{"id":2402129,"date":"2025-02-13T07:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T12:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-poll-numbers-look-better-than-ever-as-second-term-gets-rolling-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T07:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T12:47:36","slug":"trumps-poll-numbers-look-better-than-ever-as-second-term-gets-rolling-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-poll-numbers-look-better-than-ever-as-second-term-gets-rolling-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s poll numbers look better than ever as second term gets rolling &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-poll-numbers-look-better-than-ever-as-second-term-gets-rolling-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402129&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses former President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-joe-biden-better-hope-these-polls-arent-wrong\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Joe Biden Better Hope These ...s Aren\u2019t Wrong\">current poll numbers<\/a>, which appear to \u2064be among the highest of\u2063 his political career as he embarks on his second term. With an\u2064 approval rating\u2063 of 53%\u200b according to a CBS News-YouGov poll,Trump has outperformed \u2064both his past averages and his initial approval ratings during his first term.Key factors contributing to his favorable standing\u2063 include his rapid execution of campaign promises \u2063and\u2064 media engagement. However,these numbers \u200bcome with caveats; Trump\u2062 remains a polarizing figure,and\u200d varying polls show discrepancies in \u200dpublic opinion on \u2063his\u200d performance.\u200b While his supporters are enthusiastic,\u2064 the article cautions that sustained approval is vulnerable to\u200d shifts \u2064in public perception, especially in response \u200cto \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-wallace-announces-he-is-joining-cnn-social-media-erupts-good-riddance-to-this-fraud\/\" title=\"Chris Wallace Announces He Is Joining CNN; Social Media Erupts: \u2018Good Riddance To This Fraud\u2019\">negative news cycles<\/a>. the piece highlights both\u200b the strength and \u2063potential volatility of Trump&#8217;s political situation as he navigates \u2062his presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s poll numbers look better than ever as second term gets rolling<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1992519\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> is enjoying some of the best poll numbers of his near decade in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">national politics<\/a> as he plows ahead with his agenda at breakneck speed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-features\/3312781\/trump-tv-savvy-team-blanket-airwaves\/\">dominates the airwaves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump is above water by 2.6 percentage points in the national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/donald-trump\/approval-rating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>RealClearPolitics <\/em>polling average<\/a>, albeit with significant differences in the results found by various pollsters. Yet even his worst current poll numbers are better than where he was for most of his first term.<\/p>\n<p>An average of 41% approved of Trump&rsquo;s job performance from 2017 to 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/328637\/last-trump-job-approval-average-record-low.aspx\">according to Gallup<\/a>, with the pollster finding his last job approval rating was just 34%.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s improved numbers suggest that so far, voters aren&rsquo;t recoiling from his first weeks in office or the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">saturation-level media coverage<\/a> of the Trump administration. Trump won the popular vote for the first time in three tries in 2024, receiving 49.8% to former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s 48.3%.<\/p>\n<p>A CBS News-YouGov poll taken this month found 53% approved of the job Trump was doing so far, with 70% saying he was doing what he promised to do in the campaign. In this survey, 69% described Trump as tough, 63% energetic, 60% focused, and 58% effective.<\/p>\n<p>These are all impressions Trump has been trying to make, especially in contrast with former President Joe Biden. Trump greeted Marc Fogel, an American former hostage freed from Russian captivity, in the middle of the night at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a>. Trump attended the Super Bowl, a first for a sitting president. He has taken questions from the press frequently. He has issued a slew of executive orders aimed at quickly fulfilling campaign promises. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3317943\/tulsi-gabbard-confirmed-senate-trump-dni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">muscled through Cabinet picks<\/a> that initially seemed to elicit skepticism from Republican senators and appears to be moving toward diplomacy to end Russia&rsquo;s war in Ukraine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the presidential campaign, Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-up-4-points-on-generic-ballot-up-9-among-age-50-demo\/\" title=\"GOP Up 4 Points on Generic Ballot - Up 9 Among Age 50+ Demo\">retrospective job approval rating<\/a> was often higher than it was when he was originally in office. An October NBC News poll found it was 5 points higher than Biden&rsquo;s real-time approval rating. CBS, CNN, and Gallup were among the pollsters who found majority approval of the Trump transition process before he returned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oval-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oval Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was quiet at times as his poll numbers rebounded. True, he was never completely out of the news, grabbing seemingly negative headlines due to his indictments and legal problems. He was nevertheless not as omnipresent as he was from June 2015 to January 2021. As Biden&rsquo;s reelection campaign imploded after their sole presidential debate, Trump largely stayed mum.<\/p>\n<p>During the transition, Trump was seen at fighting matches and other public events. But he largely hunkered down at Mar-a-Lago, plotting appointments and early moves. It was muted compared to his whirlwind end to the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s improved poll numbers have so far survived his return to being everywhere all the time again, as well as an uptick in Democratic attacks on his policies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are two caveats, however. Some polls still find Trump more polarizing than popular. YouGov sampled people in the CBS poll where a majority approved of the job Trump is doing, but a poll of registered voters the firm conducted this month for the <em>Economist <\/em>found 47% approved and 49% disapproved. This disconnect seems consistent with Trump&rsquo;s strong performance with low-propensity voters last year.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, even Trump&rsquo;s best polls show him vulnerable to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-life-expectancy-falls-again-to-lowest-since-1996\/\" title=\"U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Again to Lowest Since 1996\">bad news cycle<\/a>. Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush both hovered around 90% job approval after the Persian Gulf War and the initial response to the 9\/11 terrorist attacks, respectively. Neither were able to sustain those kinds of numbers. The elder Bush lost his reelection bid and Bush the younger had approval ratings <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/116500\/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">as low as 25%<\/a> during his final year in office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is probably impossible for a national political figure in 2025 to have poll numbers as high as the Bushes briefly did. But it wouldn&rsquo;t take anywhere near as big of a drop to put Trump closer to his first-term popularity average.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s base appears more animated than at almost any time in the last 10 years while his opponents seem unsure of how to proceed, arguably making him more powerful than ever. But unless carefully maintained, polls and political power can be fleeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1992519\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1992519\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s poll numbers are at a high as his second term begins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2402130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25042764352001.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35370,32187,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2402129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-poll-numbers","tag-second-term","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25042764352001.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402129"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402133,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402129\/revisions\/2402133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}