New polls show Trump’s honeymoon is over before it starts
New polls show Trump’s honeymoon is over before it starts
01/17/17 08:00 AM
By Steve Benen
There’s a core group of Donald Trump followers who continue to hold him in high regard, but the latest national polling suggests the Republican president-elect’s support does not extend much beyond this base.
Donald Trump enters office as the most unpopular of at least the last seven newly elected presidents, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds, with ratings for handling the transition that are also vastly below those of his predecessors.
Forty percent of Americans in the national survey approve of the way Trump has handled the transition, half as many as the 80 percent who approved of Barack Obama’s preparations to take office. Trump also far trails George W. Bush (72 percent transition approval), Bill Clinton (81 percent) and George H.W. Bush (82 percent) on this measure.
The Washington Post/ABC News poll offers very little in the way of good news for the incoming president. Trump’s favorability rating is just 40%, “by far the lowest popularity for an incoming president in polling since 1977.” His unfavorability rating is an astonishing 54%.
The same poll found 61% of the country lacks confidence in Trump to make the right decisions, while 52% still believe the president-elect is unqualified for the office he’s poised to take.
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01/17/17 08:00 AM
By Steve Benen
There’s a core group of Donald Trump followers who continue to hold him in high regard, but the latest national polling suggests the Republican president-elect’s support does not extend much beyond this base.
Donald Trump enters office as the most unpopular of at least the last seven newly elected presidents, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds, with ratings for handling the transition that are also vastly below those of his predecessors.
Forty percent of Americans in the national survey approve of the way Trump has handled the transition, half as many as the 80 percent who approved of Barack Obama’s preparations to take office. Trump also far trails George W. Bush (72 percent transition approval), Bill Clinton (81 percent) and George H.W. Bush (82 percent) on this measure.
The Washington Post/ABC News poll offers very little in the way of good news for the incoming president. Trump’s favorability rating is just 40%, “by far the lowest popularity for an incoming president in polling since 1977.” His unfavorability rating is an astonishing 54%.
The same poll found 61% of the country lacks confidence in Trump to make the right decisions, while 52% still believe the president-elect is unqualified for the office he’s poised to take.
READ MORE: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ne...
40% in the latest polls WOW!!!