President Donald Trump's approval rating has risen to 50 percent, according to the most recent Rasmussen Reports poll.
Rasmussen runs a daily poll of 500 likely U.S. voters to monitor Trump's approval rating. On Monday, that rating leapt three percent.
- 50 percent approve.
- 49 percent disapprove.
- 33 percent strongly approve.
- 39 percent strongly disapprove.
On Friday, Rasmussen found:
- 47 percent approved.
- 52 percent disapproved.
- 31 percent strongly approved.
- 41 percent strongly disapproved.
Rasmussen notes that "Trump's overall job approval rating is now running ahead of where Barack Obama's was at this stage of his presidency."