Still a long way to go.
Trump’s Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour.
After months of holding steady, President Trump’s approval rating has taken a dip over the past several weeks, according to a New York Times analysis of public polling.
As Americans voice broad concerns about the economy, Mr. Trump is facing discontent from across the political spectrum, with even some of his longest-serving allies raising complaints and urging the administration to refocus on economic issues.
Favorable views of the president’s job performance have slipped in recent weeks, as disapproval has grown, leaving the president with a net approval rating that is underwater by 14 percentage points, a widening gap from 10 percentage points just weeks ago, according to The New York Times’s polling average.
Although the shift is relatively small, it is notable after months of stability in Mr. Trump’s approval rating.
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Much of the drop in support for Mr. Trump’s job performance has come among voters who describe themselves as political independents; just 31 percent said they approved of his job as president in a November Marquette University Law School poll, down from 41 percent in July.
The president has also lost support among men, particularly white, college-educated men. Among them, his approval rating has dropped to 40 percent, down from 47 percent in June, according polling from Fox News. Exit polls suggest Mr. Trump won 50 percent of college-educated white men in November last year.
And yet, even with cracks showing in Mr. Trump’s base, punctuated by his messy rupture with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, the president has maintained strong support within his party. Ninety-one percent of Republicans approved of his job performance, according to the Marquette poll.
(NYT)