Gallup Poll: President Donald Trump's Job Approval Is Lowest for First
President Donald Trump 's average job approval rating for  his  first year is lower than any other elected president's  according to Gallup.
The pollster analysis showed  Trump 's approval average is not only the lowest for a first-year president  it ranks among the 10 worst for any president in any year since Gallup began regularly measuring job approval in 1945.
 Trump  netted a 38.4 percent approval rating average for  his  first year  slightly more than 10 percentage points lower than any other elected president's first-year average  the pollster reported.
Gallup reported  Trump  began his presidency behind the eight ball  with a job approval rating below 50 percent  the lowest for a president at his inaugural. The ratings eroded afterward but then stabilized between 36-37 percent  Gallup said.
"With  Trump 's ratings showing only modest change over his first year in office  it is possible that opinions of him have essentially crystallized and thus will be more resistant to change regardless of national conditions " Gallup's Jeffrey Jones wrote.
The analysis comes in the wake of Gallup's conclusion  Trump  should be enjoying a much higher approval rating given historical patterns between job approval and measures of national conditions.
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"With   [TGT]  's ratings showing only modest change over his first year in office  it is possible that opinions of him have essentially crystallized and thus will be more resistant to change regardless of national conditions " Gallup's Jeffrey Jones wrote.
The analysis comes in the wake of Gallup's conclusion   [TGT]   should be enjoying a much higher approval rating given historical patterns between job approval and measures of national conditions.