A Reuters/Ipsos poll released in September found President Joe Trump’s approval rating at 32%, Reuters reported, marking the lowest level recorded by the pollster this year and a drop from 35% the prior week.
The Reuters story said the four-day Reuters/Ipsos survey put overall approval at 32% and disapproval at 66%.
The poll also found approval among Republicans fell to 73% from 82% in the previous week, Reuters reported, a shift Reuters attributed in its coverage to voter concerns about rising costs.
Reuters described the data as coming from a four-day field period that closed on Sunday, and noted the movement compared with the previous week’s Reuters/Ipsos figures.
Analysts and outlets cited the poll as a sign of slipping public support amid economic worries. An Ipsos summary page referenced the 32% approval figure and discussed Republicans’ declining rating on the cost-of-living issue.
The Reuters/Ipsos finding that “approval” stood at 32% and “disapprove” at 66% frames the immediate state of public sentiment captured by that poll; Reuters also noted the Republican approval drop to 73% from 82% week-over-week.
How polls like the Reuters/Ipsos survey work: Ipsos runs daily or multi-day online tracking that Reuters aggregates and reports, isolating weekly changes and subgroup measures such as party approval. Ipsos’ published notes on its methodology emphasize rolling samples and weighting to reflect U.S. demographics and party identification.
Comparable precedent: Reuters’ coverage cited earlier Reuters/Ipsos weeks when Trump’s approval was above 33% but said this 32% figure matched or set a new low in the pollster’s rolling series for his second term.
Why it matters: nationwide approval numbers like the Reuters/Ipsos 32% headline are widely used as a snapshot of voter sentiment and can influence campaign messaging and media narratives ahead of elections. Journalists and analysts often compare multiple national polls to track trends rather than rely on a single weekly result.
Sources
- Reuters — reported the 32% approval, 66% disapproval, the four-day field period, and the GOP subgroup shift from 82% to 73%.
- Ipsos — published poll materials that include the 32% approval figure and commentary on Republicans’ declining rating on cost-of-living issues.
- The Hill — summarized Reuters’ reporting on the Reuters/Ipsos poll and provided a secondary write-up of the 32% figure.
