The following article by Alicia Cohn was posted on the Hill website October 29, 2017:
Just 38 percent of Americans approve of President Trump’s job performance, according to a new poll released Sunday.
A majority — 58 percent — disapprove of Trump’s performance as president in the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll.
That rating is the lowest approval rating of any modern president at this point in his tenure, according to the pollsters. The same poll found former President George W. Bush had 88 percent approval at this point in his presidency, former President Barack Obama had 51 percent and former President Bill Clinton had 47 percent.
It’s also a slight drop, but within the poll’s margin of error, compared to September’s poll and the lowest rating yet of Trump’s presidency by the polling group at Public Opinion Strategies. Continue reading “Poll: Trump approval rating drops to lowest of presidency”