Trump call to ÒnationaliseÓ elections

President Donald Trump has suggested that Republicans Òtake overÓ
voting procedures in at least 15 states, raising new concerns about his administrationÕs efforts to involve itself in election matters

Mar 2025: Trump signs executive
order seeking to change electoral
process, including requiring
documentary proof of citizenship Ð
effort largely rebuffed by courts

May: U.S. Justice
Department begins
demanding that
states turn over full
voter rolls. More than
20 states sued for not
providing data

Jul: President kickstarts effort to
redraw state congressional maps
to give his party an edge

Aug: In social media post, Trump
says he wants to end use of mail-in
ballots and voting machines

Jan 7: In interview with
New York Times, he says
he should have ordered
National Guard to seize
voting machines to find
evidence of fraud
following 2020 election

Jan 28: FBI agents seize voting
records at Fulton County election
office, Georgia Ð where Trump has
long claimed voter fraud led to his
2020 loss in the state

PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL RATINGS (first year)

George W Bush (2001)
George H W Bush (1989)
Bill Clinton (1993)
Barack Obama (2009)
Ronald Reagan (1981)
Joe Biden (2021)
Donald Trump (2017)
Donald Trump (2025)

86%
71
54
51
49
42
39
36

Republican
Democrat

Dec 2025: TrumpÕs presidential
approval rating at lowest level
since start of his second term
in January

Sources: Gallup, New York Times
Pictures: Getty Images
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