The majority of Americans in a new poll disapproves of President Trump Donald John TrumpSarah Huckabee Sanders becomes Fox News contributor The US-Iranian scuffle over a ship is a sideshow to events in the Gulf South Korea: US, North Korea to resume nuclear talks 'soon' MORE’s overall performance, despite greater support for the president’s handling of the economy than other issues in the survey.
Sixty-two percent of Americans said they disapprove of the job Trump is doing, while just 36 percent approve, according to the Associated Press–NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released Thursday.
While low compared to former President Obama, Trump’s latest approval rating is relatively consistent with the polling results seen throughout his first term. Trump’s approval rating has stayed between 32 and 42 percent throughout his time in office, the AP noted.
Amid fears of a recession, which Trump and administration officials have dismissed, 46 percent of Americans now approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, based on the poll.
Approval for Trump’s handling of the economy is strongest among Republicans, at 84 percent, but even 16 percent of Democrats support his economic policy. By contrast, just 5 percent of Democrats support the president’s overall performance.
Trump’s approval in other policy-specific areas is much lower, pollsters found. Thirty-six percent of Americans approve of Trump’s foreign policy and gun policy, 37 percent approve of his health care policy and just 38 percent approve of his immigration policy.
The poll surveyed 1,058 adults from Aug. 15 to 19. There is a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.
-regaskogena on August 22nd, 2019 at 15:13 UTC »
What I find hilarious is that they keep comparing Trump and Obama's economic approval as if they were in equal situations during their presidency. The fact that Trump was handed a booming economy and still has similar or worse numbers than Obama who had to work through a recession is very significant.
WinstonQueue on August 22nd, 2019 at 14:05 UTC »
Sure, but that was before he announced that he is the Chosen One. This is big news for all the Evangelicals who had ethical concerns about Trump.
Lionel_Hutz_Law on August 22nd, 2019 at 13:51 UTC »
538's aggregate has never been anywhere near a disapproval of 62%. (I believe their highest has been 57.5%) This is off the charts bad for Trump, if other quality polls start indicating he's doing this poorly.
His increased craziness of the last couple of weeks days (Greenland/Denmark, declaring himself the 2nd coming of God, King of Israel, Chosen One, wanting to give himself the Medal of Honor, etc.), every major policy being a complete laughingstock failure, trade war killing his farmer base, and the yield inversion signaling of recession, has already knocked him down.
Once the recession gets into full swing, and a primary opponent starts tagging him every chance they get (Amash, Walsh, a few others considering getting in), I just don't see how he improves his numbers.
Edit: He just said he can delete part of the 14th Amendment with an Executive Order. So yeah. Not getting any better.
Trump again says he is "seriously" considering ending birthright citizenship despite 14th Amendment
It should go without saying, the President cannot amend the Supreme Law of the Land unilaterally.
NPR Fact Check: 14th Amendment On Citizenship Cannot Be Overridden By Executive Order
It should also be noted that this AP poll was conducted before much of this insanity I've listed here.