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{"found_url":"https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling","crawl_time":1776577459,"first_indexed_time":1738078303,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,morningconsult!pro,\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling s443","src_root_hash":"10004374942530634535","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Tracking Public Opinion of Trump's Washington","meta_descriptions":["Trump’s Iran declines stabilize"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Morning Consult is tracking what voters across the country think about how President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are governing the United States ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Each week, we’ll update this page with fresh and timely data on all of the major questions facing Washington, including views about the people in charge, the issues dominating the conversation and what is actually breaking through to the electorate. For weekly updates of our generic ballot tracking, go to our page\nTracking the 2026 Midterm Elections\n.\nKey Takeaways\nTrump's national approval improves a bit:\nVoters are 7 points more likely to disapprove (52%) than approve (45%) of Trump's job performance, a modest improvement from the 11-point deficit a week ago amid the ongoing military conflict in Iran. It comes amid a bit of an improvement in the sentiment of information voters are hearing about foreign policy during a weekend in which the U.S. recovered a soldier who was shot down over Iran.\nNegative buzz on the economy eases a bit, while energy pressure grows:\nEconomic buzz improved from last week's record-worst figure. But energy is a particular concern of voters: Nearly 2 in 3 (63%) say making energy cheaper should be a top priority, while only about 2 in 5 say Washington is treating it like one — a gap that is widening.\nIn the states, Trump's approval rating worsens\n: Trump’s approval rating is above water in just 17 states, down from 22 at the end of 2025.\nOur latest quarterly 50-state presidential approval tracking\nfound that five states flipped to net-negative in a single quarter — Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio, all states Trump carried in 2024. The shares of Republicans who \"strongly approve\" dropped in every competitive battleground, while Democratic intensity hardened — a structural problem for the GOP heading into the midterms.\nPeople\nMorning Consult Logo\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters.\nTrump began his second term by matching a record-high\n52% approval from March 2017\n. But voters soured on his job performance during the most disruptive part of his trade war, and he’s yet to return to a net positive approval rating.\n45% of voters approve and 52% disapprove of his job performance, a bit better of than his 43% approval and 52% disapproval rating at a similar point in his first midterm election cycle.\nMorning Consult Logo\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net favorability is the share of voters with favorable views minus the share with unfavorable views.\nTrump's net favorability stands at -5 points (45% favorable, 50% unfavorable), an improvement from roughly -10 a week ago but still underwater.\nSenate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) all remain relatively unknown — roughly a fifth or more of voters have never heard of each, though Jeffries' \"never heard of\" sits at 26%.\nSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) remains the most well-known congressional leader and the most unpopular.\nPolicy\nMorning Consult Logo\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters.\nNational security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove.\nTrump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove.\nRepublicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves.\nDemocrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience. \nDemocrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked.\nMorning Consult Logo\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters.\nNational security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove.\nTrump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove.\nMorning Consult Logo\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Trust gap is the share of voters who trust congressional Republicans minus the share who trust congressional Democrats.\nRepublicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves.\nDemocrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience. \nDemocrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked.\nNews\nMorning Consult Logo\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative.\nVoters are 22 points more likely to say they've heard something negative about Trump (52%) than positive (30%) over the past week — an improvement from the -27 net buzz recorded a week ago, which had neared his term-worst reading of -28 in late February.\nRepublicans in Congress continue to draw worse buzz (net -16) than their Democratic counterparts (net -14).\nMorning Consult Logo\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative.\nThe economy remains far and away the most negatively covered issue, per voters’ takeaways: 51% of voters say they've heard mostly negative news, producing a net buzz of roughly -31 — still deeply negative, though a slight improvement from last week's record-worst reading of -36.\nForeign affairs (net -28) and immigration (net -19) round out the top three most negatively buzzing issues. No issue in the tracker is generating net positive buzz. National security comes closest at net -12.\nSource of this data\nMethodology\nMorning Consult’s latest reported results reflect data gathered April 3-5, 2026, among a nationally representative sample of 2,203 registered U.S. voters, with a margin of error of +\/-2 percentage points.\nThe survey is conducted online. Respondents are collected via quota sampling based on age, gender, education and voter registration status. This weekly sample is weighted to approximate a target sample of registered voters based on age, gender, education, race and ethnicity, marital status, parental status, home ownership, geographic region and 2024 presidential vote choice. Morning Consult weighting targets are obtained using high-quality, up-to-date gold-standard government sources – including the Current Population Survey (CPS) and American Community Survey (ACS).\nAbout Morning Consult\nMorning Consult is a global decision intelligence company changing how modern leaders make smarter, faster, better decisions. The company pairs its proprietary high-frequency data with applied artificial intelligence to better inform decisions on what people think and how they will act.\nLearn more at\nmorningconsult.com\n.\nEmail\npress@morningconsult.com\nto speak with a member of the Morning Consult team.\nEli Yokley is Morning Consult’s U.S. politics analyst. Eli joined Morning Consult in 2016 from Roll Call, where he reported on House and Senate campaigns after five years of covering state-level politics in the Show Me State while studying at the University of Missouri in Columbia, including contributions to The New York Times, Politico and The Daily Beast. Follow him on\nX\/Twitter\n \nand on\nLinkedIn\n@eyokley. Interested in connecting with Eli to discuss his analysis or for a media engagement or speaking opportunity? Email\npress@morningconsult.com\n.","attrs_markdown":"- [Home](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/)\n- [Search](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/search)\n- Economic Trends\n  - [All Economics Analysis](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/verticals\/economics)\n  - [U.S. Consumer Confidence Tracker](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/u-s-consumer-confidence-tracker)\n  - [U.S. Consumer Health Index](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/consumer-health-index)\n  - [U.S. Consumer Spending](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/consumer-spending-tracker)\n  - [U.S. Price Response Indicators](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/inflation-and-supply-chains-tracker)\n  - [U.S. Consumer Income & Debt](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/u-s-consumer-income-debt-tracker)\n  - [U.S. Jobs and Labor](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/jobs-and-labor-tracker)\n- Political Trends\n  - [U.S. Politics](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/verticals\/us-politics)\n  - [Global Politics](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/verticals\/geopolitics)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/newsletters)\n- [Reports](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/reports)\n- [Trackers](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers)\n- [Our Products](https:\/\/morningconsult.com\/)\n- [Request Demo](https:\/\/morningconsult.com\/book-a-demo)\n- Sign in\n\n[![logo](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/_next\/image?url=%2Fassets%2Fmcpro-logo-color.png&w=768&q=75)![logo](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/_next\/image?url=%2Fassets%2Fmcpro-logo-condensed-color.png&w=256&q=75)](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/)\n\nUpdated on Apr 9, 2026\n\nUpdates weekly\n\n# Tracking Public Opinion of Trump's Washington\nTrump’s Iran declines stabilize\n\n![](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpro-assets.morningconsult.com%2Fwp-uploads%2F2025%2F01%2FTrump-Tracker-FI.png&w=1920&q=100)\n\nBy [Eli Yokley](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/authors\/eli)\n\nShare\n\nShare\n\n###### In This Tracker\n- [Trump's approval ratings](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling#trumps-approval-ratings)\n- [Politicians' popularity](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling#politicians-popularity)\n- [Voters' priorities](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling#voters-priorities-for-the-trump-administration)\n- [Trump's issue approval](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling#trump-s-performance-on-the-issues)\n- [Congressional trust](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling#congressional-trust-on-the-issues)\n- [Politician buzz](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling#the-buzz-on-the-politicians)\n- [Issue buzz](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling#the-buzz-on-the-issues)\n- [Methodology](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling#source-of-this-data)\n\nMorning Consult is tracking what voters across the country think about how President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are governing the United States ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Each week, we’ll update this page with fresh and timely data on all of the major questions facing Washington, including views about the people in charge, the issues dominating the conversation and what is actually breaking through to the electorate. For weekly updates of our generic ballot tracking, go to our page [**Tracking the 2026 Midterm Elections**](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/2026-midterm-election-generic-ballot-polls).\n\n### Key Takeaways\n- **Trump's national approval improves a bit:** Voters are 7 points more likely to disapprove (52%) than approve (45%) of Trump's job performance, a modest improvement from the 11-point deficit a week ago amid the ongoing military conflict in Iran. It comes amid a bit of an improvement in the sentiment of information voters are hearing about foreign policy during a weekend in which the U.S. recovered a soldier who was shot down over Iran.\n- **Negative buzz on the economy eases a bit, while energy pressure grows:** Economic buzz improved from last week's record-worst figure. But energy is a particular concern of voters: Nearly 2 in 3 (63%) say making energy cheaper should be a top priority, while only about 2 in 5 say Washington is treating it like one — a gap that is widening.\n- [**In the states, Trump's approval rating worsens**](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling): Trump’s approval rating is above water in just 17 states, down from 22 at the end of 2025. [**Our latest quarterly 50-state presidential approval tracking**](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling) found that five states flipped to net-negative in a single quarter — Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio, all states Trump carried in 2024. The shares of Republicans who \"strongly approve\" dropped in every competitive battleground, while Democratic intensity hardened — a structural problem for the GOP heading into the midterms.\n\n## Data Downloads\nIntel clients are able to download the datasets that underpin Morning Consult Pro's reports and analysis. [Contact us](https:\/\/start.morningconsult.com\/morning-consult-intelligence) to get access.\n\nData file\n\nPro+\n\nSortable XLS banner tables covering weekly data featured in this tracker among registered voters and various sub-demographics\n\nxlsx\n\n•\n\n2Mb\n\n##\n# People\n\n### Trump's approval ratings\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters.\n\n##\n- Trump began his second term by matching a record-high [52% approval from March 2017](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/analysis\/donald-trump-favorability-rating-december-2024). But voters soured on his job performance during the most disruptive part of his trade war, and he’s yet to return to a net positive approval rating.\n- 45% of voters approve and 52% disapprove of his job performance, a bit better of than his 43% approval and 52% disapproval rating at a similar point in his first midterm election cycle.\n\n### Politicians' popularity\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net favorability is the share of voters with favorable views minus the share with unfavorable views.\n\n##\n- Trump's net favorability stands at -5 points (45% favorable, 50% unfavorable), an improvement from roughly -10 a week ago but still underwater.\n- Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) all remain relatively unknown — roughly a fifth or more of voters have never heard of each, though Jeffries' \"never heard of\" sits at 26%.\n- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) remains the most well-known congressional leader and the most unpopular.\n\n##\n# **Policy**\n\n### Voters’ priorities for the Trump administration\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters.\n\n##\n- National security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove.\n- Trump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove.\n- Republicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves.\n- Democrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience.\n- Democrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked.\n\n### Trump’s performance on the issues\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters.\n\n##\n- National security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove.\n- Trump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove.\n\n### Congressional trust on the issues\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Trust gap is the share of voters who trust congressional Republicans minus the share who trust congressional Democrats.\n\n##\n- Republicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves.\n- Democrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience.\n- Democrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked.\n\n##\n# News\n\n### The buzz on the politicians\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative.\n\n##\n- Voters are 22 points more likely to say they've heard something negative about Trump (52%) than positive (30%) over the past week — an improvement from the -27 net buzz recorded a week ago, which had neared his term-worst reading of -28 in late February.\n- Republicans in Congress continue to draw worse buzz (net -16) than their Democratic counterparts (net -14).\n\n### The buzz on the issues\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative.\n\n##\n- The economy remains far and away the most negatively covered issue, per voters’ takeaways: 51% of voters say they've heard mostly negative news, producing a net buzz of roughly -31 — still deeply negative, though a slight improvement from last week's record-worst reading of -36.\n- Foreign affairs (net -28) and immigration (net -19) round out the top three most negatively buzzing issues. No issue in the tracker is generating net positive buzz. National security comes closest at net -12.\n\n## Source of this data\n**Methodology**\n\nMorning Consult’s latest reported results reflect data gathered April 3-5, 2026, among a nationally representative sample of 2,203 registered U.S. voters, with a margin of error of +\/-2 percentage points.\n\nThe survey is conducted online. Respondents are collected via quota sampling based on age, gender, education and voter registration status. This weekly sample is weighted to approximate a target sample of registered voters based on age, gender, education, race and ethnicity, marital status, parental status, home ownership, geographic region and 2024 presidential vote choice. Morning Consult weighting targets are obtained using high-quality, up-to-date gold-standard government sources – including the Current Population Survey (CPS) and American Community Survey (ACS).\n\n**About Morning Consult**\n\nMorning Consult is a global decision intelligence company changing how modern leaders make smarter, faster, better decisions. The company pairs its proprietary high-frequency data with applied artificial intelligence to better inform decisions on what people think and how they will act. **Learn more at [morningconsult.com](https:\/\/morningconsult.com\/)**.\n\nEmail [**press@morningconsult.com**](mailto:press@morningconsult.com) to speak with a member of the Morning Consult team.\n\n[Eli Yokley](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/authors\/eli)\n\nU.S. Politics Analyst\n\nEli Yokley is Morning Consult’s U.S. politics analyst. Eli joined Morning Consult in 2016 from Roll Call, where he reported on House and Senate campaigns after five years of covering state-level politics in the Show Me State while studying at the University of Missouri in Columbia, including contributions to The New York Times, Politico and The Daily Beast. Follow him on [**X\/Twitter**](https:\/\/twitter.com\/eyokley)and on [**LinkedIn**](https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eyokley\/) @eyokley. 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Each week, we’ll update this page with fresh and timely data on all of the major questions facing Washington, including views about the people in charge, the issues dominating the conversation and what is actually breaking through to the electorate. For weekly updates of our generic ballot tracking, go to our page [**Tracking the 2026 Midterm Elections**](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/2026-midterm-election-generic-ballot-polls).\n\n### Key Takeaways\n- **Trump's national approval improves a bit:** Voters are 7 points more likely to disapprove (52%) than approve (45%) of Trump's job performance, a modest improvement from the 11-point deficit a week ago amid the ongoing military conflict in Iran. It comes amid a bit of an improvement in the sentiment of information voters are hearing about foreign policy during a weekend in which the U.S. recovered a soldier who was shot down over Iran.\n- **Negative buzz on the economy eases a bit, while energy pressure grows:** Economic buzz improved from last week's record-worst figure. But energy is a particular concern of voters: Nearly 2 in 3 (63%) say making energy cheaper should be a top priority, while only about 2 in 5 say Washington is treating it like one — a gap that is widening.\n- [**In the states, Trump's approval rating worsens**](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling): Trump’s approval rating is above water in just 17 states, down from 22 at the end of 2025. [**Our latest quarterly 50-state presidential approval tracking**](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/trackers\/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling) found that five states flipped to net-negative in a single quarter — Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio, all states Trump carried in 2024. The shares of Republicans who \"strongly approve\" dropped in every competitive battleground, while Democratic intensity hardened — a structural problem for the GOP heading into the midterms.\n\nPeople\n\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters.\n\n- Trump began his second term by matching a record-high [52% approval from March 2017](https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/analysis\/donald-trump-favorability-rating-december-2024). But voters soured on his job performance during the most disruptive part of his trade war, and he’s yet to return to a net positive approval rating.\n- 45% of voters approve and 52% disapprove of his job performance, a bit better of than his 43% approval and 52% disapproval rating at a similar point in his first midterm election cycle.\n\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net favorability is the share of voters with favorable views minus the share with unfavorable views.\n\n- Trump's net favorability stands at -5 points (45% favorable, 50% unfavorable), an improvement from roughly -10 a week ago but still underwater.\n- Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) all remain relatively unknown — roughly a fifth or more of voters have never heard of each, though Jeffries' \"never heard of\" sits at 26%.\n- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) remains the most well-known congressional leader and the most unpopular.\n\n**Policy**\n\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters.\n\n- National security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove.\n- Trump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove.\n- Republicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves.\n- Democrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience.\n- Democrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked.\n\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters.\n\n- National security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove.\n- Trump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove.\n\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Trust gap is the share of voters who trust congressional Republicans minus the share who trust congressional Democrats.\n\n- Republicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves.\n- Democrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience.\n- Democrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked.\n\nNews\n\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative.\n\n- Voters are 22 points more likely to say they've heard something negative about Trump (52%) than positive (30%) over the past week — an improvement from the -27 net buzz recorded a week ago, which had neared his term-worst reading of -28 in late February.\n- Republicans in Congress continue to draw worse buzz (net -16) than their Democratic counterparts (net -14).\n\nLatest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative.\n\n- The economy remains far and away the most negatively covered issue, per voters’ takeaways: 51% of voters say they've heard mostly negative news, producing a net buzz of roughly -31 — still deeply negative, though a slight improvement from last week's record-worst reading of -36.\n- Foreign affairs (net -28) and immigration (net -19) round out the top three most negatively buzzing issues. No issue in the tracker is generating net positive buzz. National security comes closest at net -12.\n\n## Source of this data\n**Methodology**\n\nMorning Consult’s latest reported results reflect data gathered April 3-5, 2026, among a nationally representative sample of 2,203 registered U.S. voters, with a margin of error of +\/-2 percentage points.\n\nThe survey is conducted online. Respondents are collected via quota sampling based on age, gender, education and voter registration status. 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Boilerpipe Text	Morning Consult is tracking what voters across the country think about how President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are governing the United States ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Each week, we’ll update this page with fresh and timely data on all of the major questions facing Washington, including views about the people in charge, the issues dominating the conversation and what is actually breaking through to the electorate. For weekly updates of our generic ballot tracking, go to our page Tracking the 2026 Midterm Elections . Key Takeaways Trump's national approval improves a bit: Voters are 7 points more likely to disapprove (52%) than approve (45%) of Trump's job performance, a modest improvement from the 11-point deficit a week ago amid the ongoing military conflict in Iran. It comes amid a bit of an improvement in the sentiment of information voters are hearing about foreign policy during a weekend in which the U.S. recovered a soldier who was shot down over Iran. Negative buzz on the economy eases a bit, while energy pressure grows: Economic buzz improved from last week's record-worst figure. But energy is a particular concern of voters: Nearly 2 in 3 (63%) say making energy cheaper should be a top priority, while only about 2 in 5 say Washington is treating it like one — a gap that is widening. In the states, Trump's approval rating worsens : Trump’s approval rating is above water in just 17 states, down from 22 at the end of 2025. Our latest quarterly 50-state presidential approval tracking found that five states flipped to net-negative in a single quarter — Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio, all states Trump carried in 2024. The shares of Republicans who "strongly approve" dropped in every competitive battleground, while Democratic intensity hardened — a structural problem for the GOP heading into the midterms. People Morning Consult Logo Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Trump began his second term by matching a record-high 52% approval from March 2017 . But voters soured on his job performance during the most disruptive part of his trade war, and he’s yet to return to a net positive approval rating. 45% of voters approve and 52% disapprove of his job performance, a bit better of than his 43% approval and 52% disapproval rating at a similar point in his first midterm election cycle. Morning Consult Logo Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net favorability is the share of voters with favorable views minus the share with unfavorable views. Trump's net favorability stands at -5 points (45% favorable, 50% unfavorable), an improvement from roughly -10 a week ago but still underwater. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) all remain relatively unknown — roughly a fifth or more of voters have never heard of each, though Jeffries' "never heard of" sits at 26%. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) remains the most well-known congressional leader and the most unpopular. Policy Morning Consult Logo Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. National security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove. Trump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove. Republicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves. Democrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience. Democrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked. Morning Consult Logo Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. National security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove. Trump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove. Morning Consult Logo Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Trust gap is the share of voters who trust congressional Republicans minus the share who trust congressional Democrats. Republicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves. Democrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience. Democrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked. News Morning Consult Logo Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative. Voters are 22 points more likely to say they've heard something negative about Trump (52%) than positive (30%) over the past week — an improvement from the -27 net buzz recorded a week ago, which had neared his term-worst reading of -28 in late February. Republicans in Congress continue to draw worse buzz (net -16) than their Democratic counterparts (net -14). Morning Consult Logo Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative. The economy remains far and away the most negatively covered issue, per voters’ takeaways: 51% of voters say they've heard mostly negative news, producing a net buzz of roughly -31 — still deeply negative, though a slight improvement from last week's record-worst reading of -36. Foreign affairs (net -28) and immigration (net -19) round out the top three most negatively buzzing issues. No issue in the tracker is generating net positive buzz. National security comes closest at net -12. Source of this data Methodology Morning Consult’s latest reported results reflect data gathered April 3-5, 2026, among a nationally representative sample of 2,203 registered U.S. voters, with a margin of error of +/-2 percentage points. The survey is conducted online. Respondents are collected via quota sampling based on age, gender, education and voter registration status. This weekly sample is weighted to approximate a target sample of registered voters based on age, gender, education, race and ethnicity, marital status, parental status, home ownership, geographic region and 2024 presidential vote choice. Morning Consult weighting targets are obtained using high-quality, up-to-date gold-standard government sources – including the Current Population Survey (CPS) and American Community Survey (ACS). About Morning Consult Morning Consult is a global decision intelligence company changing how modern leaders make smarter, faster, better decisions. The company pairs its proprietary high-frequency data with applied artificial intelligence to better inform decisions on what people think and how they will act. Learn more at morningconsult.com . Email press@morningconsult.com to speak with a member of the Morning Consult team. Eli Yokley is Morning Consult’s U.S. politics analyst. Eli joined Morning Consult in 2016 from Roll Call, where he reported on House and Senate campaigns after five years of covering state-level politics in the Show Me State while studying at the University of Missouri in Columbia, including contributions to The New York Times, Politico and The Daily Beast. Follow him on X/Twitter and on LinkedIn @eyokley. Interested in connecting with Eli to discuss his analysis or for a media engagement or speaking opportunity? Email press@morningconsult.com .
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Each week, we’ll update this page with fresh and timely data on all of the major questions facing Washington, including views about the people in charge, the issues dominating the conversation and what is actually breaking through to the electorate. For weekly updates of our generic ballot tracking, go to our page [Tracking the 2026 Midterm Elections](https://pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/2026-midterm-election-generic-ballot-polls). ### Key Takeaways - Trump's national approval improves a bit: Voters are 7 points more likely to disapprove (52%) than approve (45%) of Trump's job performance, a modest improvement from the 11-point deficit a week ago amid the ongoing military conflict in Iran. It comes amid a bit of an improvement in the sentiment of information voters are hearing about foreign policy during a weekend in which the U.S. recovered a soldier who was shot down over Iran. - Negative buzz on the economy eases a bit, while energy pressure grows: Economic buzz improved from last week's record-worst figure. But energy is a particular concern of voters: Nearly 2 in 3 (63%) say making energy cheaper should be a top priority, while only about 2 in 5 say Washington is treating it like one — a gap that is widening. - [In the states, Trump's approval rating worsens](https://pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling): Trump’s approval rating is above water in just 17 states, down from 22 at the end of 2025. [Our latest quarterly 50-state presidential approval tracking](https://pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling) found that five states flipped to net-negative in a single quarter — Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio, all states Trump carried in 2024. The shares of Republicans who "strongly approve" dropped in every competitive battleground, while Democratic intensity hardened — a structural problem for the GOP heading into the midterms. ## Data Downloads Intel clients are able to download the datasets that underpin Morning Consult Pro's reports and analysis. [Contact us](https://start.morningconsult.com/morning-consult-intelligence) to get access. Data file Pro+ Sortable XLS banner tables covering weekly data featured in this tracker among registered voters and various sub-demographics xlsx • 2Mb ## # People ### Trump's approval ratings Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. ## - Trump began his second term by matching a record-high [52% approval from March 2017](https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/donald-trump-favorability-rating-december-2024). But voters soured on his job performance during the most disruptive part of his trade war, and he’s yet to return to a net positive approval rating. - 45% of voters approve and 52% disapprove of his job performance, a bit better of than his 43% approval and 52% disapproval rating at a similar point in his first midterm election cycle. ### Politicians' popularity Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net favorability is the share of voters with favorable views minus the share with unfavorable views. ## - Trump's net favorability stands at -5 points (45% favorable, 50% unfavorable), an improvement from roughly -10 a week ago but still underwater. - Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) all remain relatively unknown — roughly a fifth or more of voters have never heard of each, though Jeffries' "never heard of" sits at 26%. - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) remains the most well-known congressional leader and the most unpopular. ## # Policy ### Voters’ priorities for the Trump administration Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. ## - National security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove. - Trump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove. - Republicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves. - Democrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience. - Democrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked. ### Trump’s performance on the issues Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. ## - National security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove. - Trump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove. ### Congressional trust on the issues Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Trust gap is the share of voters who trust congressional Republicans minus the share who trust congressional Democrats. ## - Republicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves. - Democrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience. - Democrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked. ## # News ### The buzz on the politicians Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative. ## - Voters are 22 points more likely to say they've heard something negative about Trump (52%) than positive (30%) over the past week — an improvement from the -27 net buzz recorded a week ago, which had neared his term-worst reading of -28 in late February. - Republicans in Congress continue to draw worse buzz (net -16) than their Democratic counterparts (net -14). ### The buzz on the issues Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative. ## - The economy remains far and away the most negatively covered issue, per voters’ takeaways: 51% of voters say they've heard mostly negative news, producing a net buzz of roughly -31 — still deeply negative, though a slight improvement from last week's record-worst reading of -36. - Foreign affairs (net -28) and immigration (net -19) round out the top three most negatively buzzing issues. No issue in the tracker is generating net positive buzz. National security comes closest at net -12. ## Source of this data Methodology Morning Consult’s latest reported results reflect data gathered April 3-5, 2026, among a nationally representative sample of 2,203 registered U.S. voters, with a margin of error of +/-2 percentage points. The survey is conducted online. Respondents are collected via quota sampling based on age, gender, education and voter registration status. This weekly sample is weighted to approximate a target sample of registered voters based on age, gender, education, race and ethnicity, marital status, parental status, home ownership, geographic region and 2024 presidential vote choice. Morning Consult weighting targets are obtained using high-quality, up-to-date gold-standard government sources – including the Current Population Survey (CPS) and American Community Survey (ACS). About Morning Consult Morning Consult is a global decision intelligence company changing how modern leaders make smarter, faster, better decisions. The company pairs its proprietary high-frequency data with applied artificial intelligence to better inform decisions on what people think and how they will act. Learn more at [morningconsult.com](https://morningconsult.com/). Email [press@morningconsult.com](mailto:press@morningconsult.com) to speak with a member of the Morning Consult team. [Eli Yokley](https://pro.morningconsult.com/authors/eli) U.S. Politics Analyst Eli Yokley is Morning Consult’s U.S. politics analyst. Eli joined Morning Consult in 2016 from Roll Call, where he reported on House and Senate campaigns after five years of covering state-level politics in the Show Me State while studying at the University of Missouri in Columbia, including contributions to The New York Times, Politico and The Daily Beast. Follow him on [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/eyokley)and on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyokley/) @eyokley. Interested in connecting with Eli to discuss his analysis or for a media engagement or speaking opportunity? 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Readable Markdown	![](https://pro.morningconsult.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpro-assets.morningconsult.com%2Fwp-uploads%2F2025%2F01%2FTrump-Tracker-FI.png&w=1920&q=100) Morning Consult is tracking what voters across the country think about how President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are governing the United States ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Each week, we’ll update this page with fresh and timely data on all of the major questions facing Washington, including views about the people in charge, the issues dominating the conversation and what is actually breaking through to the electorate. For weekly updates of our generic ballot tracking, go to our page [Tracking the 2026 Midterm Elections](https://pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/2026-midterm-election-generic-ballot-polls). ### Key Takeaways - Trump's national approval improves a bit: Voters are 7 points more likely to disapprove (52%) than approve (45%) of Trump's job performance, a modest improvement from the 11-point deficit a week ago amid the ongoing military conflict in Iran. It comes amid a bit of an improvement in the sentiment of information voters are hearing about foreign policy during a weekend in which the U.S. recovered a soldier who was shot down over Iran. - Negative buzz on the economy eases a bit, while energy pressure grows: Economic buzz improved from last week's record-worst figure. But energy is a particular concern of voters: Nearly 2 in 3 (63%) say making energy cheaper should be a top priority, while only about 2 in 5 say Washington is treating it like one — a gap that is widening. - [In the states, Trump's approval rating worsens](https://pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling): Trump’s approval rating is above water in just 17 states, down from 22 at the end of 2025. [Our latest quarterly 50-state presidential approval tracking](https://pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/donald-trump-congress-policy-republicans-polling) found that five states flipped to net-negative in a single quarter — Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio, all states Trump carried in 2024. The shares of Republicans who "strongly approve" dropped in every competitive battleground, while Democratic intensity hardened — a structural problem for the GOP heading into the midterms. People Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. - Trump began his second term by matching a record-high [52% approval from March 2017](https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/donald-trump-favorability-rating-december-2024). But voters soured on his job performance during the most disruptive part of his trade war, and he’s yet to return to a net positive approval rating. - 45% of voters approve and 52% disapprove of his job performance, a bit better of than his 43% approval and 52% disapproval rating at a similar point in his first midterm election cycle. Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net favorability is the share of voters with favorable views minus the share with unfavorable views. - Trump's net favorability stands at -5 points (45% favorable, 50% unfavorable), an improvement from roughly -10 a week ago but still underwater. - Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) all remain relatively unknown — roughly a fifth or more of voters have never heard of each, though Jeffries' "never heard of" sits at 26%. - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) remains the most well-known congressional leader and the most unpopular. Policy Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. - National security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove. - Trump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove. - Republicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves. - Democrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience. - Democrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked. Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. - National security is the only issue where Trump holds a clear net-positive approval rating: 50% approve versus 43% disapprove. Immigration is barely above water at 48% approve, 46% disapprove. - Trump is underwater on 10 of the 12 issues tracked. His deepest disapproval comes on the national debt (40% approve, 50% disapprove), LGBTQ+ rights (36%-45%) and abortion (38%-46%). The economy — the issue voters rank as their top concern — sits at 43% approve, 51% disapprove. Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Trust gap is the share of voters who trust congressional Republicans minus the share who trust congressional Democrats. - Republicans in Congress retain clear leads on immigration and national security, and have edged back ahead on the economy, foreign policy and trade — though their advantages on economic issues remain narrow and have seesawed in recent waves. - Democrats hold double-digit advantages on health care, Medicare and Social Security, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights — the cost-of-living and social issues that are rising in salience. - Democrats lead narrowly on energy, while taxes are essentially deadlocked. News Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative. - Voters are 22 points more likely to say they've heard something negative about Trump (52%) than positive (30%) over the past week — an improvement from the -27 net buzz recorded a week ago, which had neared his term-worst reading of -28 in late February. - Republicans in Congress continue to draw worse buzz (net -16) than their Democratic counterparts (net -14). Latest survey conducted April 3-5, 2026, among registered U.S. voters. Net buzz is the share of voters who heard something positive minus the share who heard something negative. - The economy remains far and away the most negatively covered issue, per voters’ takeaways: 51% of voters say they've heard mostly negative news, producing a net buzz of roughly -31 — still deeply negative, though a slight improvement from last week's record-worst reading of -36. - Foreign affairs (net -28) and immigration (net -19) round out the top three most negatively buzzing issues. No issue in the tracker is generating net positive buzz. National security comes closest at net -12. ## Source of this data Methodology Morning Consult’s latest reported results reflect data gathered April 3-5, 2026, among a nationally representative sample of 2,203 registered U.S. voters, with a margin of error of +/-2 percentage points. The survey is conducted online. Respondents are collected via quota sampling based on age, gender, education and voter registration status. This weekly sample is weighted to approximate a target sample of registered voters based on age, gender, education, race and ethnicity, marital status, parental status, home ownership, geographic region and 2024 presidential vote choice. Morning Consult weighting targets are obtained using high-quality, up-to-date gold-standard government sources – including the Current Population Survey (CPS) and American Community Survey (ACS). About Morning Consult Morning Consult is a global decision intelligence company changing how modern leaders make smarter, faster, better decisions. The company pairs its proprietary high-frequency data with applied artificial intelligence to better inform decisions on what people think and how they will act. Learn more at [morningconsult.com](https://morningconsult.com/). Email [press@morningconsult.com](mailto:press@morningconsult.com) to speak with a member of the Morning Consult team. Eli Yokley is Morning Consult’s U.S. politics analyst. Eli joined Morning Consult in 2016 from Roll Call, where he reported on House and Senate campaigns after five years of covering state-level politics in the Show Me State while studying at the University of Missouri in Columbia, including contributions to The New York Times, Politico and The Daily Beast. Follow him on [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/eyokley)and on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyokley/) @eyokley. Interested in connecting with Eli to discuss his analysis or for a media engagement or speaking opportunity? Email [press@morningconsult.com](mailto:press@morningconsult.com).
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