(ANTIMEDIA) The latest Quinnipiac University poll shows Donald Trump’s approval rating has hit a new low of just 37 percent, matching numbers reported by Gallup and earning him the worst numbers for any president this early in a presidency since Gallup started polling 45 years ago. Just last week, a GenForward poll conducted at the University of Chicago showed only 22 percent of the 18-30-year-olds polled approve of Trump’s job performance, while 62 percent disapprove.
Quinnipiac surveyed 1,056 voters nationwide between March 16-March 21 to gather what can only be seen as bad news for the new president. “Most alarming for President Donald Trump, the demographic underpinnings of his support, Republicans, white voters, especially men and those without a college degree, are starting to have doubts,” notes Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
Republican approval of the president is down ten percent, now at 81, with 14 percent disapproving, compared to 91 percent approval and 5 percent disapproval two weeks ago. Disapproval among women is at 60 percent, with 31 percent approving. Among Democrats, 90 disapprove while a mere 6 percent approve. Sixty percent of white voters also disapprove of the president’s job performance while 31 percent approve. Independent voters shared the same ratings as white voters — 60% disapproval and 31% approval — and non-white voters expressed disapproval at a rate of 75 percent, with 16 percent approving of the job Trump is doing.
Also hitting new lows are American voters’ opinions of Trump’s personal qualities. When asked, 60 percent said they believe he’s dishonest, 66 percent said he is not level-headed, 55 percent do not believe he has good leadership skills, and 61 percent said he does not share their values.A whopping 73 percent of voters believe “President Trump and his Administration make statements without evidence to support them ‘very often’ or ‘somewhat often.’”
The poll shows a majority of Americans disapprove of the way Trump is handling the economy, foreign policy, terrorism, the federal budget, and immigration issues, and 70 percent of voters do not believe former President Obama had Trump Towers wiretapped during the 2016 presidential election.
Trump concluded an interview with Time magazine Wednesday by telling Time’s Washington bureau chief Michael Scherer, “Hey look, in the meantime, I guess, I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m president, and you’re not. You know.”
He’s right. He is the president, but the numbers show he is, in fact, doing pretty badly. The worst, to be accurate.
Sad.
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