Overview
- Reuters/Ipsos keeps the president’s job approval at 36%, matching last month’s low point for his second term.
- An AP–NORC survey finds only 30% approve of his handling of the economy, with 32% backing his approach to Iran.
- Higher gasoline prices linked to the conflict are souring views of his economic stewardship and pushing cost-of-living worries to the forefront.
- Concerns about temperament and mental sharpness have grown after incendiary posts, AI-generated violent imagery, and attacks on Pope Leo XIV.
- Election indicators have shifted as Nate Silver’s generic-ballot average shows Democrats up about 5.5 points and a deep-red Georgia district swung 25 points toward them in a special runoff.