By Michael Woyton
There’s more bad news about what Americans think of the job that the man who loves to call himself a dictator is doing.
A poll from Quinnipiac University was published Wednesday showing that only 37 percent of registered voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his duties as president, with 55 percent disapproving.
The approval rate is down from 40 percent in July, the Quinnipiac Poll said, with the disapproval rate up from 54 percent.
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The poll, in which 1,220 self-identified registered voters were surveyed, showed 84 percent of Republicans approving, while 98 percent of Democrats and 58 percent of independents disapproving.
When asked about issues of crime, Russia/Ukraine, foreign policy, the economy, trade and Israel/Hamas, voters said they disapproved of the way Trump was handling them all — from 53 percent (the Israel/Hamas conflict) to 57 percent (the economy).
Regarding the Epstein files, 70 percent of voters said they were very closely or somewhat closely following the news about Jeffrey Epstein.
About one-third of voters, or 67 percent, said they disapproved of the way the administration was handling the Epstein files. Broken down by gender, 70 percent of women disapproved, as did 63 percent of men. More men than women approved of the administration’s handling of the Epstein matter.
Do voters think the Justice Department is being transparent in the way it’s handling the Epstein investigation?
Nope. Seventy-three percent said no, with only 16 percent saying yes to the matter of transparency.
Sending the National Guard to Washington, D.C., supposedly in an effort to reduce crime, is also not popular among voters.
The poll found that 56 percent of those surveyed opposed the move, with 41 percent approving. Republicans overwhelmingly support it — 86 percent — and Democrats overwhelmingly opposed it — 93 percent. Sixty-one percent of independents oppose the decision.
Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy described what independent voters said of the deployment of troops as “a big thumbs down.”
“Posting the National Guard in D.C. to fight local crime gets faint support,” he said.
With 57 percent of voters telling Quinnipiac they don’t approve of the way Trump is handling the economy, it’s no surprise that a majority describes the nation’s economy as either not so good or poor — 37 and 25, respectively — for a total of 62 percent.
Only 4 percent said the economy was excellent; 33 percent said it was good.
The Quinnipiac Poll was conducted from August 21 to August 25 using random digit dialing with live interviews calling landlines and cell phones. The margin of error is ± 3.4 percent.
Complete results can be viewed here.
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