President Trump’s disapproval rating reached a new high of 62% in the latest Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, released on Sunday. Trump’s approval ratings has fallen to 37%, the lowest of this term as measured in that survey.
As the Iran war has driven gas prices to a four-year high, two-thirds of Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction and a majority of those surveyed disapproves of Trump’s handling of every issue measured.
Just over three-quarters of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the cost of living in the United States, and 72% disapprove of his record on inflation, up from 65% in February. About two-thirds now dislike how Trump is handling the economy — and 61% disapprove of his handling of taxes, even as the president and Republicans try to highlight their success in passing a huge package of tax cuts last year. And 65% oppose increasing military spending from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion, as Trump has proposed.
Republicans still overwhelmingly back the president, with 85% approving of the job he’s doing, though the percentage who “strongly” approve of Trump has fallen from 53% last fall to 45% now. But just 25% of independents approve of Trump’s performance and 46% of Americans say Trump is “too conservative.”
More than seven in 10 say that Trump is not honest and trustworthy and 59% say he does not have the “mental sharpness it takes to serve effectively as president.” More than half (55%) say he isn’t physically healthy enough to serve effectively.
Despite Trump's low approval ratings, Emily Guskin of ABC News points out some good news for Republicans in the survey: “Americans don't trust Democrats much more to handle issues and slightly more say Democrats are too liberal than say Republicans are too conservative. … On 11 separate issues measured, Americans trust Democrats more on just three issues, Republicans on only two issues and are divided between the two parties on the remaining issues.”
The poll was conducted online from April 24 to 28 among 2,560 U.S. adults. The overall results have a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
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