Poll: Trump job approval up 4 points

President Trump’s approval rating ticked up 4 points in a new poll amid positive economic numbers.

The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that Trump’s job performance rating rose to 44 percent, up from 40 percent in April in a potentially good sign for GOP candidates seeking to tie themselves to the president ahead of challenging midterms for the party.

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The poll notes, however, that Trump’s 44 percent approval rating matches those of former Presidents Reagan and Obama in June of 1982 and 2010, respectively, before the two presidents’ parties would both go on to face massive losses during midterm elections.

In addition, Trump’s supporters face an intensity gap with his critics. Forty-two percent of voters told pollsters they “strongly disapprove” of Trump’s presidency so far, compared to just 26 percent who said they “strongly approve” of the job the president is doing.

A majority of voters, 63 percent, is satisfied with America’s economic outlook in 2018, but fewer respondents give Trump credit for falling unemployment. Forty-four percent say Trump deserves the majority of praise for improvement to the economy, while 27 percent said he does not deserve credit and 25 percent said the economy has not improved.

The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.8 percent this month, bringing the jobless rate down to the lowest level since April 2000, the Labor Department said last week.

The new poll surveyed 900 registered voters between June 1-4, and has a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.