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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter 2 Weeks, Voters Yearn For Obama
After 2 Weeks, Voters Yearn For ObamaLink to tweet
Less than 2 weeks into Donald Trump's tenure as President, 40% of voters already want to impeach him. That's up from 35% of voters who wanted to impeach him a week ago. Only 48% of voters say that they would be opposed to Trump's impeachment.
Beyond a significant percentage of voters already thinking that Trump should be removed from office, it hasn't taken long for voters to miss the good old days of Barack Obama...52% say they'd rather Obama was President, to only 43% who are glad Trump is.
Why so much unhappiness with Trump? Voters think basically everything he's doing is wrong:
-Overall voters are pretty evenly split on Trump's executive order on immigration from last week, with 47% supporting it to 49% who are opposed. But when you get beyond the overall package, the pieces of the executive order become more clearly unpopular. 52% of voters think that the order was intended to be a Muslim ban, to only 41% who don't think that was the intent. And the idea of a Muslim ban is extremely unpopular with the American people- only 26% are in favor of it, to 65% who are against it. When it comes to barring people from certain countries from entering the United States, even when those people have already secured a Visa, just 39% of voters are supportive to 53% who are against it. And just 43% of voters support the United States indefinitely suspending accepting Syrian refugees, with 48% opposed to that. Finally voters see a basic competence issue with Trump's handling of the executive order- only 39% of voters think it was well executed, to 55% who believe it was poorly executed.
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Another aspect of Trump's unpopularity is that he's losing all of his fights. In the last week he's gone on the attack on Twitter against John McCain, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and CNN and in each case we find voters siding with Trump's adversary:
-By a 51/37 spread voters say John McCain has more credibility than Trump.
-By a 52/41 spread voters say the Washington Post has more credibility than Trump.
-By a 51/42 spread voters say the New York Times has more credibility than Trump.
-By a 50/42 spread voters say CNN has more credibility than Trump.
Overall 47% of voters approve of the job Trump's doing to 49% who disapprove. And 45% have a favorable opinion of him to 52% with a negative one. But when you dig down on the actual policies he's pursued and actions he's taken, the picture gets even worse for him.
Way More:
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/02/after-2-weeks-voters-yearn-for-obama.html
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)riversedge
(70,347 posts)Big Blue Marble
(5,152 posts)"Trump voters thought the women's marchers were all paid by Mr. Soros as well so clearly the Trump administration is going to be very expensive for him"
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/02/after-2-weeks-voters-yearn-for-obama.html
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)I would have figured it would be higher
hibbing
(10,110 posts)Always calm, always very very very careful with his wording. Always reassuring and humble, an overall decent and caring human being. Now this.....ugh
Peace
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)"who reads anymore? not that rag. get all your info from my tweeeeeets" (imagine Alex Baldwin saying this as the orange jerk)
zentrum
(9,865 posts)...by these numbers. His popularity ratings are down but his media ratings will always be high because of the scandal, outrage and drama he creates. The media will always kowtow to ratings.
The MSM gave us Trump and they will eventually get in line. Especially when Bannon brings us into his war in the South China Seas.
gordianot
(15,247 posts)The great patriotic ferver is lacking for this bully.
Gothmog
(145,666 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,275 posts)Whenever I hear someone on the news say " the president," I think "Oh good!" And then I remember and feel sick all over again...