The latest public opinion poll on support for Trump, conducted by YouGov for CBS on January 14-16, revealed that 59 percent Americans do not support the president's actions, but 41% approve of them. subjects.
More than half of the survey participants are critical of Trump's policies regarding the economy, inflation and immigration. 42 percent respondents believe that things in their country are heading in a “very bad” direction. Also, more than half of respondents answered that Trump's rule made them feel concerned (54%) and frustrated (51%).
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A study conducted by the SSRS center for CNN also showed that more than half (58%) of Americans consider the first year of Trump's presidency to be a failure. At the same time, the January AP-NORC poll shows that the president's actions are supported by about 40 percent. American adults. A similar percentage supported Trump in March 2025, shortly after he assumed the presidency. The AP agency noted that, in principle, the level of support for Trump has not changed much, just like during his first presidential term.
Americans assessed Donald Trump's policy. They are not happy
44 percent Americans surveyed by YouGov estimate that Trump's politics their financial situation worsened last year. 38 percent believe that the president's actions did not affect their financial situation, and 18 percent recognized that their situation had improved thanks to Trump's efforts. More than one-third (37%) of those surveyed by AP-NORC assessed Trump's economic policy positively, and nearly two-thirds (62%) – negatively.
According to William Galston from the Washington think tank Brookings Institution, public frustration with high prices and general economic pessimism led to a decline in support for Trump in 2025. This overshadowed the president's better ratings in areas such as immigration, the fight against crime and foreign policy, the expert noted.
The Wall Street Journal also emphasized that voters are increasingly dissatisfied from the way Trump deals with the economic situation in the US. Voters believe that Trump is focusing on the wrong priorities, they doubt his economic policy and they blame him, not his predecessor Joe Biden, for the deteriorating living conditions in the country, Galston noted. He announced that the improvement of the economic situation may influence the course of the congressional elections in 2026.
Has the US president “gone too far”?
According to YouGov over half (54%) of Americans fear that Trump's policies will lead to a weakening of peace and stability in the world in 2026. Nearly one third (32%) of respondents believe that its actions will contribute to global peace and stability, and 14%. — that they will have no impact on the world situation.
56 percent AP-NORC respondents believe the president has “gone too far” when it comes to foreign military interventions. About a third (35%) say the interventions he made were “appropriate” and 8%. — that he “didn't go far enough.”
According to almost half (49%) of respondents, the US position on the world stage has weakened over the last year, and in the opinion of 38 percent got stronger. This does not fit with the frequent declarations of the president and members of his administration, who repeat that a year ago “the USA was dead”, and today it is “the best country in the world”.
“Free America”. Protests against Donald Trump's administration
On Tuesday, exactly one year after Trump's inauguration as president, protests against the administration are planned in the United States under the slogan “Free America”.
As Axios recalled, in October last year, approximately 7 million people took part in the “No Kings” demonstrations in the USA. According to the Center for American Progress, as many as 12 million people, or about 3.5 percent, may participate in future protests in the US. inhabitants of the country. A Harvard Kennedy School study shows that in the case of mobilization, 3.5 percent society, governments find it difficult to ignore calls for change.
