Opinion Today
April 22, 2025
Trump approval rating dips; many wary of his wielding of power, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Jason Lange, Reuters President Donald Trump's public approval rating edged down to its lowest level since his return to the White House, as Americans showed signs of wariness over his efforts to broaden his power, a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday found. Some 42% of respondents to the six-day poll approved of Trump's performance as president. Some 83% of the 4,306 respondents said that the U.S. president must obey federal court rulings even if he doesn't want to.
Americans' Economic, Financial Expectations Sink in April Lydia Saad, Gallup Public attitudes about several specific aspects of the U.S. economy have changed markedly in the short time Trump has been in office, as Americans’ expectations for the stock market, economic growth and employment have turned negative and consumers are feeling unusually pessimistic about their personal finances.
Satisfaction Declines for Wage Compensation, Nonwage Benefits, and Promotion Opportunities Federal Reserve Bank of New York Satisfaction with wage compensation, nonwage benefits, and promotion opportunities declined by 1.1, 1.2, and 1.7 percentage points, respectively, in March. Satisfaction with wage compensation is at its lowest level since November 2021. What Americans think about the late Pope Francis David Montgomery, YouGov A snap poll taken hours after Pope Francis's death Monday morning finds largely positive feelings about the Catholic leader. 53% of U.S. adults say Francis was either a very good pope (30%) or one of the best popes (23%) — compared to only 15% of U.S. adult citizens who said Pope Benedict XVI was very good (13%) or one of the best (2%) when he resigned in 2013.
