{"id":334939,"date":"2026-01-20T14:29:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/?post_type=to4_article_post&p=334939"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:29:23","slug":"a-majority-of-americans-view-trumps-first-year-as-a-failure-polls-show","status":"publish","type":"to4_article_post","link":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/a-majority-of-americans-view-trumps-first-year-as-a-failure-polls-show\/","title":{"rendered":"A Majority of Americans View Trump’s First Year as a Failure, Polls Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Polling data from multiple sources shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump\u2019s performance in the first year of his return to the White House, with one poll demonstrating that nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe Trump’s second term is already a failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A CNN<\/em>\/SSRS poll<\/a> published on Friday shows that Trump’s approval rating was at a net -22 points, with only 39 percent approving of his performance over the past year and 61 percent disapproving. That’s a swing of 18 points since polling from February, when his net rating was just -4 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among those disapproving of Trump’s job performance, three-quarters said they “strongly disapproved,” amounting to nearly 1 in 2 of the survey\u2019s respondents (46 percent). <\/p>

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