President Donald Trump's net approval rating has once again dropped to -15.0, matching the lowest margin of his second of two nonconsecutive terms in office, polling expert Eli McKown-Dawson wrote in the latest edition of Nate Silver's Silver Bulletin blog published on Sunday (February 15).

"After a rough week in the polls, Donald Trump’s net approval rating is back down to its second term low of -15.0. The share of Americans who approve of the job he’s doing also hit a second term low of 40.5 percent," McKown-Dawson wrote. "Those numbers mean that Trump is now slightly less popular than Joe Biden was at this point in his first term (-11.5 net approval) and less popular than himself during term one (-12.0 net approval)."

Last week, McKown-Dawson reported that Trump set a new record for voters who strongly disapprove his job performance at 46%.

"The share of Americans who strongly disapprove of Trump broke 46 percent for the first time yesterday. Trump (-13.7) also has a lower net approval rating than [former President] Joe Biden did at this point during his term (-12.2)," he wrote.

Trump was reported to have a -13.7 net approval rating, which was an improvement from his -14.6 net approval one week prior. The president was previously reported to be losing support among white voters, according to a recent Marquette Law School Supreme Court poll.

The survey, which was conducted between January 21 and January 28, shows that a majority 50% of white non-Hispanic respondents either strongly disapprove (40%) or somewhat disapprove (10%) his job performance compared to a combined 49% who either strongly approve (23%) or somewhat approve (26%). The 49% approval is still higher than most other races and ethnicities, with the president scoring a combined 22% among Black non-Hispanic respondents; 30% among Hispanic respondents; and 37% among 'other' respondents. A 55% majority of white voters cast ballots for Trump over former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, which was identical to the share in his 2020 election loss to former President Biden and 1% higher than his 54% in his 2016 victory against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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