Gallup Poll: Trump's Approval Rating Lowest Of Any PEOTUS In Decades
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ALLEGRA KIRKLAND Published JANUARY 13, 2017, 9:54 AM EDT
Donald Trump has historically low approval ratings for how he has handled his transition to the White House, with 51 percent of Americans saying they disapprove of his performance, according to a Gallup poll released Friday. Only 44 percent of Americans said they approved.
These figures set him far apart from his predecessors. A week before Inauguration Day in 2009, 83 percent of Americans said they approved of President Barack Obama's management of the transition, with only 12 percent saying they disapproved. Even George W. Bush, who, like Trump, lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College, had 61 percent approval to 25 percent disapproval a week out from Inauguration Day in 2001.
Trumps numbers have dipped since Gallups December survey, when the public split 48 percent to 48 percent on approval versus disapproval. They have also remained steadily and starkly split by political party, with 87 percent of Republican approving of Trumps transition in the January poll compared to 86 percent last month. The percentage of Democrats who approve fell to 13 percent in January from 17 percent in December.
Part of the President-elects historically low numbers seems to be the publics lackluster view of his Cabinet picks. Trumps nominees were rated below average/poor by 44 percent of respondents, compared to only 10 percent of Obamas and 13 percent of Bushs nominees. Gallup conducted the poll between Jan. 4-8, 2017 via cell phone and landline with 1,032 adults nationwide. The margin of error was plus or minus four percentage points.
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(52,252 posts)i'm wondering who has ever been worse?
Nick Otean
(26 posts)It implies that someone had a lower rating a long time ago.
vi5
(13,305 posts)That is what we should be working and focusing on, not obsessing over Trump's tweets and whether or not the media is doing this thing or that thing.
We have a historically unpopular president, and mid terms are usually a referendum on the party in power. So let's have at it.
We need to start thinking about how and how hard we are going to defend every open D seat and how we can do a full court press to challenge every open R seat.
Yonnie3
(17,444 posts)A fact which is rarely reported.