DAILY TRACKING POLL: 51% Approve of Trump’s Presidency. “The latest figures include 38% who Strongly Approve of the president is performing and 39% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -1. This is Trump’s highest Presidential Approval Index rating since early March of last year, shortly after he first took office. By comparison, Barack Obama earned a presidential approval index rating of -11 on October 5, 2010, in the second year of his presidency.”