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By Martha McHardy
US News Reporter
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President Donald Trump's approval rating has ticked down following the passage and signing of the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law last week.
According to Morning Consult's latest poll, conducted between July 3 and July 6 among 2,203 registered voters, Trump's net approval rating now stands at -7 points, with 45 percent approving and 52 percent disapproving of the president. That is down from a -3 point net approval the previous week.
Why It Matters
The polling comes after Trump had seen an uptick in approval ratings in several polls—including Morning Consult's—following an earlier plunge to an all-time low for his second term after protests in Los Angeles and airstrikes in Iran.
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New polls indicate Trump's approval rating is slipping.
What To Know
Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law on July 4. The bill, which passed both the House and Senate with no votes from Democrats, includes cuts to Medicaid and increased immigration enforcement funding.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill will add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits over the next 10 years, but Republicans and the White House have disputed those figures. The CBO also estimates he bill will result in 11.8 million people losing Medicaid health insurance over the next decade.
The dip in Trump's ratings are not entirely surprising as polls have shown that Americans largely oppose the tax bill.
According to new YouGov/Economist polling, conducted between July 4 and July 7 among 1,528 adults, a majority of Americans—53 percent—say they strongly or somewhat oppose the Trump budget bill, compared to 35 percent who said they support it
Opposition climbed by 10 percentage points since April, when the plan was first unveiled.
Other polls have also revealed widespread opposition to the Big Beautiful Bill.
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A Quinnipiac poll conducted June 22 to June 24 found that 55 percent of Americans said they oppose the bill. A Fox News survey from June 13 to June 16 put opposition even higher, at 59 percent. Meanwhile, a KFF poll from June 4 to June 8 showed the strongest pushback, with 64 percent saying they reject the legislation.
Despite widespread opposition to the legislation, some polls indicate that the OBBBA may not have yet impacted Trump's approval ratings.
Newsweek's tracker puts Trump's approval at 45 percent, with 51 percent disapproving, giving him a net approval of -6 points. That is unchanged from last week. The latest YouGov/Economist poll was also unchanged from last week, with Trump's approval rating remaining at -11 points (42 approve, 53 disapprove).
Previous polls had shown Trump's approval ratings ticking up slightly after a period of steady decline.
That includes Newsweek's tracker, which saw Trump's rating hit an all-time low of -10 points last month.
The latest Navigator Research poll, conducted June 26 to June 30, found Trump at 45 percent approval and 53 percent disapproval—a slight recovery from early June, when he hit a record low for this term at 43 percent approval and 55 percent disapproval.
Similarly, a Marist/NPR/PBS poll conducted June 23 to June 25 put Trump's approval at 43 percent and disapproval at 52 percent, an uptick from April's low of 42 percent approval and 53 percent disapproval.
Other polls still showed Trump's ratings at a low. The latest ActiVote survey, conducted June 1 to June 30 among 523 adults, found Trump's national approval at 45 percent and disapproval at 52 percent—putting his net approval at -7 points, his worst showing since returning to office.
Despite this low for his second term, Trump's current approval still outpaces his own first-term average, which ActiVote tracked at 41 percent. It also remains slightly higher than former President Joe Biden's full-term average of 41 percent and Biden's final-year average of 40 percent.
A separate survey by Targoz Market Research and Overton Insights, conducted June 23 to June 26 among 1,200 registered voters, put Trump's net approval even deeper underwater at -11 points—with 43 percent approving and 54 percent disapproving. That's a notable drop from a -5 net approval rating in March.
Meanwhile, in the YouGov/Yahoo poll, Trump's net approval dropped from -13 points in May—when 41 percent approved and 54 percent disapproved—to -16 points, with 40 percent approving and 56 percent disapproving.
Some other polls offer Trump a silver lining. An RMG Research poll from June 18 to June 26 showed the president still slightly above water, with a net approval of +4 points (51 percent approve, 47 percent disapprove)—though that, too, was down from +7 previously.
And the latest Quantus Insights poll, conducted June 30 to July 2 among 1,000 registered voters, showed Trump's net approval at -2 points, with 47 percent approving and 49 percent disapproving—relatively unchanged from previous Quantus polls.
What Happens Next
Trump's approval ratings are likely to fluctuate in the coming weeks.
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