For the first time, Donald Trump’s disapproval rating has climbed past 60% in one of the country’s closely watched polling averages. As of July 29, 2026, the FiftyPlusOne aggregate put his disapproval at 60.5% and his approval at just 36.5% – a net rating roughly 24 points underwater and the highest disapproval mark the tracker has recorded for him.
The figure represents a peak on FiftyPlusOne’s chart, and it crosses a threshold that few modern presidents ever reach. Sixty percent disapproval is not just unpopular – it signals that discontent has spread well beyond the opposition party.
What the FiftyPlusOne Average Shows
Polling aggregates combine dozens of individual surveys into a single rolling average, smoothing out the noise of any one poll. FiftyPlusOne, which tracks presidential approval at fiftyplusone.news, blends national polls into a continuous line – and that line just touched a new low for Trump’s standing.
At 60.5% disapproval against 36.5% approval, the gap between the two numbers is now about 24 percentage points. That spread matters as much as the headline figure. A president can weather being narrowly underwater; a 24-point deficit points to erosion not only among opponents but among independents and once-loyal supporters who have drifted away.
Crossing 60% is significant precisely because it is rare. It is the kind of number that reshapes the political conversation – emboldening critics, unsettling allies heading into a difficult stretch, and raising questions about how much political capital a president actually has left to spend.
How Other Trackers Compare
It is worth being precise about where the 60% figure comes from. The crossing is specific to the FiftyPlusOne average. Other trackers do not all agree on the exact line. Averages compiled by outlets including CBS and Yahoo have shown Trump’s disapproval nearing 60% – climbing into the high 50s – but not yet crossing it in their own numbers.
Why the difference? Each aggregate makes its own choices about which polls to include, how to weight them, and how quickly to fold in new data. Those methodological decisions can move an average by a point or two in either direction. So while FiftyPlusOne has Trump over the 60% mark, a reader scanning several trackers at once would see figures clustered in the high 50s to just above 60.
The takeaway is not that every pollster has declared a 60% consensus. It is that the direction across the major averages is unmistakable, and one respected aggregate has now pushed past a symbolic ceiling.
Why the Trend Matters
Approval numbers are more than a scoreboard. They shape how much leverage a president has with Congress, how nervous members of his own party become about the next election, and how boldly the opposition feels it can act. When disapproval hardens into the 60s, lawmakers facing their own voters start doing the math.
Whether the true figure reads 58% or 60% on any given day, the pattern is consistent: more Americans are souring on this presidency, and the gap between approval and disapproval keeps widening rather than narrowing. That is the trend line that campaign strategists in both parties will be studying most closely.
What This Means for Americans
For everyday Americans, a president’s collapsing approval is a measure of accountability. It reflects real judgments about the economy, prices, and the direction of the country – the pressures people feel at the kitchen table. A number this low is a signal that a broad cross-section of the public, not just the other side, feels unheard. In a democracy, that verdict is the public’s most direct check between elections.
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