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Trump vs. Biden: Who has the worse approval rating?
Published: Feb. 17, 2026, 6:00 a.m.
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP
President
Donald Trump
has hit his lowest approval ratings across four separate polls, according to CNN data chief
Harry Enten.
Enten said on Monday that new polls from the
Associated Press-NORC Center
,
NBC News
,
Yahoo/YouGov
and
Quinnipiac University
showed Trump hitting a new low during his second term in office. He suggested that there’s no telling to how low Trump’s approval rating can go.
“I got four numbers across for you on this screen here. They are all second term lows for the given pollster,” Enten
told CNN’s Kate Bolduan
. “What are we talking about? AP-NORC: 26 points below water. NBC: 22 points below water. Yahoo/YouGov: 20 points below water. Quinnipiac: 19 points below water.”
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“There’s this question that folks keep asking: Where is the floor for Donald Trump? And I’m not sure there is a floor, because if there is one, Donald Trump, at least in term number two, has just fallen through it to another low level,” Enten added.
Enten then explained that Trump’s net approval rating is at -22 points, which is lower than at this point in his first term when it was -17 points. Trump’s net approval is also lower than former President
Joe Biden’s
at this point in his presidency, when he had a -13 point net approval rating.
“The bottom line is this: Donald Trump is setting new records for himself, in term number two, setting new records for himself compared to where he was at this point in term number one. And he’s doing worse than Joe Biden, which is, of course, the comparison that Donald Trump does not want to be, because we all know what happened to Joe Biden,” Enten said.
He said that Trump’s low net approval rating comes from diminishing support from independents. He said Trump had a -17-point net approval rating among independents in his first term, but now has a -27-point approval rating.
“At this point, I don’t really know who to even compare Donald Trump to, because he’s just so low, and he’s so low with the center of the electorate,” Enten said.
Bolduan then noted that Trump “can only be compared to himself.”
Enten’s analysis comes after a
recent Harvard CAPS / Harris poll f
ound that 51% of U.S. voters said Trump is doing a worse job as president than his predecessor. Forty-nine percent said Trump was doing a better job than Biden, which is down from the 53% who said the same in December.
4 Trump allies land on Time 100 list — Here’s who made it and who didn’t.
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# Trump vs. Biden: Who has the worse approval rating?
- Published: Feb. 17, 2026, 6:00 a.m.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP
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President [Donald Trump](https://www.nj.com/topic/donald-trump/ "https://www.nj.com/topic/donald-trump/") has hit his lowest approval ratings across four separate polls, according to CNN data chief [Harry Enten.](https://www.nj.com/topic/harry-enten/ "https://www.nj.com/topic/harry-enten/")
Enten said on Monday that new polls from the [Associated Press-NORC Center](https://apnorc.org/ "https://apnorc.org"), [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-trumps-ratings-immigration-tumble-americans-lose-confidence-top-i-rcna258159 "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-trumps-ratings-immigration-tumble-americans-lose-confidence-top-i-rcna258159"), [Yahoo/YouGov](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/poll-trumps-approval-rating-hits-new-low-as-immigration-backlash-grows-and-ice-withdraws-from-minnesota-204723473.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGxP1Q5C9ZiDiv8-Y6LrM989Y2l8JtN-y_75BY-8qaUaELNuT_insxiNvRvBkRohsamfKlrjOA2SJ9ybxQW_UdHT5FX8fdG3dxLcIX0fq8I839mnQ3fhIhbQ_a-R3EXKl4i8v-79eeYJKANupFV4LXbmaK0ScuzX8MqEPb2ni08W "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/poll-trumps-approval-rating-hits-new-low-as-immigration-backlash-grows-and-ice-withdraws-from-minnesota-204723473.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGxP1Q5C9ZiDiv8-Y6LrM989Y2l8JtN-y_75BY-8qaUaELNuT_insxiNvRvBkRohsamfKlrjOA2SJ9ybxQW_UdHT5FX8fdG3dxLcIX0fq8I839mnQ3fhIhbQ_a-R3EXKl4i8v-79eeYJKANupFV4LXbmaK0ScuzX8MqEPb2ni08W") and [Quinnipiac University](https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3946 "https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3946") showed Trump hitting a new low during his second term in office. He suggested that there’s no telling to how low Trump’s approval rating can go.
“I got four numbers across for you on this screen here. They are all second term lows for the given pollster,” Enten [told CNN’s Kate Bolduan](https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/2023447922319519789 "https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/2023447922319519789"). “What are we talking about? AP-NORC: 26 points below water. NBC: 22 points below water. Yahoo/YouGov: 20 points below water. Quinnipiac: 19 points below water.”
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“There’s this question that folks keep asking: Where is the floor for Donald Trump? And I’m not sure there is a floor, because if there is one, Donald Trump, at least in term number two, has just fallen through it to another low level,” Enten added.
Enten then explained that Trump’s net approval rating is at -22 points, which is lower than at this point in his first term when it was -17 points. Trump’s net approval is also lower than former President [Joe Biden’s](https://www.nj.com/topic/joe-biden/ "https://www.nj.com/topic/joe-biden/") at this point in his presidency, when he had a -13 point net approval rating.
“The bottom line is this: Donald Trump is setting new records for himself, in term number two, setting new records for himself compared to where he was at this point in term number one. And he’s doing worse than Joe Biden, which is, of course, the comparison that Donald Trump does not want to be, because we all know what happened to Joe Biden,” Enten said.
He said that Trump’s low net approval rating comes from diminishing support from independents. He said Trump had a -17-point net approval rating among independents in his first term, but now has a -27-point approval rating.
“At this point, I don’t really know who to even compare Donald Trump to, because he’s just so low, and he’s so low with the center of the electorate,” Enten said.
Bolduan then noted that Trump “can only be compared to himself.”
Enten’s analysis comes after a [recent Harvard CAPS / Harris poll f](https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/02/is-trump-worse-than-biden-heres-what-us-voters-really-think-in-new-poll.html "https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/02/is-trump-worse-than-biden-heres-what-us-voters-really-think-in-new-poll.html")ound that 51% of U.S. voters said Trump is doing a worse job as president than his predecessor. Forty-nine percent said Trump was doing a better job than Biden, which is down from the 53% who said the same in December.
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Trump vs. Biden: Who has the worse approval rating?
- Published: Feb. 17, 2026, 6:00 a.m.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP
President [Donald Trump](https://www.nj.com/topic/donald-trump/ "https://www.nj.com/topic/donald-trump/") has hit his lowest approval ratings across four separate polls, according to CNN data chief [Harry Enten.](https://www.nj.com/topic/harry-enten/ "https://www.nj.com/topic/harry-enten/")
Enten said on Monday that new polls from the [Associated Press-NORC Center](https://apnorc.org/ "https://apnorc.org"), [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-trumps-ratings-immigration-tumble-americans-lose-confidence-top-i-rcna258159 "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-trumps-ratings-immigration-tumble-americans-lose-confidence-top-i-rcna258159"), [Yahoo/YouGov](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/poll-trumps-approval-rating-hits-new-low-as-immigration-backlash-grows-and-ice-withdraws-from-minnesota-204723473.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGxP1Q5C9ZiDiv8-Y6LrM989Y2l8JtN-y_75BY-8qaUaELNuT_insxiNvRvBkRohsamfKlrjOA2SJ9ybxQW_UdHT5FX8fdG3dxLcIX0fq8I839mnQ3fhIhbQ_a-R3EXKl4i8v-79eeYJKANupFV4LXbmaK0ScuzX8MqEPb2ni08W "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/poll-trumps-approval-rating-hits-new-low-as-immigration-backlash-grows-and-ice-withdraws-from-minnesota-204723473.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGxP1Q5C9ZiDiv8-Y6LrM989Y2l8JtN-y_75BY-8qaUaELNuT_insxiNvRvBkRohsamfKlrjOA2SJ9ybxQW_UdHT5FX8fdG3dxLcIX0fq8I839mnQ3fhIhbQ_a-R3EXKl4i8v-79eeYJKANupFV4LXbmaK0ScuzX8MqEPb2ni08W") and [Quinnipiac University](https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3946 "https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3946") showed Trump hitting a new low during his second term in office. He suggested that there’s no telling to how low Trump’s approval rating can go.
“I got four numbers across for you on this screen here. They are all second term lows for the given pollster,” Enten [told CNN’s Kate Bolduan](https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/2023447922319519789 "https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/2023447922319519789"). “What are we talking about? AP-NORC: 26 points below water. NBC: 22 points below water. Yahoo/YouGov: 20 points below water. Quinnipiac: 19 points below water.”
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“There’s this question that folks keep asking: Where is the floor for Donald Trump? And I’m not sure there is a floor, because if there is one, Donald Trump, at least in term number two, has just fallen through it to another low level,” Enten added.
Enten then explained that Trump’s net approval rating is at -22 points, which is lower than at this point in his first term when it was -17 points. Trump’s net approval is also lower than former President [Joe Biden’s](https://www.nj.com/topic/joe-biden/ "https://www.nj.com/topic/joe-biden/") at this point in his presidency, when he had a -13 point net approval rating.
“The bottom line is this: Donald Trump is setting new records for himself, in term number two, setting new records for himself compared to where he was at this point in term number one. And he’s doing worse than Joe Biden, which is, of course, the comparison that Donald Trump does not want to be, because we all know what happened to Joe Biden,” Enten said.
He said that Trump’s low net approval rating comes from diminishing support from independents. He said Trump had a -17-point net approval rating among independents in his first term, but now has a -27-point approval rating.
“At this point, I don’t really know who to even compare Donald Trump to, because he’s just so low, and he’s so low with the center of the electorate,” Enten said.
Bolduan then noted that Trump “can only be compared to himself.”
Enten’s analysis comes after a [recent Harvard CAPS / Harris poll f](https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/02/is-trump-worse-than-biden-heres-what-us-voters-really-think-in-new-poll.html "https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/02/is-trump-worse-than-biden-heres-what-us-voters-really-think-in-new-poll.html")ound that 51% of U.S. voters said Trump is doing a worse job as president than his predecessor. Forty-nine percent said Trump was doing a better job than Biden, which is down from the 53% who said the same in December.
- [4 Trump allies land on Time 100 list — Here’s who made it and who didn’t.](https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/04/4-trump-allies-land-on-time-100-list-heres-who-made-it-and-who-didnt.html)
- [What does Trump want to accomplish in 2026? Here’s what he said.](https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/04/what-does-trump-want-to-accomplish-in-2026-heres-what-he-said.html)
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