Trump's Approval Rating Is Lowest Among Opposition Party Since Polls Began (And It's Not Even Close)
BY JASON LE MIERE ON 10/6/17 AT 11:43 AM
President Donald Trump has the lowest approval rating among voters of the opposition party since modern polling began more than six decades ago. Just eight percent of Democrats approve of the job Trump is doing, according to extensive polling conducted by the Pew Research Center in February, April and June.
The previous lowest figure during a president’s first year was the 22 percent experienced by Bill Clinton. Barack Obama, who suffered severe opposition from Republicans, had a 23 percent approval rating among the opposition party in his opening year in office, according to Pew data. Even when Obama departed the White House in January, he enjoyed the support of 14 percent of Republicans, though at one point his number did dip as low as six percent.
In part, Trump’s numbers represent the growing partisan divide in the United States. Obama had a 62 percent gap in his approval rating among Republicans and Democrats, compared with just 32 percent as recently as the presidency of George H.W. Bush. But under Trump that divide has been taken to far greater extremes. Republicans responding to the Pew poll gave him an 88 percent approval rating, meaningTrump had an 80-point gap between the two parties.
Trump’s approval rating among members of his own party is consistent with that enjoyed by previous Republican presidents. George W. Bush enjoyed 89 percent support among Republicans in his first year.
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