This Spotlight Analysis uses new PRRI data collected from February 10-18, 2026, to examine recent changes in President Donald Trump’s favorability ratings through the lenses of party, religious affiliation, Christian nationalism, race, and age.^[1]

A year into the second Trump administration, our latest data show that 36% of Americans hold favorable views of Donald Trump, down from 41% in September 2025, while six in ten Americans view Trump unfavorably (60%).

Views of Trump by Party Affiliation

Most Republicans (81%) continue to hold favorable views of Donald Trump, slightly down from 85% at the end of 2025, after experiencing noticeable increases since early 2023. Among independents, 28% view Trump favorably, down from 30% in September 2025. By contrast, just 6% of Democrats hold a favorable view of Trump; Trump’s favorability among Democrats has remained very low over the past decade.

Trump Favorability by Religious Affiliation

White Christians continue to be more likely than Christians of color and non-Christians to view Trump favorably. Today, roughly seven in ten white evangelical Protestants (69%) view Trump favorably. While white evangelical Protestants remain the religious group most likely to view Trump favorably, their favorable views of Trump have declined by 7 points from an all-time high of 76% in May 2025.

Since Trump’s reelection, a slight majority of white Catholics have viewed Trump favorably, holding steady at 53%. By contrast, Trump’s favorability dropped 10 points among white mainline/non-evangelical Protestants from 55% in September 2025 to 45% in February 2026.

Click through the chart below (selecting white Christian, Christian of color, or non-Christian) to explore Trump’s favorability among different religious groups.

In comparison, Trump favorability remains much lower among Christians of color and religiously unaffiliated Americans.  Hispanic Protestants show a significant decline in Trump favorability in recent months, from 48% in September 2025 to 37% in February 2026. Hispanic Protestants have historically viewed Trump more favorably than their Catholic counterparts; after a sharp drop from an all-time high of 51% in September 2024 to 32% in March 2025, Hispanic Protestants’ favorability rebounded to 48% in September 2025 before declining again in early 2026.^[2]

Hispanic Catholics’ favorability towards Trump grew steadily from 12% in 2015 to a high of 37% in September 2024, before receding to 25% throughout 2025 and into 2026. Since 2015, Donald Trump’s favorability among Black Protestants has remained relatively stable, never reaching higher than 19%. Trump favorability among Black Protestants stands at 14% in February 2026.

Trump’s favorability among religiously unaffiliated Americans has fluctuated over the past decade, from a low of 17% in September 2016 to a high of 31% in October 2017. Between 2023 and the beginning of 2026, favorable views of Trump stabilized among this group, hovering around 22%. Trump’s favorability among non-Christian Americans has followed similar trends, rising from 16% in 2015 to 27% in February 2026.

Trump Favorability by Church Attendance and Christian Nationalism

Today, 44% of Americans who attend religious services at least once a week view President Trump favorably, compared with 39% of those who attend religious services a few times a year or more and 30% of those who seldom or never attend.

Americans who qualify as Christian nationalism Adherents and Sympathizers are the most likely to support Trump (75% and 62%, respectively). In contrast, 31% of Christian nationalism Skeptics and just 6% of Christian nationalism Rejecters hold favorable views of Trump.

Views of Trump by Race

Today, 45% of white Americans hold favorable views of Trump, compared with 24% of Hispanic Americans and 15% of Black Americans. While favorability has fluctuated across all groups, white Americans are the only group to show a constant increase since June 2023, rising from 36% to 45% in February 2026, with a slight decline from 48% in September 2025.

Trump’s favorability among Hispanic Americans was lowest in October 2015 (16%) before rising to 29% in October 2017 but then falling to 20% the next year. By 2020, 30% of Hispanic Americans had a favorable view of Trump, a share that rose steadily to an all-time high of 39% in September of 2024. In September of 2025, favorability among Hispanic Americans returned to 30% and, since then, it has dropped to 25%, a level not seen since 2021.

Except for 2015 (16%), Black Americans have consistently held the lowest Trump favorability ratings. PRRI surveys show that Trump’s favorability among Black Americans hit its lowest levels in 2016 (7%) and 2020 (8%). The highest levels were recorded in September 2024 and March 2025, when 19% of Black Americans viewed Trump favorably. Now, just 15% of Black Americans hold favorable views of Trump.

Views of Trump by Age

Trump’s favorability ratings remain lower among younger Americans than older Americans. Among Americans ages 18-29, Trump favorability rose sharply from 19% in 2015 to 36% in October 2017 before falling to 21% in 2018. Favorability rose again to 35% in both September 2024 and March 2025, before falling to its current level of 27%. For Americans ages 30-49, Trump favorability rose from 31% in 2015 to 38% in 2017, then fell to 31% in 2018 and remained in the low 30s until increasing to 36% in September 2025. Now, Trump favorability stands at 30% among Americans ages 30-49.

Among Americans ages 50-64, Trump’s favorability rose from 38% in 2015 to 45% in 2017, fell to 33% in June 2023, and then rebounded to 45% in May 2025, where it has hovered since, standing at 44% in February 2026. Among senior Americans 65 and over, Trump’s favorability increased from 33% in 2015 to 49% in 2017, the highest level recorded for any age group, before fluctuating in the 30s and 40s in subsequent years. Trump favorability stands at 44% among Americans 65 and over in February 2026.

[1] The survey was designed and conducted by PRRI. The survey was conducted among a representative sample of 5,143 adults (age 18 and up) living in all 50 states in the United States, who are part of Ipsos’s KnowledgePanel and an additional 336 who were recruited by Ipsos using opt-in survey panels to increase the sample sizes in smaller states. Interviews were conducted online between February 10 – 18, 2026. The margin of error for the national survey is +/- 1.49 percentage points at the 95% level of confidence, including the design effect for the survey of 1.3. In addition to sampling error, surveys may also be subject to error or bias due to question wording, context, and order effects. Additional details about the KnowledgePanel can be found on the Ipsos website: https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/solution/knowledgepanel.

[2] The number of cases for Hispanic Protestants for 2015-2017, 2021-2022, and Aug. 2023 are too small to report.