The second -period approval index of President Donald Trump remains stuck in negative territory, together with the general attitudes towards the policies of his administration, according to a new survey of the NBC Decision Table News promoted by Surveymonkey.
But immigration and border security remain an exception, since the president tries to bring national attention to his strongest problem, although Americans are closely divided even in that area of relative force.
The grades of the Americans of two of the other defined projects of the Trump’s second term, the tariffs and the government’s efficiency department are more negative. And as Congress works in another important Trump initiative, a massive tax and expenses plan, the survey illustrates how Republicans must manage internal differences on competitive priorities on taxes and government debt.
The majority (55%) of all adults over 18 said that they disapprove of the way Trump manages his work as president, while 45% approves it, without changes from the NBC News News Survey of April.
While the total number was stable, under the surface there are small signs of diminishing enthusiasm for the president, with the proportion of adults who strongly approve slightly decreasing since April. The part that disapproves strongly also fell slightly, although intense negative feelings remain stronger than intense positive feelings in this survey.
Republicans had 5 percentage points less likely to say that they firmly support the President compared to April, and much of this movement from the Republicans who say they identify as part of the Maga Movement that move to the category of “some approval.”
The survey was carried out from May 30 to June 10, surveying 19,410 adults online throughout the country with a margin of error of more or less 2.1 percentage points.
When asked to identify emotions about the president and his actions, less supporters of Maga chose “excited” compared to April too. Thirty -seven percent said they are delighted with the actions that the Trump administration has taken so far during its mandate, below 46% in April.
On the contrary, the majority (51%) of the Democrats say that they are “furious” by the actions of the Trump administration, showing a disparity in the intensity of the feeling between the two parties. In fact, the Republicans moved away 7 percentage points of being delighted with more neutral feelings about the president since April.
This type of intensity gap has played an important role in previous non -presidential electoral cycles, and can be remarkable in the elections outside the cycle in New Jersey and Virginia this November, which generally see a relatively lower participation. The Republicans of Congress and Trump will want to conduct the enthusiasm between their base while preparing to defend the seats in the mid -period elections of 2026.
Most independents said they feel dissatisfied, angry or furious with the actions of the administration. That is reflected in the index of approval of the president’s independents, and 65% say they disapprove of their performance.
Immigration remains Trump’s strongest problem
Most Americans said they approve of Trump’s management on border security and immigration, although the public is even divided into their stronger problem, with a 51% approval of their immigration and border security management and 49% disapproval.
While the survey was conducted, Trump deployed Troops and Marines of the National Guard in the Los Angeles area due to the growing protests on the activity of immigration and customs compliance in the county. He has spoken repeatedly on the subject in recent days.
While the general public is divided into Trump’s immigration policy, its base is motivated by the problem and its management. While 9% of Americans in general said that immigration is the problem that matters most at this time, 20% of magician supporters said immigration is the most important issue, only surpassed by the economy.
Trump’s general numbers in immigration were similar to the April survey, but the Republicans, the republicans and independent of Maga had a little more likely to say now that they strongly approve the way Trump manages border security and immigration.
In recent months, administration’s immigration policies have been superimposed with their higher education policies, especially those aimed at foreign students throughout the United States. The survey found that most Americans disapprove the management of university -related Trump issues and universities, with a 56% disapproval of Trump’s actions towards universities, including a 42% plurality who said they disapprove strongly.
The Trump base, however, strongly approves its management of universities. Maga supporters approve overwhelmingly, including 72% who said they approve strongly. The majority of Republicans also approve, including 57% that strongly approves the handling of the problem by Trump.
On the issue of how institutions such as Harvard University affect the United States, a plurality of Americans said they help the country (44%) and approximately a quarter (24%) said they hurt the country. Another 31% said that schools and universities such as Harvard are not making a difference. Harvard has been at the forefront of legal battles with the Trump administration about the money of subsidies and the ability to register foreign students.
The majority of magic (65%) supporters and the Republicans (53%) said that universities such as Harvard harm the country, while three quarters of the Democrats said they help the country. Among the independents, 46% said that schools and universities are not making the difference and 42% said they are helping the country.
The Americans gave Trump negative grades on how several other problems are handling, including rates (40%approve, 60%disapproval), cost of living and inflation (39%-61%) and efforts of diversity, equity and inclusion (44%-56%).
Republicans are divided into priorities in Trump’s great bill
A slight majority of Americans (51%) said that maintaining current spending levels in programs such as Medicaid is the most important issue, since Congress considers the budget legislation backed by Trump this year. But it is closely divided, within the margin of error, against 49% combined who says that a couple of republican aligned priorities are more important to them.
The survey also illustrates how Republicans are trying to balance the priorities and demands of different parts of their narrow majorities of the congress as they design the package.
Reflecting divisions among Republican legislators that negotiate the bill, 40% of Republicans said they care most to ensure that national debt is reduced, while an almost identical participation (39%) said that they most care to continue and expand the tax cuts and credits of income promulgated in 2017 by Trump. Another 2 out of 10 Republicans said that maintaining the current expense is their most important budget priority.
The findings occur after a brief but explosive online dispute between Trump and his former multi -million dollar advisor, Elon Musk, who declared himself in republican legislation as an “unpleasant abomination” on his spending levels. Several Republican senators have also expressed concern about spending levels in the bill, even supporting the idea of extending the 2017 tax exemptions and enacting some new ones.
Senate Republicans, who have a majority of 53 seats, aim to approve their version of the legislation for July.
The democrats surveyed in the survey overwhelmingly said their priority is to maintain current expenditure levels in programs such as Medicaid (79%), as well as a slight majority of independents (53%).
Dux qualifications decrease slightly
Meanwhile, the evaluation of the Americans of Musk’s efforts with dogs to reduce the expenditure and size of the federal government decreased slightly since April.
In the most recent survey, 44% described it as a successful success or success, below 47%, while 56% described it as a partial failure or failure, compared to 52%.
The change included erosion among Trump’s most fervent supporters in Doge, with 49% of magician supporters who now say that the effort is a success, below 66% in April. The survey was in the field during the recent Trump and Musk dispute, although the results on this question did not change over time.
Economic concerns
Economic qualifications remain warm: 45% of Americans said that their personal financial situation is the same as a year and 34% said it is worse. Another 21% said they are financially better than a year ago. The findings were almost identical in April.
A majority of Americans (51%) think that Trump’s tariffs will get their personal finances in next year. This number is slightly depressed from April, and most groups moved towards the way in which tariff policies will result in their finances being “almost equal.”
This finding occurs as a largely stable inflation in May, with the impact of many rates again and out again and ongoing negotiations with commercial partners are not yet clear.
The NBC News Decision Desk survey is Driven by Surveymonkey. It was held online from May 30 to June 10 between a national sample of 19,410 adults from 18 years or more. The informed percentages exclude the non -item response and the round to the closest percentage point. The estimated margin of error for this survey among all adults is about 2.1 percentage points.
