Most Americans have a negative view of President Trump’s policies and performance, according to new polling from the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
According to poll results released Wednesday, more Americans said Trump’s policies have hurt them than helped them, with 49% of respondents picking the former option and just 27% choosing the latter. Another 22% said the policies haven’t made a difference either way.
The results varied by race, although more people in each racial category chose the “hurt” option. While 70% of Black respondents and 62% of Hispanic respondents said Trump’s policies have done more to hurt them, that number fell to 41% for white adults. In all cases, though, the negative number outweighed the positive number, with just 9% of Black adults, 19% of Hispanic adults and 35% of white adults saying Trump’s policies had helped them.
Negative views of performance: Fifty-eight percent of adults disapprove of Trump’s job as president, compared to 40% who approve. On specific issues, negative views predominate, including immigration (55% disapprove to 43% approve), taxes (56% to 41%), the economy (60% to 38%), government spending (61% to 38%) and trade negotiations (61% to 37%).
Results varied significantly by party affiliation, with Republicans reporting far more positive views. Seventy-eight percent of Republican respondents approve of Trump’s job performance, while 80% of Democrats disapprove. Republicans were also more likely to say that Trump understands the problems facing “people like them,” with 47% agreeing, compared to just 5% of Democrats and 19% of independents.
The national poll of 1,437 adults was conducted July 10-14, 2025, and has a sampling error of +/- 3.6 percentage points.
