A new wave of polling arrived over the weekend for Donald Trump, in conjunction with the president’s 100th day in office. And the news for the president is nothing but bad.
A new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll that arrived over the weekend has Trump with the lowest 100th-day approval rating for a president in 80 years, going back to 1945.
The poll found that 39 percent of respondents approve of the president’s job performance, compared to 55 percent who disapprove, a spread of 16 points.
The previous low at the 100-day mark was Trump’s own 42 percent, in his first term in 2017.
Trump Polls: It’s Worse for the Economy…
When asked specifically about Trump’s handling of the economy, just 21 percent of respondents answered that it’s gotten better since Trump took office, while 53 percent say it’s gotten worse; 25 percent say it’s the same. When asked about the “prices for things you want or need,” 62 percent said they’re going up, and just 11 percent said they’re going down.
And when asked the likelihood of “Trump’s policies causing a recession,” 72 percent said yes, while 26 percent answered no.
Respondents to the poll were also asked about various statements about Trump, and more than half of the respondents answered “yes” to each of them.
They were asked if the president is “trying to avoid complying with court orders” (65 percent said yes); “going too far to expand presidential power” (64 percent said yes), “doesn’t respect rule of law” (62 percent said yes), “concerned he’ll do too much to reduce the size and role of government” (68 percent); “has gone beyond his authority without justification” (56 percent) and “not committed to protecting Americans’ freedoms” (55 percent.)
And Every Other Issue Too
The survey showed that Trump is underwater on every major issue, including the one issue, immigration, that has traditionally been his strongest. On that issue, 46 percent of respondents approve of the president’s handling, while 53 percent disapprove.
The president’s approval ratings descend downward on other issues: 42 percent approve of his “managing of the federal government”; 41 percent approve of him on “looking out for the interests of average Americans”; 39 percent approve of Trump’s handling of the economy; 38 percent approval of the president on “U.S. relations with other countries”; 34 percent approve of his policies on tariffs, and 31 percent of approve of “the recent turmoil in the stock market.”
Respondents to the survey were also asked if they approve of certain Trump initiatives, and all eight of them were disapproved of by more respondents than not.
On the question of “sending undocumented immigrants who are suspected of being members of a criminal group to a prison in El Salvador without a court hearing,” 47 percent approved, compared to 51 percent who disapproved.
On the question of “deporting international students who have criticized U.S. policy in the Middle East,” 39 percent approved. On cutting back environmental regulations on oil and gas drilling, 37 percent agreed, and on “freezing foreign aid providing food, health services, and disease prevention services for people in poor countries,” 36 percent approved. Just 33 percent approved of shutting down the Department of Education, while 31 percent approved of ending birthright citizenship.
Going Too Far?
Only 28 percent of those responding approved of “increasing the federal government’s role in how private universities operate,” while only 21 percent approved of “reducing federal funding for medical research.”
And in another batch of issue polling, respondents were asked if Trump had gone too far or not far enough so far. For most answers — expanding the power of the presidency, closing federal agencies, laying off government employees and “trying to end efforts to increase diversity in the government private workplaces,” more than 50 percent answered that he is “going too far.”
But on the issue of “deporting undocumented immigrants,” 48 percent said Trump was “going too far”- while 16 percent said he’s “not going far enough.”
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