Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Polls Reveal Trump's Approval Rating Among White Voters
People who study news want to know what Americans think about their leaders.
One way to find out is called a poll, which asks many people questions and counts their answers.
A news company called CNN did such a poll asking white voters what they thought about a leader named Trump.
An approval rating shows how many people like someone minus how many people do not like them.
Trump's rating with white voters started at zero in July 2025, meaning just as many people liked him as did not.
Over the next year, the number mostly went down, hitting negative 7 in October 2025.
It briefly returned to zero in April 2026 before falling again.
By July 2026, the rating had dropped to negative 20.
A negative number means more people did not like Trump than liked him.
The poll shows that over time, fewer white voters approved of Trump.
CNN polling tracked Trump's net approval rating among white voters from July 2025 to July 2026.
Trump's net approval with white voters stood at even in July 2025.
It slipped to negative 7 by October 2025 and negative 5 in January 2026.
The rating briefly returned to even in April 2026 before falling again.
By July 2026, Trump's net approval with white voters had dropped to negative 20.
- Who
- Donald Trump, whose approval rating among white voters was measured by CNN.
- What
- Trump's net approval rating among white voters declined from even in July 2025 to negative 20 in July 2026.
- When
- Between July 2025 and July 2026.
- Where
- United States
- Why
- Not stated in the article.
- Poll source
- CNN
- Demographic tracked
- White voters
- Net approval, July 2025
- Even (0)
- Net approval, October 2025
- -7
- Net approval, January 2026
- -5
- Net approval, March 2026
- -12
- Net approval, April 2026
- Brief return to even
- Net approval, July 2026
- -20