Among those polled, 60 percent said they are satisfied with the U.S. economy and 44 percent said President Donald Trump deserves credit for its strength. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Poll: Trump's approval ticks up to 44 percent

President Donald Trump’s approval rating climbed to 44 percent, up four points from April, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday.

Trump’s 44 percent approval rating matches those of former Presidents Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan in June of 2010 and 1982, respectively, midterm years in which their parties suffered significant electoral defeats in the House.


Among those polled, 60 percent said they are satisfied with the U.S. economy and 44 percent said Trump deserves credit for its strength, a four-point increase in that number over a year ago.

But despite the credit that many of those polled said the president deserves for the economy’s strength, that recognition did not appear to translate into enthusiasm for the GOP in the upcoming midterm elections. Forty-eight percent of those polled said they would be more likely to support a candidate who promises to provide a check on the president while just 23 percent said they would be less likely to support such a candidate.

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Fifty-three percent said they would be more likely to support a candidate who does not support Trump’s positions more than 90 percent of the time, while just 31 percent said they would be less likely to do so.

Respondents were similarly critical on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the likely speaker of the House if Democrats were to retake the majority. Forty-five percent of those polled said they would be less likely to support a candidate who would support Pelosi as speaker, while just 21 percent said they would support a candidate who backed Pelosi.

The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll was conducted from June 1-4, reaching 900 registered voters nationwide, roughly half of whom were contacted via cell phones. The poll’s margin of error was plus-or-minus 3.3 points.