Trump’s Approval Rating Slips to New Low
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In a new Politico/Morning Consult poll, President Donald Trump’s approval rating has sunk to new lows. In the poll, was conducted this past week after Trump’s remarks following the white nationalist/neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Va., just 39 percent of voters said they approve of the Trump’s actions as president.
Trump had previously enjoyed an approval rating of 44 percent, but now not even two-fifths of surveyed voters would go so far as to say they approve of their president.
The drop in approval was perhaps caused by a slide among Republican voters, from 81 to 73 percent. 46 percent of voters said they thought Trump’s remarks about the violence in Charlottesville were inappropriate, compared to the 36 percent who thought they were appropriate. 53 percent of voters thought Trump’s response only divided the country further.