Trump’s approval rating hits new low

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    #12     Mar 30, 2017
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  3. Tony Stark

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    http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-latest-approval-rating-plunged-republican-fled-president-579151

    Donald Trump's Latest Approval Rating Plunges as White Male Supporters Flee the President


    By Tim Marcin On 4/4/17 at 4:03 PM

    Things aren't looking up for President Donald Trump, a man long obsessed with ratings of any sort. His approval rating took another dip this week.

    Just 34 percent of the country approved of the job Trump is doing, down from 44.1 percent in March, according to the latest survey this week from Investor's Business Daily/TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence (IBD/TIPP). The president's approval rating remained well underwater, with 56 percent of the respondents disapproving of his job performance.

    Some key supporters have begun to migrate away from Trump, notably Republicans, independents and white men. Trump's approval among Republicans dropped to just 74 percent, a 14-percentage-point tumble from last month, according to IBD/TIPP. His approval among independents fell 11 percentage points to 29 percent. Among white men, one of Trump's strongest demographic bases, his approval rating fell from 58 percent to 49 percent.

    A Quinnipiac poll released this week found similar results to those of the IBD/TIPP survey. It found that overall, just 35 percent of voters approved of Trump's job performance. The poll also noted that a majority of men and a plurality of white voters disapproved of the president.

    A set of high-profile failures and controversies have affected how people view the president's job performance. The Trump-backed American Health Care Act failed before it could get off the ground,although a new version of an Obamacare replacement may be on the horizon.

    There's also the ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign's potential cooperation with Russia in its alleged efforts to get the Republican nominee elected over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

    "As his ambitious agenda encounters some obstacles in Congress, President Trump's approval ratings have declined," said Raghavan Mayur, president of TechnoMetrica and director of the IBD/TIPP poll in a statement. "The media's persistently negative coverage of President Trump, especially regarding the ongoing Russian investigation, has also taken a toll on his approval numbers."
     
    #13     Apr 4, 2017
  4. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-trump-more-unpopular-than-obama-ever-was/


    Poll: Trump more unpopular than Obama ever was


    By Josh Cartwright CBS News April 4, 2017, 5:01 PM\

    Americans’ attitudes towards President Trump and Republicans are at a new low, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.

    Overall, voters give Trump a 35 percent job approval rating, with 57 percent disapproving. That’s down from the 37 percent Quinnipiac reported just two weeks ago, and worse than Obama’s lowest rating in the poll of 38 percent back in 2013.

    Tim Malloy, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, points out that President Bush had a lower rating in 2008, but that, “it took eight years, two unpopular wars and a staggering economy to get there.” Bush was viewed favorably by 28 percent of Americans at the time.


    Fifty-two percent of voters feel embarrassed that Trump is their president. Only 27 percent say they are proud.

    Mr. Trump isn’t doing well with women (63 percent disapprove), Democrats (91 percent), and non-white voters (77 percent). Even among his base, his numbers continue to slip; only 39 percent of men approve of President Trump’s performance, while 51 percent disapprove. White voters now disapprove of him 48 percent to 43 percent, and while a majority of Republicans (79 percent) still approve of him, that’s down from 81 percent two weeks ago.

    Independents are the only group of voters that hold a slightly improved view of Mr. Trump, with disapproval decreasing by three points to 57 percent and approval rising one point to 32 percent.

    Voters’ opinions of the president remain mainly negative when it comes to his personal qualities. Mr. Trump receives the worst scores on honesty (61 percent don’t think he is), level-headedness (66 percent), and on shared values with voters (61 percent). Fifty-five percent of voters do not believe that the president has good leadership skills, and a similar number of voters, 57 percent, think that he does not care about average Americans.

    However, 64 percent of those surveyed believe that President Trump is a strong person, and 60 percent think that he is intelligent.

    Fifty-five percent of voters believe that he is keeping his campaign promises, but voters disapprove of Mr. Trump’s handling of every issue measured in this survey. Sixty-four percent disapprove of the way he handled healthcare, 61 percent on his environmental stewardship, and 58 percent on his foreign policy.

    On issues perceived as strengths for him—terrorism, immigration, and the economy—voters are still disappointed with the president. Almost half -- (49 percent -- disapprove of the way Mr. Trump is dealing with terrorism. On immigration, he receives a 57 percent disapproval rating. Only 41 percent approve of the way he is handling the economy versus the 48 percent who don’t, despite the fact that 52 percent of Americans believe the economy is in “excellent” or “good” shape.

    That may be due to the fact that a majority of voters -- 66 percent -- believe President Obama deserves more credit than the current president when it comes to the current state of the economy. Sixty-four percent of Republicans agree.

    “President Donald Trump continues to struggle, even among his most loyal supports,” says Malloy. “Many of them would be hard pressed to see even a sliver of a silver lining in this troubling downward spiral.”

    Meanwhile, 70 percent of Americans disapprove of how Republicans in Congress are doing, up six points from two weeks ago, and 57 percent disapprove of the Democrats’ performance.

    The Senate gets the lowest approval among voters. The majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has a 14 percent approval rating, with 47 percent disapproving. Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s minority leader, has a 25 percent approval rating and a 36 percent disapproval rating.

    In the House, Speaker Paul Ryan garners a 28 percent favorability rating, with 52 percent disapproving of his performance. The House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, doesn’t do much better, boasting a 30 percent favorability rating with 47 percent disapproving.

    “As President Trump’s approval tanks, Congress, especially Republicans, follow right behind him,” said Malloy.

    The poll surveyed 1,171 people between March 30th and April 3rd and has a 2.9 percentage point margin of error.
     
    #14     Apr 4, 2017
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    An unpopular opponent at that!
     
    #15     Apr 5, 2017
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    And THAT is the news. They lead off Morning Joe implying that North Korea is shooting missiles in the sea because of Trumps low approval ratings. It's all the democrats have to talk about and other than stealing money it's all they understand.
     
    #16     Apr 5, 2017
  7. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...615e4b0b9e9848d70bc?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

    Less Than Half Of Americans Believe Trump Keeps His Promises


    And fewer people say Trump is honest or a strong and decisive leader.


    More U.S. citizens have lost faith in President Donald Trump’s ability to keep his promises, a new survey finds.


    In a Gallup poll released on Monday, only 45 percent of adults polled say they believe Trump keeps his promises. That’s down 17 points since early February, when 62 percent of respondents held that position.

    Since February, perceptions of Trump’s other attributes have also become more negative. About half of respondents still believe the president is a strong and decisive leader and that he “can bring about changes this country needs” ― but those ratings have gone down 7 points since February. The percentage of people who say Trump is “honest and trustworthy” has dropped by 6 points.

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    While Trump’s approval rating ― never especially strong to begin with ― has not decreased very significantly in Gallup’s tracking since February, positive views of his personal traits clearly have.

    This is especially true for members of groups that didn’t overwhelmingly vote for Trump. In February, 65 percent of women thought Trump kept his promises. However, that is now down to 40 percent, a 25-point drop. Other groups with significantly worsening perceptions of Trump include Democrats, liberals and adults under age 35.

    At the beginning of Trump’s presidency, 92 percent of Republicans said they believed Trump kept his promises. That’s now dropped 11 points to 81 percent. While Republicans’ approval ratings for Trump have remained fairly stagnant, their attitudes about him appear to be changing.

    Gallup surveyed 1,019 adults between April 5 and April 9, using live interviewers to reach both cell phones and landlines.

     
    #17     Apr 17, 2017
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    Tony Stark

    Poll: Majority of Americans disapprove of President Trump, a near historic low


    William Steakin, AOL.com
    Apr 17th 2017 5:01AM

    President Donald Trump's approval rating continues to slide as his base grapples with his shifting positions on major campaign promises.

    According to the latest polling data from Gallup, 53 percent of Americans now disapprove the job Trump is doing in the White House.

    The president's disapproval numbers shot up 3 percentage points to 55 percent and stood at two week high over the weekend before dipping down to 53 percent on Sunday.

    To put Trump's historically high disapproval number into perspective: President Obama held a 28 percent disapproval rating at the same point in his first term. In the middle of George W. Bush's first April as president he held a 30 percent disapprove, and only 19 percent of U.S. citizens disapproved of President Reagan in April 1981.

    Trump's approval rating is at a mere 40 percent according to the same Gallup data. No president in the last six decades had approval ratings so low at this point in his presidency. Former President Bill Clinton had the lowest approval rating in his first April in office prior to Trump. Only 55 percent approved of his job performance at that point.
     
    #18     Apr 17, 2017
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  10. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Of course it would be Rasmussen.And of course no other RCP poll has him that high
     
    #20     Apr 17, 2017