Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters pointed to President Donald Trump’s “popular” policies when asked about the president’s low approval rating in an interview with Newsweek ahead of the GOP convention in Dallas this week. The GOP is holding an unprecedented midterm convention this week in Dallas, Texas, a traditionally Republican state that has entered battleground territory as Republicans contend with Trump’s declining national approval rating. Republicans hope the convention could give them a boost in the midterms.
Historically, when the president’s approval rating is low, his party loses seats. Polls suggest Democrats are well-positioned to flip control of the House of Representatives and are competitive in the Senate despite facing a challenging map this year. Gruters told Newsweek on Wednesday that the convention offers Republicans a chance to bring Trump's “winning message directly to the people.” “I think his policies are incredibly popular, including the working family tax cuts.
And I think you know people tell me all the time, you got to do better messaging,” he said. He expressed confidence in the GOP's chances of winning. The convention, he said, can help Republicans.
You’ve got to do things differently,” he said. Trump’s approval rating remains low in the latest round of surveys released around Labor Day. The president’s approval rating has fallen over recent months amid voter frustration with the economy and cost of living, as well as the unpopular Iran war, which has sent prices surging.
Trump’s approval stood at only 37 percent in a new survey from YouGov and The Economist released this week. Sixty-one percent disapproved of his job performance. It surveyed 1,469 registered voters from September 4 to 8, 2026.
In a Morning Consult poll, his approval was a net of -11, with 54 percent disapproving and 43 percent approving of the president’s job performance. The poll was conducted among 2,201 registered voters from September 4 to 6, according to The New York Times. Meanwhile, an NBC News Decision Desk poll showed that his approval rating was 28 points underwater, 36 percent approving and 64 percent disapproving.
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