Ii's Not Just Trump: Poll Says His Cabinet And Other Republican Leaders Are Unpopular Too

[DonViejo]

IT'S NOT JUST TRUMP: POLL SAYS HIS CABINET AND OTHER REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE UNPOPULAR TOO

BY JASON LE MIERE ON 3/20/17 AT 3:48 PM

Donald Trump has set record low approval ratings at this early stage of his presidency. But in the White House and the Republican leadership, Trump is far from alone in his unpopularity, a poll conducted by the Saint Leo University Polling Institute earlier this month has indicated.

According to the poll, which surveyed 1,073 adults between March 3 and March 11 with a margin of error of three percent, virtually all of Trump’s staff and cabinet appointments had a higher percentage that disapproved than approved of their early job performance.

Vice President Mike Pence’s combined approval rating—those who strongly approve and somewhat approve—was marginally higher than Trump’s, 45.5 percent compared with 44.1 percent. The president did provoke more dislike, however, recording a combined disapproval rating of 51.2 percent, compared with Pence’s 43.4 percent.

Trump’s advisers have proven similarly unfavorable with Americans. Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, a controversial figure from the outset as a result of his time as publisher for Breitbart News, had an approval rating of 36 percent. Meanwhile, Kellyanne Conway, who has often been the public face of the campaign, had an approval rating of 37.2 percent, just marginally less than Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner.

The lowest approval rating, though, belonged to Betsy DeVos. Only 34.5 percent indicated that they approved of the Michigan billionaire, who required an unprecedented tiebreaking vote from Pence to confirm her as education secretary last month.

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[LisaM]

1. Becuase they are in the minority.

It's not just the President. More people voted Democratic for Senator than they did Republican, too.

There are several factors in play: gerrymandering and voter suppression, the Electoral College, and people piling up on the coasts and abandoning (in some cases, great) cities in the middle of the country.

All three of those things deserve our attention.

[murielm99]

2. Bannon doesn't seem to show up in public very much.

They must know how unappealing he is, even to many trump supporters.

KellyAnne has become a ridiculed figure. Spicer too. How long can this continue?