Independent voters are growing increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump’s handling of key issues in a new poll from Gallup.
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating is slipping among independent voters in a new survey from Gallup, spurred in part by disapproval of how the president is handling key issues including the federal budget, economy and immigration.
A July poll from Gallup found that Trump’s job approval rating has dipped to just 37 percent among all American adults, the lowest of his second term. Self-identified independents gave the president a 29 percent job approval rating. The 17-point decline since January matches his lowest rating with independents in either of his terms.
Independents are increasingly souring on Trump, new poll finds
Independent voters are growing increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump’s handling of key issues in a new poll from Gallup.
President Donald Trump talks to reporters after signing an executive order, “Unleashing prosperity through deregulation,” in the Oval Office on Jan. 31, 2025. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
By Cheyanne M. Daniels07/24/2025 04:37 PM EDT
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating is slipping among independent voters in a new survey from Gallup, spurred in part by disapproval of how the president is handling key issues including the federal budget, economy and immigration.
A July poll from Gallup found that Trump’s job approval rating has dipped to just 37 percent among all American adults, the lowest of his second term. Self-identified independents gave the president a 29 percent job approval rating. The 17-point decline since January matches his lowest rating with independents in either of his terms.
Sixty-four percent of independents said they have an unfavorable opinion of the job Trump is doing. Just 7 percent of Republicans said the same, while 97 percent of Democrats said they had an unfavorable view.
The poll, which was conducted just days after Congress passed Trump’s megabill, showed that 73 percent of independents disapprove of the president’s handling of the federal budget. Sixty-five percent of all adults surveyed said they disapprove of how Trump is handling the budget, an increase from 52 percent who said the same in March of this year.
The decline in support could be a warning sign for Republican leaders as they look to maintain their slim control of the House and Senate ahead of the 2026 midterms.