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CONFIRMEDTuesday 08 September 2026

The field dates do appear in the full primary articles and poll releases. The Financial Times reports that its sample of 1,914 registered voters was conducted…

Checked against Financial Time, Focaldata.

As published

4 pages captured at the time, in each outlet's own typography. Open one to read the copy held outside the publisher's control.

ft.com as published: Donald Trump’s approval rating falls to lowest yet in FT pollft.com2026-09-06 12:55:30seekingalpha.com as published: Trump’s approval rating falls to lowest yet in FT poll (SH:NYSEARCA)seekingalpha.com2026-09-10 11:49:22silive.com as published: Trump approval rating falls to all-time low in new pollsilive.com2026-09-10 11:49:22yahoo.com as published: Donald Trump approval rating falls to record low on economy—Pollyahoo.com2026-09-10 11:49:22

What this entry found

  • ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS

    yahoo.com carried 8 details no other outlet reported.

    • The poll was published on Sunday
    • 32 percent said they felt better off financially when the pollsters first asked this question in May
    • Newsweek contacted the White House via email for comment
    • 66 percent of respondents believed the U.S. economy was going in the wrong direction
    • Trump's net approval on inflation and cost of living fell to a record low of 17 percent
    • 69 percent disapproved of Trump's handling of inflation and cost of living
    • Support for Trump's approach to jobs and the economy declined to 26 percent
    • Only 18 percent of Americans say they feel better off financially than when Trump took office in January 2026

How the poll was reported

4 of 6 stated across the articles in this entry.

  • The articles describe a sampled poll rather than an opt-in one.
  • Pollster: Focaldata.
  • Commissioned by: Financial Times.
  • Who was sampled: registered voters.
  • Sample size: 2,178 adults.
  • Margin of error: not stated in any article.
  • When conducted: not stated in any article.
  • Question wording published: not in any article.

This lists what the articles said and did not say. A detail missing here may appear in the pollster's own release; it was not in the coverage.

4independent outlets
What happened, for context

The Financial Times and Focaldata released a poll on Trump's approval rating, conducted among 2,178 registered voters. The poll found Trump's approval at 33 percent, described as the lowest recorded since the survey began in May 2026, down three points from the previous month.

2 of 4 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: seekingalpha.com, silive.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.

Who reported it

  • ft.comINDEP
  • seekingalpha.comUNCLASSIFIED
  • silive.comUNCLASSIFIED
  • yahoo.comUNCLASSIFIED

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • Trump's approval rating stands at 33 percent according to the FT/Focaldata pollft.com, yahoo.com
  • This represents a three-point drop from the previous monthft.com, yahoo.com
  • This is the lowest approval rating recorded since the FT poll began in Mayft.com, yahoo.com
  • The poll was conducted by Focaldata for the Financial Timesft.com, yahoo.com
  • Voters' concerns about the economy and cost of living drove the declineft.com, yahoo.com

Reported by one outlet only

  • Trump's approval fell two points among Republican voters to 72 percentonly ft.com
  • The poll suggested voter sentiment on the economy was to blame for Trump's low numbersonly ft.com
  • The president appears unable to end his war in Iran, which has driven up US borrowing costs and prices for fuel and consumer goods over the past six monthsonly ft.com
  • On Friday, the US price of diesel hit an all-time high of $5.85 a gallon according to the AAA motoring grouponly ft.com
  • The poll was published on Sundayonly yahoo.com
  • 32 percent said they felt better off financially when the pollsters first asked this question in Mayonly yahoo.com

Not yet confirmed against a primary source

  • Confirm the poll sample size: yahoo.com states 2,178 adults; ft.com does not specify sample size in its excerpt. Verify whether these refer to the same poll and whether ft.com article contains sample size information in unretrieved portions.
  • Confirm field dates for the poll: neither ft.com nor yahoo.com excerpt states when the poll was conducted. Verify publication date match (ft.com and yahoo.com both appear to describe the same poll released around early September 2026) and whether field dates appear in full articles.

What was checked, and against what

1 of 1 confirmed against a primary source. Every document is linked so you can read the same record we did. Anything not confirmed is listed as such rather than left out.

  • checked Confirm field dates for the poll: neither ft.com nor yahoo.com excerpt states when the poll was conducted. Verify publication date match (ft.com and yahoo.com both appear to describe the same poll released around early September 2026) and whether field dates appear in full articles.Financial Time, Focaldata (2 pages: 1, 2) · establishes that the outlet published it · Full Articles & Methodological Disclosures: The field dates do appear in the full primary articles and poll releases. The Financial Times reports that its sample of 1,914 registered voters was conducted from August 28 to September 1, 2026. Pollster Release: The official release from Focaldata lists the full fieldwork dates across the entire sample of 2,180 U.S. adults as August 28 to September 2, 2026 · 2026-09-10