President Donald Trump’s poll numbers are looking up after a summer that saw his popularity plummet to all-time lows.
A new poll from Morning Consult, conducted for Politico, found 43 per cent of registered U.S. voters approve of the job he is doing in the Oval office.
Fifty-two per cent disagreed, and three-quarters of that group said they ‘strongly’ disapproved of him.
Last month, after suffering self-inflicted wounds in a race controversy following a deadly riot in Charlottesville, Virginia, Trump’s support in the Morning Consult poll stood at 39 per cent.
Other surveys also show his approval rating on the upswing.
President Donald Trump has seen his poll numbers tick upward in the past month
Gallup has seen Trump boosted from 35 to 39 per cent since late August. A polling average maintained by Real Clear Politics has him hovering at 39.9 per cent.
The Morning Consult poll released Wednesday gives Trump his best rating since a Fox news poll in late June.
The president has been widely praised for his responses to this month’s pair of devastating hurricanes, and is likely to win plaudits for a groundbreaking speech to the United Nations General Assembly this week.
And if Congress should pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, or push a tax reform package through, Trump will likely get much of the credit.
‘Trump’s post-Charlottesville plunge proved to be short-lived, and his approval has stabilized,’ Morning Consult co-founder Kyle Dropp said Wednesday in a statement.
‘A key driver of this movement appears to be independents,’ he said.
‘Immediately after Charlottesville, 35 percent of independent voters approved of Trump, and 58 percent disapproved. In this latest poll, that has risen to 40 percent approval and 52 percent disapproval.’
The Real Clear Politics average of polls has Trump at just about 40 per cent overall, an improvement from dreadful summer survey numbers
A White House official told DailyMail.com on Wednesday that Trump is at the mercy of polls like any president, but pays little attention to them now that he’s in the White House.
‘The boss has been doing the same job he’s done since January, going with his gut and making decisions based on what he thinks is best,’ the official said.
The Trump aide also cautioned that negative press can have a depressive effect on national poll numbers, especially given Trump’s unusual leadership style.
‘Sometimes people get it and appreciate it, and other times the media coverage is just so awful that public opinion goes down,’ the official said.
The White House press office did not respond to a request for comment.
Despite his small uptick in the newest poll, the president is still at a low-water mark compared to other presidents’ numbers after eight months in office.