Senior military leaders look on at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30. Alex Wong/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump did not have a good September. He is now 8 points negative on approval and disapproval. But more importantly, he’s probably a 42 percent approval, or 3 lower than the RCP average shown below if you examine the economic issues where Trump is mostly around a 42 or lower approval.
A review of Trump’s approval average on the top issues highlights his weakness.
As we discussed in the September 2 post “Trump Shifts to Crime, Anti-DC,” crime and immigration are the only issues working for him and inflation and the economy are major problems.
In September, a new issue emerging was authoritarianism, which is surging negative for the President. From the Kirk funeral oration to Kimmel to Comey to troops in the cities, alarm bells are ringing for much of the public from Trump’s rhetoric and behavior. Ipsos reports (9-28-25 Opinion Today) the top issue at the end of September is political extremism and threats to democracy ahead of the second place issue, the economy.
Nearly half of Democrats (45%) rate it number one and 27 percent of independents (28% overall, 14% Republicans).
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