President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. (IMAGN)
The president was also underwater in a CNN poll (46%-53%) conducted March 6-10 and released this week.
But Trump was above water in three other surveys in the field in recent days.
And Trump, who has long kept a close eye on public opinion polling, took to social media on Monday to showcase his "Highest Approval Ratings Since Inauguration."
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Trump's poll numbers are an improvement over his first term, when he started out in negative territory and remained there for his four-year term.
An average of all the most recent national polls indicates that Trump's approval ratings are slightly above water. However, Trump has seen his numbers edge down slightly since returning to the White House in late January, when an average of his polls indicated the president's approval rating in the low 50s and his disapproval in the mid 40s.
"A noticeable uptick of discontent can be seen over President Trump's handling of a range of issues: from Ukraine to the economy to the federal workforce," Quinnipiac polling analyst Tim Malloy highlighted in the survey's release.
Elon Musk, who steers President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency to cut government fraud and slash the federal workforce, holds a chainsaw during an appearance at CPAC on Feb. 20, 2025, in National Harbor, Md. (Jose Luis Magana)
The CNN poll indicated that more than 6 in 10 thought the cuts by DOGE would go too far and that important federal programs would be shut down, with 37% saying the cuts wouldn't go far enough in eliminating fraud and waste in the government.
It's no surprise that there's a massive partisan divide in the latest polls when it comes to Trump and DOGE.
Democrats, by a 96%-2% margin in the Quinnipiac survey, gave the president a thumbs-down on the job he's doing in office, while Republicans approved by an 89%-9% margin. Independent voters disapproved, 58%-36%.
There was also a large partisan gap over how Musk and DOGE are performing, with more than three-quarters of Republicans approving and 96% of Democrats and more than two-thirds of independents disapproving.
Vice President JD Vance (AP )
The poll also asked respondents about Vice President JD Vance's performance in office. Vance stood at 41% approval and 49% disapproval.
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Quinnipiac's survey questioned 1,198 registered voters nationwide for their latest poll. The survey's overall sampling error was plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.
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