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Nate Silver

American statistician, journalist, and poker player (born 1978)

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Dec 11, 2025
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What is Donald Trump’s current approval rating and how has it changed over time?

Donald Trump’s most-cited recent national approval readings cluster around the low 40s: Reuters/Ipsos and other outlets report a 41% approval in early December, while aggregated trackers show net appr...

Nov 25, 2025
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trump is the worst most terrible depraved and evil president of modern history

Many commentators and scholarly polls have placed Donald Trump at or near the bottom of modern presidential rankings: a 2024 survey of presidential historians put him last (45th) and other pieces argu...

Jan 11, 2026
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donald trump approval ratings

National polling through early January 2026 shows Donald Trump running below majority approval in most large trackers, with averages and reputable polls clustering in the high-30s to low‑40s for “appr...

Nov 20, 2025

How does Trump's approval rating compare to that of his immediate predecessors, such as Barack Obama and George W. Bush?

Donald Trump’s approval in 2025 is generally lower than the peak early-term approvals enjoyed by Barack Obama and George W. Bush, though short-term averages and trackers show variation by pollster and...

Nov 14, 2025

Is Donald Trump the greatest President of all time

Assessments of whether Donald Trump is "the greatest President of all time" vary sharply by audience and metric; scholarly historical rankings place him near the bottom (e.g., last in a recent scholar...

Nov 14, 2025

what is trumps approval rating currently?

Polls taken in early to mid‑November 2025 show President Donald Trump’s approval clustered in the high‑30s to low‑40s, with several major trackers reporting around 37–42% approval and disapproval gene...

Nov 22, 2025

How did Donald Trump's approval ratings compare to other US presidents?

Donald Trump’s approval in late 2025 is clustered in the high‑30s to low‑40s across major polls: Reuters/Ipsos and Ipsos report 38% (net negative) , CNN/SSRS and The New York Times daily average note ...

Oct 16, 2025

How does Trump's approval rating compare to other US presidents?

President Trump’s current approval sits in a modestly negative territory by several trackers, with headline figures ranging from roughly and net approval spreads between about in late September 2025 r...

Dec 21, 2025

Trump approval vs Obama approval in second term

Donald Trump’s approval during his second term has generally trended in the high‑30s to low‑40s across major trackers, hitting Gallup lows near 36–37% and aggregate measures near the low‑40s, while re...

Jan 12, 2026

What are trump’s approval rates

Across national polls in early January 2026, Donald Trump’s approval rating sits below 50 percent but varies by pollster and timing — most national trackers place approval roughly in the high 30s to l...

Nov 29, 2025

Which president had the lowest Gallup approval average and what factors caused the low rating?

Gallup records show Donald Trump holds the lowest presidential average in Gallup’s history, with his term average below Joe Biden’s 42.2% and prior lows such as Jimmy Carter’s 45.5% (Gallup reporting ...

Nov 15, 2025

How does Donald Trump's approval rating compare to other presidents?

Donald Trump’s current approval is running in the low‑40s on multi‑poll averages (around 40–42% by several trackers) with recent polls showing lows as low as 37% and net approval often negative (about...

Jan 18, 2026

What percent of Americans approve of what trump is doing in Minnesota

Multiple national polls taken in the wake of the ICE shooting and subsequent federal deployments to Minnesota show that roughly four in ten Americans approve of President Trump’s handling of the Minne...

Dec 3, 2025

Which US president has the highest Gallup approval rating average in modern history?

Gallup’s historical presidential approval database shows Dwight D. Eisenhower with the highest sustained average approval among modern presidents tracked by Gallup, with peak ratings and consistently ...

Nov 20, 2025

How do polls rate Donald Trump's likability compared to other presidents?

Recent U.S. polls show President Donald Trump’s overall approval and favorability are weak compared with many past presidents at similar points in their terms: several national surveys in November 202...

Nov 7, 2025

What is Donald Trump's approval rating on FiveThirtyEight in 2025?

FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver/Silver Bulletin reporting shows Donald Trump’s net approval in 2025 was , with snapshots around mid-October and early November indicating a net between , and an October 1...

Jan 13, 2026

How have Republican age cohorts (Millennials vs. Boomers) differed in Trump approval and election‑fraud beliefs in longitudinal polls?

Longitudinal polling and survey research consistently show that older Republicans have been more likely than younger Republicans to approve of Donald Trump’s performance, while belief in 2020 election...

Dec 16, 2025

Recent polls on American views of Donald Trump and US democracy

Recent national polls show President Donald Trump running with approval roughly in the low-to-mid 40s and disapproval in the mid-50s — for example, Ipsos reported 41% approval/57% disapproval in early...

Dec 11, 2025

How do historians rank Donald Trump compared with other presidents?

Historians’ formal rankings and public polls paint different pictures: a 2024 survey used in reporting placed Donald Trump at or near the bottom of expert historical rankings (Trump ranked last at #44...

Nov 20, 2025

What demographic groups view Donald Trump as more or less likable than other modern presidents?

Polling and post‑election analyses show Donald Trump’s likability and approval vary sharply by age, race/ethnicity, education and partisan ID: young adults, Hispanic and Black voters and college‑educa...