Trump's popularity reaches new historical low point

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Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States, has been in the White House for less than a month. In that short period of time, he has become the least popular Chief Executive in American history, thanks to his abrasive, take-no-crap-from-anyone demeanor, his penchant for divisiveness and "rule by fear," and just plain dishonesty.

As a result of such unpopular decisions as banning people from seven Muslim countries from entering the U.S. with visas, insisting on building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border (and saying that Mexico will pay for it), waging a vigorous war against the press, and dissembling about why former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was asked to resign over Flynn's pre-inauguration conversation with Russia's ambassador about the possible easing of sanctions, Mr. Trump's popularity continues to spiral downward.

Per the latest Gallup poll (February 17, 2017), the President's popularity hit a historically low point: only three days before Mr. Trump observes his one-month anniversary as the nation's top elected official, only 39% of Americans approve of his on-the-job performance.

As Gallup staff writer Jeffrey M. Jones notes in today's poll, "President Donald Trump's 40% job approval rating about one month into his presidency is 21 percentage points below the historical average rating for elected presidents in mid-February (61%). It is also 11 points below the lowest mid-February reading for any other president."


According to Jones, the only other recent Presidents with ratings below the 60%  threshold at this point in their terms were Bill Clinton (51%) and Ronald Reagan (55%). George W. Bush, who wasn't exactly Mr. Popular after he left the White House in January 2009, had an enviable 65% approval rating in February 2001.

Although the President enjoys high approval ratings from Republican voters (85%), only 8% of Democrats and 35% of independents like the way Mr. Trump is doing his job.

Per Jones, "His current level of support from Democrats is much lower than what presidents typically get from the opposition party during the "honeymoon phase" of their presidency. The prior low was 24% approval of Clinton among Republicans. However, the average has been 43% job approval from the opposition party in mid-February after taking office."

Source:

 http://www.gallup.com/poll/204050/trump-job-approval-points-below-average-one-month-mark.aspx?g_source=Politics&g_medium=lead&g_campaign=tiles

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