Jaw-dropping new Trump approval ratings shows what the US really thinks of him 10 months into presidency

Donald Trump's new approval ratings make for some jaw-dropping insight into what people are really thinking about the president.

It's been 10 months since Trump returned to the White House for a second term as the 47th President of the United States, and apparently, the majority of voters are less than impressed with his performance.

While an eye-opening poll from Marquette University found voters were leaning more towards Barack Obama these days in a survey on all US presidents, the POTUS will undoubtedly feel the sting of his latest approval ratings.

A new CNN/SSRS survey dropped on Monday (November 3), which shows Trump's rating has plummeted to one of its lowest points, with just 37 per cent of US citizens expressing support.

It also marks a sudden departure from the ratings he had when he kick-started his second term in January, where approval of his performance came in at 47 per cent by mid-February.

The survey is likely to sting the POTUS (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Researchers surveyed 1,245 Americans between 27 and 30 October, which gave an eye-watering 63 per cent disapproval rating for the president, only one percentage point higher than his lowest score ever recorded by CNN, which came in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill riot in January 2021.

The poll also asked voters how they felt things were going in the country to date, with 68 per cent stating they felt it was going 'pretty/very badly', to 32 per cent who thought it was going 'very well' or 'fairly well.'

In the latter result, just four per cent said they thought the state of affairs was going 'very well.'

The insight comes as the federal government is on the cusp of its longest shutdown in American history, which apparently hasn't gone unnoticed by voters, either.

The economy and cost of living are the top concerns among Americans (at 47 per cent), followed by the state of US democracy at 26 per cent. When asked how they felt about the economic conditions in the US, 72 per cent said 'poor' against 28 per cent who said it was going 'good.'

The ratings are wildly different to that of Obama when he was president (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The majority (61 per cent) also said they felt Trump's policies had 'worsened economic conditions in the country', against 12 per cent who said he 'had no effect', and 27 per cent who, at the opposite end of the spectrum, said the president has 'improved economic conditions.'

This is worse than Trump's Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, where 55 per cent of participants found he 'worsened economic conditions'.

As for Obama, just 28 per cent said the 44th POTUS had worsened the economic situation of the US.

Interestingly, immigration came in at third place (10 per cent) as a top concern for voters today under Trump, despite the administration's constant assault on migration figures through ramped-up ICE raids and severe cuts to refugee admissions, with many policies being challenged in federal courts.

Elsewhere in the survey, 57 per cent of respondents said they felt Trump has 'gone too far' in deporting illegal immigrants, to 28 per cent who said it's 'been about right' and 15 per cent who said he has 'not gone far enough.'

Trump ordered National Guard troops to take control of cities he says have become dogged by crime (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Crime and safety were also only considered a concern among just seven per cent, despite Trump's instruction to deploy the National Guard to many major cities that he deemed to be riddled with crime, 'bloodshed' and 'bedlam,' like Washington, D.C., and Chicago.

Healthcare, however, also scored low on the list, at five per cent, as did foreign policy, at just one per cent.

This is despite the fact that more than half of respondents also found Trump's foreign policy to 'hurt America's standing in the world', against 32 per cent who said he 'helped' it and 12 per cent who found he 'not made any difference.'

As for using the power of the presidency and executive branch, 61 per cent said he has 'gone too far' versus 31 per cent (been about right) and nine per cent (not gone far enough).

Since midterm elections are fast approaching next November, the survey revealed that 41 per cent would cast votes to oppose Trump if they were voting for Congress today, compared to 21 per cent who said they would show support for the Republican.

UNILAD has contacted the White House for comment.