Trump’s approval rating hits highest mark since becoming president
President Trump’s job approval rating soared to its highest point since he entered the White House in 2017, according to a poll that was conducted amid the Senate impeachment trial.
It found that 49 percent of registered voters approve of the job the president is doing, while 50 percent disapprove and only 1 percent are undecided, the Gallup poll released Tuesday showed.
Trump’s previous job-approval high was 46 percent in April 2019.
Among Republicans, Trump’s approval rating hit 94 percent — a 6-point increase from Gallup’s results early last month.
Independents gave Trump a 42 percent approval rating, up 5 points.
Democrats’ approval of the president fell to 7 percent from 10 percent.
The 87-point gap between Democrats and Republicans surpassed the highest rate for both Trump and former President Barack Obama by one point.
Obama hit that milestone in November 2012.
Trump achieved the 86-point differential level five times since taking office.
Voters were evenly split 50-50 on whether Trump deserves to be re-elected in November.
The Gallup poll was conducted between Jan. 16-29, as the Senate was debating the two impeachment articles against the president.
The House impeached the president on Dec. 18 over his July phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnky in which he sought an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden.
Following a two-week trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, Trump is expected to be acquitted in a vote Wednesday afternoon.
According to the poll, 52 percent of Americans believe he should be acquitted, while 46 percent said Trump should be removed from office.
The president also received his highest marks for his handling of the economy, with 63 percent approving and 35 disapproving.
His previous high of 57 percent was recorded last November.
The survey also showed that Americans, by a 53-45 percent margin, approved of Trump’s targeting Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military leader killed in a US missile strike at the Baghdad airport early last month.
As Trump’s numbers improve, so has the Republican Party’s.
Fifty-one percent view the GOP as favorable, an increase of 8 points since September.
https://nypost.com/2020/02/04/trumps-approval...president/
President Trump’s job approval rating soared to its highest point since he entered the White House in 2017, according to a poll that was conducted amid the Senate impeachment trial.
It found that 49 percent of registered voters approve of the job the president is doing, while 50 percent disapprove and only 1 percent are undecided, the Gallup poll released Tuesday showed.
Trump’s previous job-approval high was 46 percent in April 2019.
Among Republicans, Trump’s approval rating hit 94 percent — a 6-point increase from Gallup’s results early last month.
Independents gave Trump a 42 percent approval rating, up 5 points.
Democrats’ approval of the president fell to 7 percent from 10 percent.
The 87-point gap between Democrats and Republicans surpassed the highest rate for both Trump and former President Barack Obama by one point.
Obama hit that milestone in November 2012.
Trump achieved the 86-point differential level five times since taking office.
Voters were evenly split 50-50 on whether Trump deserves to be re-elected in November.
The Gallup poll was conducted between Jan. 16-29, as the Senate was debating the two impeachment articles against the president.
The House impeached the president on Dec. 18 over his July phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnky in which he sought an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden.
Following a two-week trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, Trump is expected to be acquitted in a vote Wednesday afternoon.
According to the poll, 52 percent of Americans believe he should be acquitted, while 46 percent said Trump should be removed from office.
The president also received his highest marks for his handling of the economy, with 63 percent approving and 35 disapproving.
His previous high of 57 percent was recorded last November.
The survey also showed that Americans, by a 53-45 percent margin, approved of Trump’s targeting Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military leader killed in a US missile strike at the Baghdad airport early last month.
As Trump’s numbers improve, so has the Republican Party’s.
Fifty-one percent view the GOP as favorable, an increase of 8 points since September.
https://nypost.com/2020/02/04/trumps-approval...president/
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