It can be hard to remember all the news since the last New York Times/Siena University poll in April, so here’s a quick list:
President Trump paused many tariffs and enacted others; Elon Musk left his Department of Government Efficiency; Kilmar Abrego Garcia was brought back to the United States; Republicans passed their enormous tax-and-spending bill; National Guard troops were deployed to Los Angeles; the United States bombed Iran; there was an uproar over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files; the federal government took over Washington, D.C.; Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
Yet despite it all, “unchanged” is probably the best description of the findings from today’s Times/Siena poll.
Mr. Trump’s approval rating is at 43 percent, about the same as the 42 percent who approved in April. His disapproval rating is unchanged at 54 percent.
Similarly, Democrats lead by two percentage points in the race for Congress. That’s about the same as their three-point lead in April.
You can tell the same story about the economy, immigration, trade, Russia and so on. Voters still think Mr. Trump is going “too far,” and they mostly disapprove of his handling of the most important issues, but his political standing hasn’t gotten much worse over the last few months, either.
My colleagues have the story here, along with a separate article on a reversal of support for Israel, with slightly more Americans now saying they sympathize more with Palestinians than Israel.
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