Trump Approval Falls to 31%, a New Low in Reuters/Ipsos Polling

President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 31%, a new low in Reuters/Ipsos tracking across either of his terms, according to a poll released Oct. 19. The same survey showed Democrats ahead of Republicans by 12 percentage points on the generic congressional ballot, the widest Democratic lead of this election cycle in the pollster’s tracking.

The four-day poll of 1,679 U.S. adults carries a margin of error of 2 percentage points. It landed as early voting began in several states, with Republicans facing an uphill fight to keep their narrow majorities in Congress.

The Reuters/Ipsos result was one of three polls in two days to put Trump at or near record lows. A Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll released Oct. 18 found 33% approval, a record low for that pollster, down 4 points from July and 8 points from October 2025. For the first time in a decade, that poll found Democrats more trusted than Republicans to handle the economy. An NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll released the same day put Trump’s approval at a second-term low of 34%, with 51% of respondents saying they “strongly disapprove” of his job performance.

Most Americans say the country is off track

In the NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll, 71% of Americans said the country is on the “wrong track,” up 10 percentage points from a poll in April 2025, and Democrats held a 10-point lead on the generic congressional ballot. Among Latino voters, a group that shifted toward Trump in the 2024 election, his approval stood at 31%.

The broader averages show the same slide. As of Oct. 19, the RealClearPolitics average had Trump at 38.9% approval and 59.3% disapproval; the New York Times polling average had him at 37% to 61%; and Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin average showed 37.5% approval against 59.9% disapproval.

Reporting based on coverage by USA Today.