President Trump's job approval rating in Iowa is 43 percent. The latest Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll says 52 percent of those polled disapprove of the way he's handled things in the U.S. 56 percent say the nation's headed down the wrong track. The numbers have changed little since the poll was last conducted in February. 59 percent of independents give Trump negative job performance ratings. compared with 50 percent in February.