President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell again this month amid the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. History.

A new Emerson College poll taken in early November and released Friday found the president’s approval rating dropped 4 percentage points since the organization’s poll last month.

The November poll found that the president had a 49% disapproval rating and a 41% approval rating — a significant change from a poll taken in January.

“Nearly one year after he was elected, President Trump’s approval has flipped since the first Emerson College poll of the new administration,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said on the Emerson College poll website.

“Since his inauguration, Trump has lost support among key groups: Republican voters’ approval decreased 12 points from 91% to 79%, and his disapproval intensified among independent voters, from 44% to 51%, and Hispanics, from 39% to 54%.”

The Emerson poll follows a CNN poll released on Tuesday that found the president’s disapproval rating has reached an all-time high.

According to the CNN poll, 63% of voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance as president, the highest disapproval rating across both of his terms. The previous high was 62% disapproval as he was leaving office in January 2021.

The president’s overall approval rating, according to the CNN poll, is at its lowest point of his second term, with 37% of voters approving of his job performance.

The November Emerson College poll found lagging support for Republican candidates in the upcoming midterm elections.

“On the generic 2026 congressional ballot, the Democratic candidate has a four-point edge on the Republican, 44% to 40%. Sixteen percent are undecided,” according to the Emerson poll website.

The poll found that 57% of Democrats are more enthusiastic than usual about voting in the midterm elections, compared to 12% who are less motivated and 31% who are about as motivated as usual.

“Democrats report being most motivated to vote in the 2026 midterm elections, at 71%, compared to 60% of Republicans, and 42% of independents,” Kimball said.

The polls’ outcomes weren’t entirely favorable to Democrats.

Despite having a bit of an edge on the ballot, the Democratic Party is viewed less favorably than the Republican Party.

Thirty-five percent of voters view the Democratic Party favorably, compared with 44% for Republicans. Forty-seven percent of voters view Democrats unfavorably, while 44% view Republicans unfavorably.

The poll also found that Trump could potentially be a negative factor in the midterm elections.

Of those polled, 43% say their vote will be in opposition to Trump, while 29% will vote to express support for Trump, and 28% say Trump is not a factor in their vote.

Among the issues voters say will affect their vote in the midterm elections are “the economy, which is very important to 75% of voters; threats to democracy at 61%; immigration at 59%; housing affordability at 57%; and abortion at 46%,” according to the poll website.

Those surveyed were asked an open-ended question about who they would support for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations in the 2028 election at this point.

Gavin Newsom got the highest support at 24%, while Kamala Harris received 10% and Pete Buttigieg 9%. Other candidates to reach over 1% include Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (3%), Josh Shapiro (3%), Andy Beshear (2%) and JB Pritzker (2%). Thirty-five percent are undecided.

In the Republican Primary, 54% support JD Vance, while 7% support President Donald Trump, 6% Marco Rubio, 2% Ron DeSantis and 6% support someone else. Twenty-five percent are undecided.

The poll was conducted among 1,000 registered voters between Nov. 3 and Nov. 4, with a credibility interval (similar to margin of error) of plus or minus 3 percentage points.