page for Silver Bulletin presidential approval ratings. We’ll regularly update the charts below as new polls about Donald Trump’s approval rating come in.1 This page is designed to be viewed on the web rather than in our email client or in the Substack app.
Click here for more information on how the average works. The Silver Bulletin average weights more reliable polls heavily — you can find our latest pollster ratings here.
The topline: So, just how popular is Trump?
Our default average reflects a combination of all polls, whether conducted among adults, registered voters or likely voters. 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 This is because all Americans have a say in how popular the president is — whether or not they vote.
The polls: What do the surveys say?
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 Sometimes, surveys with mediocre pollster ratings have more weight in the model just because they were conducted very recently or polled more 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. 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. You can also click here to download every Trump approval poll in our database — including some additional details not shown in the chart below.
The issues: What do Americans think of Trump’s policies?
Pollsters don’t just ask about Trump’s overall job approval, they also ask about how well he’s dealing with different 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.
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?
How many voters strongly approve or disapprove of Trump?
What are Trump’s numbers in only polls of adults or only polls of likely and registered voters?
You can find all of that, plus downloadable data on every president’s approval rating every day since 1945, down below.