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Nate Silver

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

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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...

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...

Jan 27, 2026
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What are the polls saying about Trump

National polling in January 2026 shows ’s overall approval and issue-specific ratings slipping: many surveys put his approval in the high-30s to low-40s with disapproval generally a mid-50s majority, ...

Jan 11, 2026

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...

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...

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...

Jan 25, 2026

trump approval

’s approval rating sits in the low-to-mid 40s across major national poll aggregates, with averaging roughly 42–46 percent depending on the window used (RealClear) . Polls show entrenched partisan supp...

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...

Jan 27, 2026

How do Fox News Poll results for Trump approval compare historically with other major pollsters (CNN, AP-NORC, WSJ) on the same dates?

Across the sources examined, and polling of viewers routinely report higher approval for than contemporaneous national surveys run by , AP‑NORC and some academic or mainstream outlets; the gap ranges ...

Jan 28, 2026

How have Trump’s approval ratings changed month-by-month since his January 2025 inauguration?

’s approval began his second term with polls showing him near the mid‑40s to high‑40s in January 2025 and then slipped during his before settling into a relatively narrow band for much of the year, wi...

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 ...

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...

Jan 27, 2026

Is Elon Musk a genius?

The short answer: . demonstrably exhibits a form of high, “spiky” practical intelligence that has produced extraordinary business and engineering outcomes; at the same time, there is no verified IQ sc...

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...

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...