Story Highlights
- Approval below 40% in 17 states
- Highest approval in West Virginia, North Dakota and South Dakota
- Lowest approval in Vermont and Massachusetts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump, who has averaged 40% job approval since his inauguration, received approval ratings of 50% or higher in 17 states in the first half of 2017. Residents in an equal number of states gave him approval ratings below 40%. In 16 states, his ratings ranged between 40% and 49%.
See Republican approval ratings from Gallup
