Trump is under water on some of his top issues — including immigration, poll shows - POLITICO
The president’s approval rating had been ticking upward since its biggest drop in April.
On immigration — an issue that the president hammered on the campaign trail — Donald Trump’s approval rating dropped five points from April, to 43 percent. | Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
By Andrew Howard
06/11/2025 03:53 PM EDT
President Donald Trump is under water on some of his most favorable issues — immigration and the economy — according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.
The poll shows Trump’s approval rating at 38 percent among registered voters, a three point drop from April. He’s also losing support on subjects that were crucial to his November victory.
On immigration — an issue that the president hammered on the campaign trail — Trump’s approval rating dropped five points from April, to 43 percent. His already low approval rating on the economy did not budge, remaining at 40 percent. The results show a majority of voters, 54 percent, disapprove of Trump’s handling of the issue.
The poll surveyed 1,265 self-identified registered voters from June 5-9, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percent.
The results come as Trump’s approval has been steadily picking up since it dropped significantly in April, according to RealClearPolitics’ polling average.
The negative polling did not stop at the president himself. A majority of the voters polled also had objections to his premier piece of legislation, the “big, beautiful bill” making its way through Congress.
Fifty-three percent of the voters polled did not support the legislation. Divided among party lines, 67 percent of Republicans supported, while 89 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of independents opposed it.
On Medicaid funding, an issue that has become Democratic messaging priority, 47 percent of those surveyed thought funding should increase, while 40 percent think it should stay about the same, and just 10 percent think federal funding should decrease. The bill as passed by the House is estimated to end Medicaid coverage for millions of people.
Quinnipiac also asked voters what they think of billionaire Elon Musk, and his approval rating is crashing among Republicans following his very public breakup with Trump.
Among Republicans, 62 percent had a favorable view of Musk, a 16 point drop from April.
But while Trump’s approval languishes, it’s not clear Democrats will be able to take advantage of it. A vast majority of voters — 70 percent — disapprove of the way Democrats in Congress are doing their jobs, while 20 percent approved. That’s 12 points lower than how voters viewed Republicans in the survey. |
