Bad news for President Donald Trump — and Republicans who are backing him: a new poll shows his rating has nosedived to a near record low. His approval rating has eroded among some of his key supporters and this poll was taken b-e-f-o-r-e he set off a political firestorm by firing FBI Director James Comey.
Upcoming polls should show further erosion which could erode the resolve of some of the GOPers backing, enabling and defending him.
The poll found 36 percent approve of Mr. Trump’s job while 58 percent disapprove of it. His approval rating is down from the last poll in mid-April, following his decision to launch U.S. missile strikes against the Syrian regime, in which 40 percent of the public approved of his job. In early April, he received the lowest approval rating of his presidency so far — 35 percent.
Some of the findings:
And here’s the part that should set off alarm bells among Republicans:
Meanwhile, 54 percent said they want the Democratic Party to win back control of the House in the 2018 midterm elections, compared to 38 percent who feel the opposite. Seventy-one percent of voters said they disapprove of the way congressional Republicans are doing their jobs and 58 percent said the same about their Democratic counterparts.
And this is the poll taken b-e-f-o-r-e he fired Comey.
The poll was taken between March 4 and May 9.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.