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Trump's approval rating hits historic low, Washington Post-ABC poll says
Trump's approval rating hits historic low, Washington Post-ABC poll says
(CNN)As
he approaches the first anniversary of his election victory over
Hillary Clinton, President Donald Trump's approval ratings have hit
historic lows.
According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll,
59% disapprove of Trump's handling of the presidency — the worst of any
president at nine months in office since modern polling began. Of those
who disapprove, 50% say they do so strongly. Only 37% of those polled
approve of Trump's performance in office.
Trump is the first president since Harry Truman to see a net-negative approval at this point in his term, according to The Washington Post. Former President Bill Clinton had the next worst, with a net positive of 11 points.
A
record percentage of respondents (65%) do not think that Trump is
"honest and trustworthy," up from 58% in April 2017, while a third say
he does have these characteristics. Two-thirds say they do not think
Trump "has the kind of personality and temperament it takes to serve
effectively as president."
Expectations
for Trump's presidency have also dropped significantly since before he
took office in January. Prior to his inauguration, 61% thought he'd do
an excellent or good job on the economy, while only 44% feel he is doing
that well now. Fifty-six percent expected he'd do good work dealing
with terrorism, while only 43% say he is doing so now. Expectations on
his handling of race relations have dropped 12%; on improving the health
care system, they've dropped by 18%.
A
majority of those polled think Trump has accomplished "little or
nothing" during his first nine months in office. Less than four in 10
respondents believe he has kept most of his major campaign promises.
Fifty-three percent say America's leadership in the world has gotten
weaker under Trump, while 26% say it has gotten stronger, and 20% say it
has remained the same.
As Trump begins his five-country trip through Asia,
where much of the conversation is expected to center on countering
North Korea's nuclear threat, only about a third (32%) say they trust
him to handle the issue responsibly; 51% have no trust in him at all on
North Korea and another 16% say they trust him "just some."
As special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into allegations of collusion between the Russian government and members of Trump's team intensifies,
a majority (58%) approve of Mueller's handling of the investigation;
28% disapprove. Meanwhile, 68% say they approve of the charges against
former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
A majority (51%) do not believe the President is cooperating with the Mueller investigation; 37% say he is. Trump has said he does not intend to fire Mueller.
Regarding
the charges against Manafort, former campaign staffer Rick Gates, and
former campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, 53% think
they represent broader wrongdoing in the Trump campaign; 28% say they
show wrongdoing only from those three individuals and 19% have no
opinion. Manafort and Gates both pleaded not guilty to their charges,
while Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the
FBI.
A little less than half of
respondents (49%) think Trump "committed a crime in connection with
possible Russian attempts to influence the election," but only 19% of
that group think there is "solid evidence" of such a crime; 30% say
their belief is based on suspicion only. 44% think it is unlikely that
the President committed a crime.
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