President Donald Trump‘s approval rating has rebounded after hitting an all-time low 10 days ago.
In the latest Daily Mail/JL Partners survey, Trump’s approval rating stands at 46 percent.
That’s a 3-point jump from the 42 percent he received on March 20.
The newest poll was conducted March 23 and 24, as Trump began floating the idea that the US was in talks with Iran to reach a peace deal.
Those talks have yet to lead to a breakthrough, with the war hitting the one-month mark on Saturday.
‘Despite all the public posturing you hear from the regime and false reporting, talks are continuing and going well,’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.
She also said Trump’s ‘four to six-weeks’ timeline does remain.’
The latest poll found that 54 percent of registered voters disapprove of the job Trump’s doing, an improvement from the 58 percent who disapproved just days before.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on board Air Force One Sunday night. Fresh polling from the Daily Mail and JL Partners shows Trump getting a 3 point bump, after he said the US was negotiating with Iran for a ceasefire deal
Still, more voters strongly disapprove of the job the President is doing than strongly approve of him.
The March 24 survey found that 40 percent of voters said they strongly disapproved of the job Trump is doing, compared to the 24 percent who said they strongly approved.
Trump maintains a grip on his party and his voters, with 84 percent of Republicans saying they approve of him and 79 percent of the President’s voters saying they approve of the job he has done.
At the same time, only a third of independents – 34 percent – signaled approval for Trump.
Independents often make up the difference in close Congressional races, so this number could signal trouble for Republican candidates ahead of the November midterms.
Trump’s numbers are, not surprisingly, in the gutter with Democrats, with only 11 percent approving of the job he’s done.
Pollsters surveyed 1,019 registered voters online, giving the poll a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent.
The Daily Mail’s polling has thus far shown that voters are skeptical of the Iran war but are even more worried about the impact the war will have on the economy.
A boy leans on a car damaged in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Monday. The Iran war has caused gas prices to spike, with the national gas price average in the United States already increasing by $1 per gallon since the beginning of the Iran war
A fire is seen at an industrial building in Haifa, Israel on Monday after it was hit by debris from an intercepted Iranian missile. Daily Mail’s polling has shown that Americans are willing to take an economic hit to ensure victory in the Iran war
In the March 20 survey, 28 percent of respondents cited the war as the top reason they disapproved of Trump.
Even more voters, 44 percent, said they disapproved of Trump due to his handling of inflation.
During the President’s 2024 campaign, Trump pledged to cut costs – as Americans were still reeling from high prices in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic – and pledged not to start ‘forever’ wars.
The March 20 poll found that Americans are unwilling to suffer economic pain to guarantee a military victory.
Only 19 percent said they would tolerate gas prices increasing by $1.
Even fewer, 12 percent, said they would be OK if gas prices increased $2 a gallon to ensure a win in Iran.
Gas prices have already gone up $1 in one month, according to a AAA assessment published Thursday.
Just ahead of the Iran strikes, gas was averaging $2.98 a gallon nationally.
Last week it ticked up to $3.98 a gallon, and today it stands at $3.99, according to AAA.
