--- ---  # President Trump's Approval Rating Holds Steady in Pew Survey  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 20, 2017 9:19 PM UTC  President Donald Trump at the White House on June 9, 2017. President Donald Trump at the White House on June 9, 2017.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 20, 2017 9:19 PM UTC [President Donald Trump’](http://time.com/4822116/daily-show-donald-trump-presidential-library-tweets/)s approval rating has remained steady since February, even as he faced backlash from the abrupt decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, and after the Justice Department appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. According to the Pew Research Center’s [latest national survey](http://www.people-press.org/2017/06/20/public-has-criticisms-of-both-parties-but-democrats-lead-on-empathy-for-middle-class/), conducted June 8-18, Trump’s approval rating is 39%, unchanged from surveys conducted in April and February. His disapproval rating is 55%, one point higher than April, but one point lower than February. For comparative purposes, [Barack Obama](http://time.com/4824441/barack-obama-george-w-bush-president-donald-trump-poll-approval/) had a 61% approval rating under this survey at the same point in his presidency, and [George W. Bush](http://time.com/4784063/george-bush-photobomb-reporter-interview/) had a 50% approval rating. In May of 1993, Bill Clinton’s approval rating was 39%. Trump’s approval rating was virtually on par with the Republican party, which had a 40% approval rating overall — down 7 percentage points from January — and a 54% disapproval rating. The Democrats’ approval rating was slightly higher at 44%, but, like the Republicans, had a decrease of seven percentage points since January. Of those surveyed, 54% said the Republican Party was too extreme, while 45% said the same thing about the Democratic party. When asked which party cares about the middle class, Democrats easily bested Republicans, 57% to 42%. Donald Trump: Approval Rating Steady at 39%, Survey Finds ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4825615/donald-trump-approval-rating-pew-survey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4825615/donald-trump-approval-rating-pew-survey/"},"headline":"President Trump's Approval Rating Holds Steady in Pew Survey","datePublished":"2017-06-20T21:19:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:14:14.312Z","description":"Donald Trump's approval rating is still lower than Barack Obama's and George W. Bush's at the same point in their presidencies","url":"https://time.com/4825615/donald-trump-approval-rating-pew-survey/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt258a2910b8b7fcf8/6988d1874ee2629f3330db67/gettyimages-694251858.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt258a2910b8b7fcf8/6988d1874ee2629f3330db67/gettyimages-694251858.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Holds News Conference With President Of Romania Klaus Iohannis","caption":"President Trump Holds News Conference With President Of Romania Klaus Iohannis","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4825615/donald-trump-approval-rating-pew-survey/","name":"President Trump's Approval Rating Holds Steady in Pew Survey"}}]}] ```