In a poll of U.S. adults, the share who say they strongly support President Donald Trump fell to a record low of 15%.

According to the Washington Post (WP) on the 16th (local time), a WP and Ipsos survey of 2,648 U.S. adults conducted from 8∼13 found that 37% said they support President Trump, the same as in the February poll.

However, the share saying they strongly support him was 15%, an all-time low. Early last year, when the second Trump administration began, it was 27%, then declined to 19% in February.

WP noted that this contrasts with his first term, when two-thirds of those who approved of his performance chose ‘strong support’.

Among respondents who identified as independents, Trump's approval stood at 26%. Of these, only 6% said they strongly support him, while 71% said they oppose him.

Trump shows a low approval rating of around 30∼40% across gender, age, education, income, and race, but it rises to 50% among rural adults, 53% among white men without a college degree, 57% among white Catholics, and 70% among white evangelical Protestants.

Forty-three percent said their personal economic situation is worse than when the Trump administration launched last year. That is far higher than the 13% recorded in 2018 during Trump's first term.

Since launching military operations against Iran in late February, Trump has struggled in the polls. Limited public support for the war with Iran, combined with inflation driven by surging oil prices, has kept his approval hovering in the 30% range.