Highlights of a Quinnipiac University poll released July 3:
- Trump approval/disapproval: 40-55
- Trump approval/disapproval among Republicans: 86-11
- Trump approval/disapproval among Democrats: 95-3
- Trump approval/disapproval among men: 57-40
- Trump approval/disapproval among women: 39-57
- Trump approval/disapproval among whites: 47-50
- Trump approval/disapproval among blacks: 6-92
- Trump approval/disapproval among Hispanics: 33-64
- Is Trump honest, yes/no: 38-58
- Does Trump care about average Americans, yes/no: 43-55
- Does Trump provide moral leadership, yes/no: 36-62
- Trump handling of economy, approval/disapproval: 50-45
- Trump handling of foreign policy, approval/disapproval: 43-53
- Trump handling of immigration, approval/disapproval: 39-58
- Trump handling of trade, approval/disapproval: 38-55
- Trump handling of race relations, approval/disapproval: 36-58
- Trump handling of taxes, approval/disapproval: 43-51
- Trump handling of health care, approval/disapproval: 37-55
- Trump handling of children separated from parents, approval/disapproval: 36-60
- Does administration have responsibility to reunite families, yes/no: 83-12
- Is policy of separating children a human rights violation, yes/no: 60-36
- Trump uniting/dividing the country: 36-58
- Do you think Trump is racist, yes/no: 49-47
These aren’t the complete results, but in general they do put his approval ratings on various issues in negative territory. What should keep his political advisers up at night is that these are his numbers in a time when the stock market is at a record high and there is little, if anything, that can be done to further stimulate the economy in the event of a downturn or recession. If he had plans to run during midterms on his handling of tax cuts, foreign policy, and immigration, these numbers should make him think twice, although voters give him a small majority of approval on his handling of North Korea and his meeting with Vladimir Putin. What this poll does not take into account are recent intelligence reports that North Korea shows no indication of denuclearizing.
What is also jarring is the clear public opposition to his family separation policy. Clear and decisive majorities feel the administration has committed human rights violations and that the administration has a responsibility to reunite the families that have been separated.
In essence – the president has been very fortunate that so far in his presidency, he hasn’t faced a real crisis that has tested his administration. The bad news is that if that does happen at some point, his polls have nowhere else to go but down.
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