Rasmussen Poll: Trump Approval Rating Hits 51 Percent

President Donald Trump golfs at Trump National Golf Club on Aug. 1, 2020 in Potomac Falls, Virginia. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

By    |   Monday, 03 August 2020 12:17 PM EDT ET

More than half of likely voters think President Donald Trump is doing a good job, according to a new poll.

A Rasmussen poll released Monday shows that Trump’s approval rating is 7 points higher than former President Barack Obama’s approval rating on the same day in 2012.

Poll results show:

  • 51% of likely voters say Trump is doing a good job.
  • 47% of likely voters say they disapprove of the president’s job performance.
  • 40% of likely voters say they strongly approve of the job Trump is doing.
  • 41% of likely voters say they strongly disapprove of Trump’s performance.

Trump’s support is up 1% from Friday and 5% from Wednesday, according to poll results.

The survey polled 1,500 likely voters. The margin of sampling error is 2.5 percentage points.

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