The following article by Ryan Bort of Newsweek was posted on the National Memo website Octorber 10, 2017:
A September survey of 15,000 adults living in non-metro areas found that 47 percent disapproved of Trump while the same percentange approved of the president. In the month following his inauguration, 55 percent of the same group approved of the president, while only 37 percent disapproved.
One of the principal reasons for the decline in support, Retuers found, was how Trump has dealt with immigration. Though some are frustrated at the lack of progress in building a wall between the United States and Mexico, others are dismayed by the travel ban and rate of deportation. Continue reading “Donald Trump’s Popularity In Rural Areas Is Declining”