When Donald Trump first announced he was running for
president in June of 2015, many Americans did not believe he would make it far.
His many radical and insulting remarks put people off. Surprisingly, it was his
rude comments that attracted his support, who labeled his remarks as “just
being honest”. Many were shocked when Trump won the Republican nomination in July
2016, and were even more shocked when he unexpectedly won the presidency.
After Trump was first inaugurated, his approval rating was
only at about 45%. This set a new low for inaugural approval ratings. On the 100 day mark his approval rating
decreased to 42%.
More recently, a Washington Post/ABC News Poll was released
showing that Trump has the lowest approval rating after 6 months of any president
in the past 70 years, at 36%. In this poll 58% disapproved, where 48% of
participants disapproved strongly. Only 25% of those polled approved strongly
of Trump. Trump commented on the poll by tweeting “The ABC/Washington Post
Poll, even though almost 40% is not bad at this time, was just about the most
inaccurate poll around election time!” However, the Washington Post/ABC News
poll during the election was not inaccurate to the general election, and was
only off by 2.5% for Trump’s results.
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| Here is a graph comparing Trump's approval rate to previous presidents. |
The poll also showed that many Americans have a lack of confidence in Trump. Only 34% of participants said that they “trust Trump a great deal” when dealing with foreign affairs, while 47% said they do not trust him dealing with them. This could perhaps be related to the Russia scandal.
Obviously one poll cannot be used to estimate how well Trump is doing, so here are a few more that show how low Trump's approval rating is:
Here is a short video that summarizes and gives more insight on the issue (Watch until 2 minutes):
Here are some links to refer to about the topic:
President Trump Just Said This Poll Was the 'Most Inaccurate' Around the Election. It Wasn't. (Time)
So what do you think about Trump's approval rating? Is it concerning to you? Here are a few more questions to further discussion:
- What does Trump's low approval rating say about his presidency?
- Does it matter that Trump's approval rating is so low? Why or why not?
- What could Trump do to possibly improve his rating?
- Do you think Trump's Russia scandal affected his approval rating? Why or why not?
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