Donald Trump (image public domain/White House)Gallup Polling reports Donald Trump’s approval rating, which had risen in the aftermath of his impeachment acquittal, has dipped 5 points to 44 percent as he and his administration have sent conflicting messages about the severity of the COVID-19 threat.
The latest reading is from Gallup’s March 2-13 poll, which was conducted as the novel coronavirus spread throughout the U.S., eventually leading to international travel restrictions, the cancellation of major U.S. events and widespread school closures.
The magnitude of the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. quickly evolved over the poll’s field period, and Americans’ (particularly Democrats’ and independents’) concern about it increased sharply. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded historic declines in the past two weeks.
Donald Trump (image via White House – public domain) As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, Gallup Polling reports Trump’s approval has inched up to 45 percent as support for impeachment reaches 46 percent. From Gallup Polling:
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has inched up again and is now at 45%. The president’s ratings have increased six percentage points since the House of Representatives opened an impeachment inquiry against him in the fall.
Trump’s latest job rating is on the high end of the relatively tight range of 35% to 46% approval he has received since taking office, and marks the fifth time he has reached 45% or higher during his presidency. His approval stretched to 46% only once, in May of this year, when a flurry of positive economic news coincided with the issuing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
Currently, 46% support impeachment and removal, down six percentage points from the first reading after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry. Meanwhile, 51% oppose impeachment and removal — up five percentage points over the same period.
A new Gallup poll out this week finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating is 40%. His disapproval rating is 56%.
Trump is in worse shape than he was in early September when Gallup put his approval rating at 43% and his disapproval rating at 54%.
Throughout the Trump administration, Democrats were arguing among themselves over whether to impeach or, at minimum, start an impeachment inquiry against the President. One of the political arguments against it was that it would cause an electoral backlash — that is, trying to impeach Trump would allow his consistently low approval ratings to rise.
So far, that hasn’t happened. Trump, at this point, has not improved his position following the impeachment inquiry. If anything, his numbers have dipped.
Gallup polling shows Donald Trump lags behind most other modern presidents in terms of approval ratings.
The approval ratings reported here are based on Gallup Daily tracking averages for President Donald Trump in 2017 and 2018, and periodic multi-day polls for Trump starting in 2019.
As you can see from the graphic below via Gallup, Trump’s current approval stands at 43 percent.
His highest rating to date in the Gallup poll was 46 percent in April, and his lowest was 35 percent in December 2017.
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Compared with previous presidents at this point in their presidency, though, Trump lags behind just about every modern president except Jimmy Carter who was mired in the Iran hostage crisis and a terrible economy.
Barack Obama garnered 46 percent approval at this point; George W scored 63 percent; Bill Clinton, even with impeachment looming, had 47 percent approval.
Those who disapprove of the job Trump is doing has risen to 59%.
According to CNBC political reporter John Harwood, Trump is the only president in the history of polling never to reach 50% approval in their first 2 years.
Additionally, Trump is the only president whose average approval for first 2 years (39%) was below 40%.
Harwood reports the averages for the Donald’s predecessors as: Barack Obama 52%, George W. Bush 70%, Bill Clinton 48%, George H.W. Bush 70%, Ronald Reagan 50%, and Jimmy Carter 54%.
Donald Trump’s approval rating drops again, this time to a low 38% according to the Gallup tracking poll.
Worse, though, is his disapproval rating that jumped up to his high of 60%.
Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as president. Weekly results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults, with a margin of error is ±3 percentage points.
Donald Trump’s approval rating took a quick 4-point drop according to the Gallup tracking poll.
Not sure whether it was the Trumpster’s woeful handling of the MAGAbomber where he bemoaned the ‘bomb stuff’ slowed down GOP voting, or if it was his tweeting about the World Series just hours after a mad Neo-Nazi interrupted a religious ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 people.
The last time Trump’s numbers dropped so sharply was this summer as border patrol officers were removing small children from their parents.
According to Gallup, patriotism among Americans has dropped to its lowest level in the 18 years the polling company has been tracking the issue.
This Fourth of July marks a low point in U.S. patriotism. For the first time in Gallup’s 18-year history asking U.S. adults how proud they are to be Americans, fewer than a majority say they are “extremely proud.” Currently, 47% describe themselves this way, down from 51% in 2017 and well below the peak of 70% in 2003.
The latest results are based on a June 1-13 poll. When Gallup first asked the question in 2001, 55% of Americans said they were extremely proud. After the 9/11 terror attacks caused the public to rally around the nation and its leaders, the percentage expressing extreme pride in the country increased to 65%, and went up further to 70% less than two years later.
By 2005, about the time George W. Bush was set to begin his second term in office and the U.S. was going on its second year of military involvement in Iraq, the percentage extremely proud to be Americans fell to 61%. It held in the high 50% range between 2006 and 2013, but has fallen at least marginally each year since 2015, about the time the 2016 presidential campaign was getting underway.
Now, let’s see, what has happened since 2016? Let me think…
That’s the highest level of support Gallup has recorded since the polling firm began asking Americans about their views on the issue in 1996.
Back then, a mere 27% of those polled supported gay marriage.
It will come as no surprise that politically speaking there’s a wide chasm between Democrats and Republicans on the subject.
The recent data shows that 83% of those who identify as Democrats said they support legally recognized same-sex marriage; only 44% of Republican respondents say they support marriage equality.
And those all-important Independent voters? A healthy 71% of independents said they were in favor of legally recognised same-sex marriage.
One reason for the increase in support could be from visibility: according to Gallup, one in 10 LGBTQ+ adults were married to a same-sex partner in 2017.
“This means that Americans are more likely to know someone who has married a same-sex partner, and the visibility of these marriages may be playing a role in overturning some folks’ previously held opposition to their legal status,” Gallup said.
Same-sex marriage became legal in all 50 states in the U.S. in June of 2015 following the historic Obergefell ruling by the Supreme Court.
