President Donald Trump starts his second term with a higher job approval rating than at the beginning of his first term, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released on Wednesday. Days into his second administration,

President Trump’s approval rating starts out at 49 percent in the first Emerson College Polling survey of his administration. The poll, released Thursday, showed Trump’s approval rating is just about in line with the level of support he received in the 2024 presidential election.

Opinion polling shows President Donald Trump still has his head above water, but by a slimmer margin than he did upon taking office a week ago.

President Trump is starting off his second term with significantly more public support than he had at the outset of his first term. A poll conducted by Quinnipiac and released Wednesday suggests that 46 percent of registered voters approve of Mr.