Americans broadly disapprove of how President Trump is handling his job

Americans broadly disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling his job, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising the powers of his office, according to a Washington PostABC News-Ipsos poll.

- BY S VENKAT NARAYAN OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Overall, 41 percent of Americans say they approve of the job Trump is doing, while 59 percent disapprove. That level of disapproval is the highest in a Post-ABC poll, since January 2021, a week after the attack on the Capitol.

The poll was conducted online 24 October through 28 October among 2,725 US adults. The sample was drawn through the Ipsos KnowledgePanel, an ongoing panel of US households recruited by mail using random sampling methods. Overall results have a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.

Trump's support among self-identified Republicans remains strong at 86 percent, while 95 percent of Democrats disapprove. Among independents, Trump’s approval rating is 30 percent, while his disapproval mark is 69 percent.

Across eight issues that include the economy, immigration, tariffs, managing the federal government, crime, and conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, most Americans say they disapprove of how he is handling each of them. The narrowest disapproval among these is on the situation with Israel and Gaza, but still a 52 percent majority say they disapprove.

Trump has governed primarily through executive orders, setting out controversial policies affecting the federal government, the nation's electoral system, the private sector and academia, among others.

These orders have drawn multiple lawsuits challenging his authority. Many of the suits are still being adjudicated, with the Supreme Court destined to be the final arbiter in setting the boundaries for executive power.