Trump's approval rating matches his all-time high, new poll finds

Forty-seven percent of registered voters approve of Trump's performance presently - which equals his previous all-time high during the entirety of his political career, a national NBC News poll released Sunday found. Likewise, the poll found that 44% of voters believe the country is on the right track - another all-time high for the president. 

However, 51% disapprove of his performance and 54% consider the country on the wrong track, according to the poll.

As a result, the survey determined that the bulk of Trump's support bolstering his approval rating comes from Republicans. 

The poll also found that Trump has the largest partisan divide between his approval rating from Republicans versus Democrats in the past 80 years, based on previous NBC News polling and data from Gallup. While 90% of Republicans approve of Trump's performance, only 4% of Democrats approve. 

Those numbers are even more stark along party lines. Twenty-six percent of Republicans responded that the state of the economy was "excellent" or "good," while only 11% of Democrats responded the same way. 

The response indicates a stark shift from several months ago. It is a dramatic change from October 2024, when 5% of Republicans replied the state of the economy was "excellent" or "good," in comparison to 52% of Democrats. 

A majority of voters do approve of Trump's handling of immigration and border security, with 55% endorsing his performance. In comparison, 43% of voters said they disapprove. The Trump administration has promised to drive down illegal border crossings and Trump touted on March 6 that his administration has "launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history."

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also cited the survey in a Monday press briefing, noting that the poll found that the approval rating of the Democratic Party has reached its lowest numbers in all of NBC News polling history. The survey found that 27% of registered voters held a favorable opinion of the Democratic Party. As a result, Leavitt said that a "hatred" of Trump isn't a winning strategy. 

One thousand registered voters participated in the NBC News survey, which was conducted from March 7 to March 11 and has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points. 

"Among my very highest priorities is to rescue our economy and get dramatic and immediate relief to working families," Trump told lawmakers March 6. "As president, I am fighting every day to reverse this damage and make America affordable again."