Journal Poll: Trump job approval at 38% in New Mexico

Just 38 percent of proven, likely voters in New Mexico approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president, the poll said, and 54 percent say they disapprove.

The Journal Poll shows that Trump remains popular with Republicans and in eastern New Mexico, a conservative stronghold. He has a 77 percent approval rating among Republican voters and 66 percent overall in eastern New Mexico.

Just 8 percent of Democrats, by contrast, approve of his job performance, and his supporters are outnumbered by skeptics in the Albuquerque area, the northwest, north-central, and Las Cruces and southwestern parts of the state.

In 2016, Trump, a Republican, lost New Mexico to Democrat Hillary Clinton, who won 48 percent of the vote. Trump had 40 percent.

The poll was conducted Sept. 7-13. Both cellphone numbers (64 percent) and landlines (36 percent) of proven general election voters were used.