President Donald Trump's approval rating was reported to have dropped to a new low for his second term in one of his more favorable polling outlets.

Rasmussen, which has been accused of leaning conservative but claims to be independent, had Trump at a 45% approval rating for several days during its daily poll last week. The president was at 45% between October 28 and November 3 before improving to 47% on Tuesday (November 4) and dropping to 46% on Wednesday (November 5).

Trump began his second of two non-consecutive terms with a 56% approval rating in the daily Rasmussen poll and was at 50% as recently as October 16. The recent Rasmussen poll results are significantly closer to several other national polls that have the president's approval rating within a range between 37% and 44%.

Trump is reported to have a 37% approval rating in the latest CNN poll; a 41% approval rating in the latest CBS News/YouGov poll; a 43% approval rating in the latest NBC News poll; a 41% approval rating in the latest ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll; a 40% approval rating in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll; a 41% approval rating in the latest Gallup poll; and a 40% approval rating in the latest Quinnipiac University poll.

The CNN/SSRS poll, which was conducted between October 27 and October 30 polled 1,245 U.S. adults, showed that 63% disapproved of Trump's performance as president, which was higher than any point of each of his two non-consecutive terms in office. The president had previously had a 62% disapproval rating in January 2021, when he was set to leave office after losing the 2020 presidential election to former President Joe Biden and was in the wake of the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol carried out by his supporters.

Ross Kaminsky