Do Detroiters approve or disapprove of President Trump? What our poll found

DETROIT – Detroit voters were asked during a recent poll whether they approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump has done as president.

Here’s the exact wording of the question, which was asked over the phone: “Do you approve or disapprove of the job being done by Donald Trump as president of the United State?”

Participants were then asked, “Would that be strongly approve/disapprove or just somewhat approve/disapprove?”

Here are the results:

• Strongly approve -- 3.9%.
• Somewhat approve -- 4.7%.
• Somewhat disapprove -- 6.5%.
• Strongly disapprove -- 78%.
• Neutral/don’t know/refused -- 6.9%.

More from this poll

Here are some other findings from this poll:

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• What are biggest challenges facing Detroit public schools?
• Detroit voters want more spending in neighborhoods, less focus on downtown
• Here’s who leads for 2 Detroit City Council at-large seats
• Detroit voters strongly oppose city supporting federal government in immigrant removal

Poll methodology

WDIV and the Detroit News commissioned a survey of likely August 2025 primary election voters within the city of Detroit. The poll was conducted y The Glengariff Group, Inc.

It was a 500 sample, live operator telephone survey from May 27-29, 2025.

The margin of error is +/- 4%, and there is a 95% level of confidence.

Of the respondents, 10.4% were called via landline telephone, and 89.6% were called on a cellphone.