The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 48% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty-two percent (52%) disapprove.
The latest figures include 32% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 42% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -10. (See trends).
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Congress and the White House are considering raising the age at which people may buy firearms as a possible move for reducing gun violence in America. We’ll tell you at 10:30 what Americans think of that idea.
Maine and Vermont are currently the only two states where a convicted felon can vote while he or she is still in prison, but with a new bill introduced in February, New Jersey may soon be added to that list. Most voters don’t feel that’s right, but Democrats and black voters are more receptive to it than others.
On the economy, key congressional Republicans have taken issue with President Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. But in January when Trump imposed heavy tariffs on foreign manufacturers of washing machines and solar panels to protect U.S. businesses, Americans by a two-to-one margin said tariffs are a good way to go.
Ohio Governor John Kasich is joining with Arnold Schwarzenegger to champion a more centrist Republican Party, and Democrats think that’s a great idea. However, Republicans are sticking with President Trump.
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The Oscars ceremony Sunday night had 26.5 million viewers, its smallest audience in 15 years. Just 12% of American Adults think most Hollywood celebrities are good role models.
The president earned a monthly job approval of 48% in February, up four points from January. Fifty percent (50%) disapproved of his job performance this month, down four points from the previous month.
Forty percent (40%) now think the country is heading in the right direction.
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Some readers wonder how we come up with our job approval ratings for the president since they often don’t show as dramatic a change as some other pollsters do. It depends on how you ask the question and whom you ask.
To get a sense of longer-term job approval trends for the president, Rasmussen Reports compiles our tracking data on a full month-by-month basis.
Rasmussen Reports has been a pioneer in the use of automated telephone polling techniques, but many other firms still utilize their own operator-assisted technology (see methodology).
Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 500 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. To reach those who have abandoned traditional landline telephones, Rasmussen Reports uses an online survey tool to interview randomly selected participants from a demographically diverse panel. The margin of sampling error for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters is +/- 2.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for full-week results are available for Platinum Members.