Monday, May 6, 2019

Not even half (not ever)


Duh Donald Trump’s approval rating a new high in April, according to the Gallup poll.



Trump’s approval rating ticked up 1 to 46 percent from 45 percent in the first part of April and the highest mark to date for Trump.



Trump remains popular among Republicans, 91 percent of whom gave the president positive marks in the latest Gallup poll. That figure slipped from the 92 percent approval among GOP respondents, reached in a Gallup survey in November.



Among Democrats, 12 percent said they approve of Trump’s job performance. That figure matches the previous high among Democrats recorded in April 2017.



Trump’s approval among independents slipped from 39 percent to 37 percent in the latest poll.



Trump has largely been buoyed by a strong economy.

The poll overlapped with the immediate aftermath of the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Trump hailed its findings as a "total exoneration" after Mueller did not establish a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.





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