Trump approval
rating falls to lowest point with most favourable pollster Rasmussen Reports
Graham Lanktree, IBT
Donald
Trump's approval rating has taken a hit and fallen below 50% in the one poll
that has held his numbers above the halfway mark since the beginning of his
presidency nearly two months ago.
On Monday
14 March the Rasmussen Reports poll saw Trump's approval rating drop to 47%.
This, and his disapproval rating of 53%, marked a six point increase in
negative feelings about the job he's doing.
The
poll's last results – published at the beginning of March – showed Trump with
an even 50-50 split in his approval/disapproval rating.
That was
down from the 57% approval rating Rasmussen measured on 25 January just
following the inauguration.
The
latest polls from Rasmussen also showed a widening gap between those who
strongly disapprove and those who strongly approve of Trump's performance.
Nearly evenly split in early March around 36%, the numbers for those who
strongly disapprove have risen to 42% while those who strongly approve dropped
to 31%.
The Trump
administration is dealing with several large, politically charged debates such
as the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. On Monday the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said that the Republican's replacement plan
for the healthcare law would leave 52 million Americans without health
insurance by 2026. During Congressional town halls in recent weeks many
Republican House representatives and Senators were pelted with questions and
opposition to their proposals to change American healthcare.
Rasmussen
Reports has been criticised as a "conservative-leaning polling group"
by Time magazine, and it has been described as speaking to a "conservative
constituency" and accused of using skewed polling methods. The latest
polling numbers are significant because it marks the first time Rassmussen
polls have tracked Trump's approval rating dipping below the 50% mark when
other polls such as Gallup, Ipsos, and YouGov have tracked it below that point
for weeks.
In late
February Trump's approval rating struck a historic low for a president's first
month in office when an NBC News and Wall Street Journal poll showed him with a
44% approval rating . On 20 March Trump will have been in office for exactly
two months.
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