Opinion Weekend
November 29-30, 2025
Trump’s Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low Megan Brenan, Gallup • President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%. • Trump is also rated more negatively than positively on nine foreign and domestic issues, but his approval ratings for four of these — crime (43%), foreign affairs (41%), foreign trade (39%) and immigration (37%) — exceed his overall job rating. • After dropping 11 points in October to 15% amid the federal government shutdown, Americans’ approval of the job Congress is doing is essentially unchanged at 14%, with disapproval at 80%.
How Trump’s base could break Adam Wren, Politico A significant portion of 2024 Trump voters — more than a third — do not consider themselves to be MAGA Republicans, according to The POLITICO Poll. In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost Ben Kamisar, NBC News The latest NBC News poll shows two-thirds of registered voters down on the value proposition of a degree. A majority said degrees were worth the cost a dozen years ago.
Half of Americans believe aliens have visited Earth Jamie Ballard, YouGov New YouGov polling finds that most Americans believe aliens exist, and many think that aliens have paid a visit to Earth in recent years.
London remains the most desirable city in the world Ipsos Working with our partners at Resonance Consultancy for the second time, we asked 21,000 respondents across 31 different countries to tell us the cities that most appealed to them as places to visit, to work, or to live. This data was then combined with hard “performance” metrics including air quality, the strength of internet infrastructure, availability of green space, labour force participation, and data from social media review sites to determine the most globally desirable destinations for investment, business, and tourism.
Trump approval through Nov. 2025 Charles Franklin, PollsAndVotes President Trump’s approval has declined in October and November, after holding pretty steady July-Sept.
