Trump's approval climbs as Republicans rally behind president's affordability agenda: poll

Hours before President Donald Trump was set to deliver a highly anticipated speech on the economy and affordability, a new national poll indicated the president's approval is on the rise, thanks in part to soaring support by Republicans.

Trump's approval rating in a Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted Dec. 3–8 and released on Tuesday stood at 41%, with 57% disapproving.

That's an improvement from mid-November, when the president stood at 38%-60% approval/disapproval in the previous Reuters/Ipsos national poll.

Trump's focus on lowering prices helped boost him and Republicans to sweeping victories last year, when the GOP won back the White House and Senate and successfully defended their House majority.

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But Democrats are energized following decisive victories last month in the 2025 elections and in their over-performance last week in a special congressional election in Tennessee, as they hammered Republicans over affordability as prices have remained elevated this year.

The most recent Labor Department report, from September, indicated inflation increased 3% from a year earlier, up slightly from 2.9% in August.

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Although combating high prices remains one of Trump's weakest polling issues, the new survey indicates the president's approval on dealing with the cost of living jumped from 26% last month to 31% now. The rise was fueled by a 10-point jump among Republicans.

The Reuters/Ipsos survey, which was conducted online, questioned 4,434 respondents nationwide. It had an overall sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

While Trump has described the Democrats' focus on affordability as a "hoax," he has also become more engaged in combating high prices in recent weeks, as the president has scaled back some of his tariffs and pledged to lower high food prices.

On Tuesday evening, Trump is scheduled to deliver his first major address on affordability, with a speech in battleground Pennsylvania.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, in an interview with Fox News' "Fox and Friends" on Tuesday morning, said that President Trump is going to give a positive, economic focused speech where he talks about all that he and his team has done to provide bigger paychecks and lower prices for the American people."

Trump's approval rating stood at 41% in the most recent Fox News national poll, which was conducted in mid-November. That's the lowest approval for the president during his second term in the White House.

Three-quarters of those questioned viewed the economy negatively. And by a nearly two-to-one margin, voters say Trump was more responsible for the current economy than former President Joe Biden.

Trump's overall approval rating has been in negative territory in nearly every national poll conducted since mid-October. Fueling those numbers are the president's approval ratings specifically on the economy.

But asked in an interview with Politico ahead of his speech what grade he would give the economy, Trump responded, "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus."

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But Democratic Lt. Gov. Austin Davis of Pennsylvania, speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning, charged that "unfortunately, President Trump refuses to see how millions of Americans are struggling with skyrocketing costs for health care, for food and more, just basic necessities."

"He thinks what regular Americans are going through is just a ‘con job,’ using his term," Davis added.