Michigan voters were asked in a recent poll how they felt about President Donald Trump’s second term so far.
A poll conducted by WDIV/Detroit News asked voters from across the state about their opinions on various topics in the 2026 election. A portion of those questions focused on President Donald Trump’s work during his second term.
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Here’s the exact wording of a statement asked over the phone to the participant: I am going to read you the names of several people you might have heard of. For each, please tell me if you have heard of that person. If you have heard of that person, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of that person.
Here are the results when particiants were given the name Donald Trump:
- Heard, favorable: 38.3%
- Heard, unfavorable: 51.0%
- Heard, no opinion: 10.4%
- Never heard of: 0.0%
- Don’t Know/Refused: 0.3%
Here’s the exact wording of the next question, which was asked over the phone: Do you approve or disapprove of the job being done by Donald Trump as President of the United States?
Participants were then asked: Would that be strongly approve/disapprove or just somewhat approve/disapprove?
Here are the results:
Approve: 44.5%, Disapprove: 52.5%
- Strongly approve: 25.2%
- Somewhat approve: 19.3%
- Somewhat disapprove: 8.1%
- Strongly disapprove: 44.4%
- Neither/Don’t Know/Refused: 3.0%
Poll methodology
WDIV and the Detroit News commissioned a survey of likely November 2026 general election voters within the state of Michigan. The poll was conducted by The Glengariff Group, Inc.
It was a 600-sample, live-operator telephone survey conducted from Jan. 2-6, 2026.
The margin of error is +/- 4.0%, and there is a 95% level of confidence.
Of the respondents, 16.3% were called via landline telephone, and 83.7% were called on a cellphone.