President Trump’s approval rating has fallen significantly amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Both traditional polls and aggregations have shown that the president’s approval rating has fallen over the last two weeks. More than 1,100 people in the United States have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and at least 32 of those patients have died.
Trump’s approval index on Feb. 25 stood at +1, according to Rasmussen, a right-leaning polling company that tracks the president’s approval rating on a daily basis. On Wednesday, that number fell to -11.
The president’s net approval rating fell two points, from -8.9 on Feb. 24 to -10.8 on Wednesday, according to the FiveThirtyEight aggregate of polls.
Trump’s popularity has also dropped in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. On Feb. 26, his net disapproval rating was +4.3. In two weeks, his net disapproval had doubled to +8.8.
Trump, who is set to deliver a statement on Wednesday night about his administration’s response to the coronavirus as the number of cases grows, has been criticized for not adequately dealing with the growing crisis.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden called Trump the “worst possible leader” to manage the coronavirus outbreak. At a recent rally in South Carolina, the president accused Democrats of “politicizing” the outbreak.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic on Wednesday.
