Tag: Trump approval rating

There Is Nobody Else To Blame

When he isn’t watching Fox News or tweeting insults at his perceived enemies, President Donald Trump spends a lot of time hunting scapegoats. Always preoccupied with escaping responsibility, Trump’s lifelong delinquency is suddenly a matter of life and death, as coronavirus claims thousands of American lives on his presidential watch. And as it becomes clearer that the United States might have easily avoided the worst consequences of the pandemic — and failed because of federal inaction — it is Trump whose historic reputation will plummet.

So will his chances of reelection. The latest Gallup poll shows his approval rating, now mired in the low 40s, has slid six points during the past month.

Trump’s peripatetic search for someone else to blame has taken him from Beijing to Capitol Hill to Manhattan to Geneva as well as various state capitals. He complains about the Chinese government, the Democrats in Congress, the New York Times and CNN; the governors of Washington state, Illinois and Michigan; and, most recently, the World Health Organization, whose vital funding he has threatened in one of the most misguided acts ever perpetrated by an American president. Continue reading.

Aided by a strong economy, Trump approval rises, but a majority also see him as ‘unpresidential’

Washington Post logoAided by a strong economy and perceptions that he has dealt with it effectively, President Trump’s approval rating has risen to the highest point of his presidency, though a slight majority of Americans continue to say they disapprove of his performance in office, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

The survey highlights the degree to which Trump has a narrow but real path to reelection. His approval rating on most issues is net negative, and more than 6 in 10 Americans say he has acted in ways that are unpresidential since he was sworn into office. Still, roughly one-fifth of those who say he is not presidential say they approve of the job he is doing, and he runs even against four possible Democratic nominees in hypothetical general-election matchups. He trails decisively only to former vice president Joe Biden.

[Read full Post-ABC poll results ]

Trump’s approval rating among voting-age Americans stands at 44 percent, edging up from 39 percent in April, with 53 percent saying they disapprove of him. Among registered voters, 47 percent say they approve of Trump while 50 percent disapprove. In April, 42 percent of registered voters said they approved while 54 percent said they disapproved.

View the complete July 7 article by Dan Balz and Emily Guskin on The Washington Post website here.

Even Trump’s best poll numbers show how unpopular he is: report

AlterNet logoNo one is a louder or more aggressive cheerleader for President Donald Trump than Trump himself. The president, now 73, uses his favorite social media outlet, Twitter, to not only attack and defame his political opponents but also, to brag about his “accomplishments” or his poll numbers. In a report for the Daily Beast, Julia Arciga and Sam Stein note that Trump has tweeted his poll numbers on 28 separate occasions during his time in office. But upon careful analysis, the Beast reporters stress, the polls that Trump is bragging about — when taken as a whole — actually illustrate how unpopular he is.

Analyzing the 28 polls that Trump has tweeted since being sworn into office in January 2017, Arciga and Stein report that they show an “average approval rating” of “49.07%.”

“In other words,” Arciga and Stein write, “even the president’s cherry-picked data shows that he hasn’t broken through with the majority of the country.”

View the complete July 5 article by Alex Henderson on the AlterNet website here.

Trump’s approval rating hits highest point in two years

NOTE:  We wanted to post this to help everyone visiting our website that those of us who hold progressive views need to be aware of what others in our country are feeling/believing. 
President Trump’s job approval rating is the highest it’s been in two years, boosted by voter optimism about the economy, according to the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey.

The survey found that 48 percent approve of the job Trump is doing, compared to 52 percent who said they disapprove. That’s up from 45 percent approval in March. The last time the president’s job approval rating reached 48 percent in the Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey was in June of 2017.

Trump appears to be getting a lift from the economy, with a record 62 percent approving of his approach to employment and 59 percent approving of his handling of the economy.

View the complete May 31 article by Jonathan Easley on The Hill website here.

Midway through first term, Trump is not meeting the public’s modest expectations for his job performance, poll finds

In his first two years in office, President Trump has largely underperformed the even modest expectations that Americans had for him as he took office in January 2017, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

The new assessment of Trump, which measures his public standing across 10 major issues and character traits, comes as his overall job-approval rating languishes at 37 percent, one point above his record low in August and at two previous points. Nearly 6 in 10 say they have an unfavorable view of the president as a person. Similar majorities say they doubt his empathy, honesty and ability to make political deals, although on several of those attitudes, his ratings have not changed significantly during his time in office.

As he begins the second half of his first term, Trump has suffered one of the most significant defeats of his presidency, having capitulated to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and other congressional Democrats in a standoff over building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border — a dispute that brought about the longest U.S. government shutdown in history.

View the complete January 28 article by Dan Keating and Dan Balz on The Washington Post website here.

Want to Know More About: Trump’s Approval Rating

Alisyn Camerota: “President Trump’s Approval Rating Has Fallen In A New CNN Poll, It Has Gone Down Six Points In Just The Last Month. It Is Now At 36%.” CAMEROTA: “President trump’s approval rating has fallen in a new CNN poll; it has gone down six points in just the last month. It is now at 36%. The president hitting a new low also with independents.So let’s discuss all of this with senior writer and analyst for CNN politics, Harry Enton, reporter and editor at large for CNN politics Chris Ciliza and Abby Phillip. Harry, let’s start with you. The overall approval number, 36% approve of the job that president trump is doing, 58% disapprove. That is down six points just from August” [New Day, CNN, 9/11/18; VIDEO]

John Berman: “If You Look At The Attributes, These Are Traits For The President, He Is Down Across The Board There As Well. Can Bring Needed Change, Cares About People Like You, Honest And Trustworthy, Proud To Have As President, Will Unite The Country, Down, Down, Down, Down, Down.” BERMAN: “Look at all of the polls that have come out in the last few weeks and the president’s approving rating has dropped in all of these polls. You can take my word for it, CNN, ABC news, “Washington post,” Gallup IDP, Kaiser, Quinnipiac. Beyond the approval rating, this is P-19, if you look at the attributes, these are traits for the president, he is down across the board there as well. Can bring needed change, cares about people like you, honest and trustworthy, proud to have as president, will unite the country, down, down, down, down, down.” [New Day, CNN, 9/11/18; VIDEO] Continue reading “Want to Know More About: Trump’s Approval Rating”

Donald Trump’s approval rating sinks to lowest of his presidency

The following article by Joanna Walters was posted on the Guardian website August 31, 2018:

New survey shows first time the national displeasure rating has exceeded 50%, and a majority of support for Mueller’s Russia investigation

Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Indiana. Credit: Mandel Ngan, AFP, Getty Images

Donald Trump has slumped to the lowest approval rating of his presidency, with 60% disapproving of his performance as the US president, according to a new national survey.

The figure includes 53% who say they disapprove strongly of his performance in the White House, the first time the national displeasure rating has exceeded 50%, according to a new ABC/Washington Post poll published on Friday morning.

The poll also found that a majority support the special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and think Trump should not fire the attorney general, Jeff Sessions.

View the complete article here.

A Year Later, Trump Is Less Popular Across Voting Blocs. See by How Much.

The following article by Karen Yourish and Blacki Migliozzi was posted on the New York Times website January 11, 2018:

President Trump’s approval rating fell across a wide swath of demographic groups over his first year in office, including among those seen as important to his base, like white voters, evangelical Christians and those who live in rural areas. Continue reading “A Year Later, Trump Is Less Popular Across Voting Blocs. See by How Much.”

Poll: Trump’s performance lags behind even tepid public expectations

The following article by Dan Balz and Scott Clement was posted on the Washington Post website November 5, 2017:

A majority of Americans say President Trump has not accomplished much during his first nine months in office and they have delivered a report card that is far harsher even than the tepid expectations they set for his tenure when he was sworn into office, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News survey.

Approaching the first anniversary of his victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, Trump has an approval rating demonstrably lower than any previous chief executive at this point in his presidency over seven decades of polling. Fewer than 4 in 10 Americans — 37 percent — say they approve of the way he is handling his job.

Trump’s approval rating has changed little over the past four months, which have included tumultuous events, from hurricanes to legislative setbacks to indictments in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into the role Russia played in the 2016 campaign. Continue reading “Poll: Trump’s performance lags behind even tepid public expectations”

Poll finds Trump’s standing weakened since springtime

The following article by Scott Clement and Dan Balz was posted on the Washington Post website July 16, 2017:

President Trump’s standing with the American people has deteriorated since the spring, buffeted by perceptions of a decline in U.S. leadership abroad, a stalled presidential agenda at home and an unpopular Republican health-care bill, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Approaching six months in office, Trump’s overall approval rating has dropped to 36 percent from 42 percent in April. His disapproval rating has risen five points to 58 percent. Overall, 48 percent say they “disapprove strongly” of Trump’s performance in office, a level never reached by former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and reached only in the second term of George W. Bush in Post-ABC polling. Continue reading “Poll finds Trump’s standing weakened since springtime”