Trump's 'honeymoon' approval rating goes from bad to really bad No president in over 70 years has scored so low

FiveThirtyEight's job approval tracker placed the president's approval rating at under 40 percent Monday, a new low. FiveThirtyEight's job approval tracker placed the president's approval rating at under 40 percent Monday, a new low. Photo: Five Thirty Eight Photo: Five Thirty Eight Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Trump's 'honeymoon' approval rating goes from bad to really bad 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

President Donald Trump's approval rating dropped below 40 percent Monday, and the White House only wishes that were an April Fools' joke.

The statistical analysis site FiveThirtyEight's job-approval tracker put the president's approval rating at 39.8 percent, by far the lowest of any newly elected president in recent history.

To place this in perspective, the president with the next lowest score during the "honeymoon" period in the past 70 years was Gerald Ford. He managed a 50 percent approval rating vs. a 30.8 disapproval rating for a net of 19.2 percent. Trump's net approval rating by comparison is a -13.8 percent.

On the 69th day of his administration, Barack Obama's approval rating stood at 61 percent approve, 31.8 percent disapprove. Ratings of the remaining nine presidents varied, but all enjoyed net approval of 25.3 percent or more.

FiveThirtyEight calculates its score from all the legitimate polls it can find with added weight given to those with better records of accuracy. More on the site's methodology can be found here.