What Americans think about Trump’s first year back in office, according to AP-NORC polling
January 15, 2026
President Donald Trump’s second term has been eventful, but you wouldn’t know it from his approval numbers. A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults approve of Trump’s performance as president. That’s virtually unchanged from the Republican president’s approval ratings shortly after he took office for the second time. There has been even less variation in Americans’ views of Trump’s performance than there was during his first term, which was already remarkably steady. That multiterm stability is a testament to how difficult it is to change Americans’ minds about someone who has defined the political landscape for the past decade.