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CNN Poll: Trump approval steady amid rising outlook for the country
CNN Politics ^ | May 7, 2018 | Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director

Posted on 05/07/2018 4:10:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Donald Trump's approval rating is holding steady in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, but his numbers on handling several key issues are climbing, as almost 6 in 10 say things in the country are going well.

Overall, 41% approve of the President's work, and 53% disapprove. Those numbers are about the same as at the end of March.

On the issues, however, Trump's numbers are climbing. Approval is up 4 points on the economy to 52%, the first time it's topped 50% since March 2017; up 5 points on foreign trade to 43% approval; and his numbers on immigration have improved 4 points since February, with 40% now approving. On handling foreign affairs, Trump's approval rating tops 40% for the first time since April of 2017, though the increase since March is not statistically significant (42% approve currently).

On the issues, Trump’s numbers are climbing

Trump’s approval ratings for handling the economy, foreign trade, immigration and foreign affairs have risen an average of 4 points since the last CNN poll....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Polls; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2018polls; polls; trump; trumpbump; trumpjobapproval; winning

1 posted on 05/07/2018 4:10:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wonder how heavy they oversampled dems on this one?


2 posted on 05/07/2018 4:13:03 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s gotta hurt.


3 posted on 05/07/2018 4:25:40 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

.........wonder if it ever dawns on CNN flunkies that no one believes them on ANYTHING.....................particularly polls!


4 posted on 05/07/2018 4:27:14 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Someone needs to photoshop Trump's picture into this poster:

Risin's risin'! Got to keep on risin'!

5 posted on 05/07/2018 4:28:03 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: bray

“Wonder how heavy they oversampled dems on this one?”

The norm is 8 to 12%.


6 posted on 05/07/2018 4:32:02 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The real question is why did cnn release this poll?.


7 posted on 05/07/2018 4:41:33 PM PDT by Panhandle.deporable (Futur)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

6 in 10.

That’s 60% right?

They can’t even type it!! LOL!


8 posted on 05/07/2018 4:43:11 PM PDT by VA40
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To: bigbob

Is Trump a lizard from hell?


9 posted on 05/07/2018 4:52:20 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: VA40

They’re still working on decimals. Common Core, dontcha know.


10 posted on 05/07/2018 4:53:39 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Cobra64
Is Trump a lizard from hell?

Childish nonsense. Stop, Okay?

11 posted on 05/12/2018 6:16:40 PM PDT by JonPreston
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