# Marquette poll shows Trump approval up, other surveys disagree 2026-08-06T19:47:16+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet President Donald Trump's approval rating inched up to 40 per cent in a Marquette Law School Poll released on August 5, rising from 38 per cent in June. The survey, conducted July 22-29, also found 35 per cent of adults name inflation and cost of living as their top concern. Among white voters, Marquette reports a net positive approval of 2 points, a sharp recovery from negative 12 in June. But two other polls taken in the same late-July window tell a different story. A CNN/SSRS survey puts Trump's net approval among white voters at negative 20, the lowest of his presidency, while an Economist/YouGov poll shows negative 14. The conflicting signals complicate the outlook for November's midterms, where Democrats lead by 2 points among registered voters (46-44) but by 6 among likely voters (51-45) in Marquette's generic ballot. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com - timesnownews.com Tags: Donald Trump, inflation, polls, Supreme Court, US midterms Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/trump-approval-rises-to-40-as-democrats-retain-midterm-edge/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/trump-approval-rises-to-40-as-democrats-retain-midterm-edge/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.