President Donald Trump will leave the White House this week with the lowest approval rating of his presidency, with just 34 percent of Americans supporting the job he has done, according to a Gallup poll.
Disapproval of the president has increased since the violent assault on the US Capitol by pro-Trump rioters on January 6 that left five people dead. The change in perception is almost entirely among Republicans.
The attack on Congress also implies Donald Trump entering the history books as the first President of the United States to be impeached twice.
The president was charged with one count of “incitement of insurrection” following the deadly mob attack on the Capitol.
In nearly every major poll, Trump had the lowest approval rating ever.
According to CNN’s Manu Raju, Trump ranks below a great number of previous presidents (though not all) in approval ratings before leaving office.
Final Presidential Approval Ratings
Before Leaving OfficeClinton, 2001 66%
Reagan, 1988 63%
Obama, 2017 60%
Eisenhower, 1960 59%
Bush, 1993 56%
Ford, 1976 53%
Johnson, 1969 49%
Carter, 1980 34%
Trump, now 34%
Truman, 1952 32%— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 17, 2021
His support fell below 40% in two polls in June 2020 amid racial justice protests in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of police and growing displeasure with his handling of the pandemic.
The worst polling comes from Pew Research Center in which Trump has the lowest disapproval rating at 68 percent and his approval rating at 29 percent in the poll of 5,360 adults conducted between January 8-12.
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His 41% average approval rating throughout his presidency is four points lower than any of his predecessors in Gallup’s polling era.