North Carolinian approval ratings for public officials and institutions

North Carolinian respondents expressed an approval rating of 41% for President Donald J. Trump, a disapproval rating of 47%, and 12% indicated no opinion either way.

The most recent High Point University poll includes approval ratings for a number of national and North Carolina public officials and institutions.

North Carolinian respondents expressed an approval rating of 41% for President Donald J. Trump, a disapproval rating of 47%, and 12% indicated no opinion either way. In the same poll, North Carolinians gave Governor Josh Stein a job approval rating of 46%, 24% expressed disapproval, and 30% expressed no opinion.

The poll asked the respondents to provide their opinions on a variety of issues that Gov. Josh Stein has encountered. Approximately half of respondents approved of how Gov. Stein was handling issues like supporting veterans (51%), voting integrity (50%), civil rights (49%), and recovery from Hurricane Helene (49%).

Smaller proportions of respondents approved of the governor’s handling of law enforcement (48%), school safety (48%), agriculture (48%), education (47%), transportation infrastructure (46%), job creation (45%), and health care in general (44%).

About two in five North Carolinians said they approved of the governor’s handling of Medicaid (42%), guns (41%), opioids like Fentanyl (41%), rural development (40%), climate change (39%), abortion (38%), immigration (38%), and cybersecurity (38%). Gov. Stein’s approval ratings on housing prices (34%), taxes (33%), LGBTQ policies (31%) and inflation (29%) were the lowest recorded.

When asked if they approved or disapproved of the way that the United States Supreme Court is handling its job, 35% indicated that they approved, while 42% disapproved, and 23% offered no opinion. In reflecting on whether they approved or disapproved of the way the North Carolina Supreme Court is handling its job, 33% approved, 29% disapproved, and 37% had no opinion.

About half of North Carolinians disapproved (49%) of the way U.S. Congress is handling its job. Approvals came from 31% of respondents, and 20% had no opinion. When asked about how North Carolina’s General Assembly is handling its job, 35% approved, 32% disapproved, and 33% offered no opinion.

North Carolina Residents – Presidential Approval (August – September 2025)

Do you [approve or disapprove] of the way that Donald Trump is handling his job as president?

Approve – 41%

Disapprove – 47%

Unsure – 12%

North Carolina Residents – U.S. Supreme Court Approval (August – September 2025)

Do you [approve or disapprove] of the way that the United States Supreme Court is handling its job?

Approve – 35%

Disapprove – 42%

Unsure – 23%

North Carolina Residents – N.C. Supreme Court Approval (August – September 2025)

Do you [approve or disapprove] of the way that North Carolina’s Supreme Court is handling its job?

Approve – 33%

Disapprove – 29%

Unsure – 37%

North Carolina Residents – U.S. Congress Approval (August – September 2025)

Do you [approve or disapprove] of the way that the U.S. Congress is handling its job?

Approve – 31%

Disapprove – 49%

Unsure – 20%

North Carolina Residents – N.C. General Assembly Approval (August – September 2025)

Do you [approve or disapprove] of the way that North Carolina’s General Assembly is handling its job?

Approve – 35%

Disapprove – 32%

Unsure – 33%

North Carolina Residents – Gov. Josh Stein Approval (August – September 2025)

Do you [approve or disapprove] of the way that Josh Stein is handling his job as governor?

Approve – 46%

Disapprove – 24%

Unsure – 30%

Methodology:

HPU Poll 113 was fielded by the High Point University Survey Research Center on Aug. 27 through Sept. 11 as an online survey using a panel of respondents recruited and maintained by Dynata. Dynata sent invitations to its panel of North Carolina respondents and the SRC collected 950 responses (an all-adults sample) on its Qualtrics platform. All respondents were asked two screening questions to identify them as registered voters. A total of 792 respondents identified themselves as registered voters. The SRC did all data analysis. The online sample is from a panel of respondents, and their participation does not adhere to usual assumptions associated with random selection. Therefore, it is not appropriate to assign a classic margin of sampling error for the results. In this case, for the all-adults sample, the SRC provides a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points to account for a traditional 95% confidence interval