Overview
- UMass Amherst’s national survey, released Monday, found 33% approval and 62% disapproval for President Trump, the lowest reading reported in his second term.
- Nate Silver’s tracker now averages approval at 39.7% with net approval at -17.4, a new low after a sharp several‑week slide.
- Analysts tie the drop mainly to the Iran war’s economic fallout as gas prices climbed to about $4 a gallon after the Feb. 28 strikes disrupted oil flows.
- The UMass poll shows only 8% support sending U.S. ground troops into Iran, and poll director Tatishe Nteta reports steep declines among men, working‑class voters, African Americans, moderates and independents.
- Conservative voices like Megyn Kelly call the numbers a “five‑alarm fire,” while most polls from YouGov, Fox, Quinnipiac, Reuters/Ipsos and HarrisX keep Trump underwater even as a Daily Mail/JL Partners reading at 46% highlights cross‑poll variation.