Overview
- A Reuters/Ipsos online poll that closed on Monday collected 1,537 responses and found President Trump’s overall approval at 36%, a one-point rise from the outlet’s prior survey.
- The four-day survey spanned the June 14 announcement of a U.S.-Iran framework expected to end fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz and coincided with U.S. pump prices falling to about $3.99 a gallon.
- Approval of Trump’s handling of the cost of living rose to 24% from 22% a week earlier and 20% a month earlier, while overall disapproval eased to 69% from 73%.
- Despite the uptick, Trump’s rating remains near the lowest of his term after he began his second term at about 47%, and registered voters in the poll favored Democrats 41% to 38% for Congress with independents preferring Democrats by 13 points.
- Rural and independent voters have shown notable erosion in support—rural approval fell from about 60% last year to roughly 50% now—which could translate into midterm losses for Republican incumbents if price relief does not persist.