President Trump’s job approval rating soared to its highest point since he took office in 2017, according to a new poll released Tuesday and conducted as the impeachment trial was underway in the Senate.

It found that 49 percent of registered voters approve of the job the president is doing, while 50 percent disapprove and only 1 percent are undecided, the Gallup poll showed.

The undecided rate had been hovering around 5 percent in the poll.

Among Republicans, Trump’s approval rating hit 94 percent — a 6 percentage point increase from Gallup’s results early last month.

Independents gave Trump a 42 percent approval rating, up 5 percentage points.

Democrats’ approval rating fell to 7 percent from 10 percent.

The 87 percentage point gap between Democrats and Republicans surpassed the highest rate for both Trump and former President Barack Obama by one point. Obama hit that milestone in November 2012. Trump reached that level five times since entering the White House.

The Gallup poll was conducted between Jan. 16-29, as the Senate was debating the impeachment charges against the president. Fifty-two percent of Americans believe Trump should be acquitted, while 46 percent said he should be removed from office.

The Senate is expected to acquit Trump Wednesday afternoon.

The president also received his highest marks for his handling of the economy, with 63 percent approving and 35 disapproving. His previous highest number of 57 percent was recorded last November.

The poll surveyed 1,033 adults and has a plus/minus 4 percentage point margin of error.

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