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Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds 65% Disapprove of Donald Trump’s Job Performance
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65% disapprove of Trump's job performance in Reuters/Ipsos post-midterm poll. 32% approve Trump's job performance in Economist/YouGov poll.
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Approval sinks after midterms
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating sits at 32% in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, with 65% disapproving, as the survey was conducted Nov. 6-9 among 1,705 U.S. adults.
An Economist/YouGov poll found just 32% approving while 63% disapproved of Trump’s job performance, including 52% who disapproved strongly.
Sixty-one percent of respondents disapproved of Trump’s foreign policy and 67% disapproved of his handling of the economy.
Sixty-three percent of respondents said they wanted the Iran war to end immediately, and the war has sent the prices of gas and diesel fuel skyrocketing.
Sixty percent of respondents in the Economist/YouGov survey said they think Trump is using his office for personal gain, and 82% believe most or many of the people running the government are corrupt.
Trump challenges the numbers
Donald Trump told Stephen A. Smith in an interview released Thursday that he would beat Barack Obama “easily” if the two presidents could face each other at the ballot box.
Trump added that he thought Obama was “highly overrated,” and he said, “I didn't think he was a good president. I thought he was a divider,” during the same interview.
Trump insisted on the Salem News Channel that he was still a popular figure, saying, “This midterm was lousy, but it wasn’t as bad as others, as you know,”.
Trump said, “I think my level of popularity maybe is higher than it was,” and it quoted him saying, “Other than what happened in the midterms.”
Newsweek reported that a White House spokesperson, Davis Ingle, said, “President Trump will never stop delivering results for the American people,” while Newsweek said the Economist/YouGov polling put Trump at an all-time low.
What voters want next
The Reuters/Ipsos poll asked which issues Democrats should prioritize when they take over Congress, and it reported that 62% of respondents said Democrats should focus on ending the war in Iran.
“The Economist/YouGov survey was conducted among 1,685 U.S. citizens from Nov. 9 to 11.”
Sixty-seven percent of respondents said the incoming Congress should focus on lowering health care costs, and it said 52% wanted Democrats to focus on regulating artificial intelligence (AI).
Thirty-nine percent of respondents said there should be some or a lot of focus on investigating the Trump administration, while 40% said there shouldn’t be.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted from November 6-9, and it reported that 50% of respondents said they “strongly disapprove” of Trump’s job performance.
The Economist/YouGov survey was conducted among 1,685 U.S. citizens from Nov. 9 to 11, and it said its margin of error is 3 points.