Americans Used to Like Presidents From the Other Party. What Happened?
Summary
A new Pew Research Center survey shows that political division in the U.S. is stronger than ever, with presidents receiving far less support from the opposing party than in past decades. President Donald Trump’s approval rating is highly polarized, with most Republicans supporting him and very few Democrats approving.Key Facts
- Political division in presidential approval is the widest in over 70 years, since President Eisenhower’s time.
- President Trump’s approval rating in July was 34%, lower than earlier points in his term.
- Trump’s approval is about 84% among Republicans but only 6% among Democrats.
- The biggest partisan approval gap before Trump was during his own first term (80 points).
- Other presidents like Barack Obama and Joe Biden also experienced large partisan divides, but smaller than Trump’s current gap.
- In the 1950s and 1960s, presidents like Eisenhower and Kennedy had more support from the opposite party (nearly 50% approval).
- The political divide has been growing since the 1970s and is now wider than during Reagan’s administration.
- Experts attribute the increasing divide to deeper polarization of both political parties and the American voters.
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