Reuters/Ipsos survey finds rural approval of Trump drops to 50%, down from 60% in February 2025

A new Reuters/Ipsos survey shows President Donald Trump’s approval rating among rural Americans has fallen to its lowest level in the poll’s recent comparisons. The survey, conducted June 3 through 8, found 50 percent of respondents from rural areas approved of Trump, a decline from a similar Reuters/Ipsos measure taken in February 2025.

In the February 2025 survey, 60 percent of respondents reported approving of the president. The June 2026 result represents a 10-point drop in rural approval over roughly four months since the prior comparable data point, according to the polling reporting.

The Reuters/Ipsos rural results are based on interviews with respondents classified as coming from rural areas. The June poll’s reported finding that half of rural respondents approve of the president places the rural figure below the February 2025 benchmark cited in the reporting, suggesting weakening support in areas outside major metropolitan centers.

Public-opinion surveys such as these are often used as snapshots of approval levels across demographic and geographic groups. Reuters and Ipsos report the figures using consistent time frames and a rural-area classification for comparative purposes, enabling a direct look at whether support is rising or falling between the two periods referenced in the reporting.

The practical effect of changes in approval rates is typically visible through public engagement and the political environment in which federal officials operate, including the responsiveness of policy programs to different communities. A decline confined to rural approval, if sustained, can influence how federal communication and implementation are perceived in counties and districts where residents may be more directly affected by federal regulations, enforcement priorities, and funding decisions.

The polling also arrives in a broader context where approval ratings are tracked by multiple entities, and where different geographic breakdowns can move differently from national averages. Even with a clear rural decline in the figures reported, the poll’s topline national approval and other demographic categories were not included in the details provided in the reporting summary.

The next step for readers is to review additional releases from Reuters and Ipsos for the survey’s full methodology, including sampling approach, weighting, and the exact wording used for the approval question. Those details are typically necessary to interpret how much of the change reflects shifts in sentiment versus normal variation between survey waves.