Poll: Trump is as strongly disliked now as Nixon was before he resigned

[orangecrush]

A new Marist College poll finds that 20% of Americans rate President Donald Trump's job performance as excellent, 20% as pretty good, 13% as only fair and 45% as poor.

There is, not surprisingly, a large gap between how members of the two parties view Trump. Although only 2% of Democrats say Trump is doing an excellent job, 49% of Republicans do. Democrats are far more likely to give a poor rating at 80% compared to 6% of Republicans.


What's the big idea: Trump has, throughout his first term, maintained a low but fairly steady approval rating. He's also had a high disapproval rating. Because Trump's ratings have remained in stasis relative to other presidents, a number have "caught up" to Trump's unpopularity at this point in their presidency. Put another way: Trump is no longer clearly the least popular president at this point in his presidency.

What still makes Trump unique though is the amount of intensity his detractors have for him. You might say many strongly dislike him. The excellent, pretty good, only fair and poor scale allows us to get at that because it's been asked for every president since President John Kennedy.

Trump is as strongly disliked as President Richard Nixon was when he resigned the presidency 44 years ago this week. Back then, 45% of people said Nixon was doing a poor job as president in a Harris poll.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/08/11/politics/poll-of-the-week-trump-nixon/index.html


Not the same as Trump Jr.'s doctored poll.