June 19, 2026
President Trump’s overall job approval rating is holding steady. Thirty-seven percent approve of the way he is handling his job, unchanged from the AP-NORC poll conducted in May and similar to the 36% who approved in early February, before the war in Iran began. The public continues to disapprove of his handling of Iran, with 34% approving, also unchanged from May. The poll was conducted as Trump suggested a deal with Iran had been reached but before it was signed.
Views of the how the president is dealing with Iran and other issues remain partisan. A substantial majority of Democrats and independents disapprove of how Trump is handling Iran, immigration, Israel, and the economy, while a large majority of Republicans express approval.
Views of the U.S. military action against Iran are also strongly partisan. While 82% of Democrats and 56% of independents think the action has gone too far, 42% of Republicans say it has been about right, and 37% feel it hasn’t gone far enough.
Read more here. You can see these and some other AP-NORC Poll Trends here.
The nationwide poll was conducted June 11-17, 2026 using the AmeriSpeak® Panel, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cell phones were conducted with 3,040 adults. The overall margin of sampling error is +/- 2.8 percentage points.
- Suggested Citation: AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. “Trump’s overall approval rating is steady” (June 2026). https://apnorc.org/projects/trumps-overall-approval-rating-is-steady/
