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riversedge

(70,206 posts)
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 09:05 AM Sep 2020

Deep skepticism for Trump's coronavirus response endures: POLL

Source: abc


Trump's approval on the coronavirus lands at 35% in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll.

September 13, 2020, 6:08 AM




Most Americans are skeptical of President Donald Trump's performance on the coronavirus pandemic -- disapproving of his response, disbelieving of his rhetoric on the virus and critical of what they view as his lagging approach to containing it, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday finds.

Trump's approval for his handling of COVID-19 lands at 35% in the new survey, which was conducted by Ipsos in partnership with ABC News using Ipsos' Knowledge Panel, compared to 65% who disapprove. This marks the fourth straight poll with Trump's COVID response approval hovering in the low-to-mid 30s since early July.


In six months of polling on the virus, Trump's approval for his stewardship on the pandemic reached a low of 33% in a July 10 poll, after reaching a high in the early days of the crisis -- 55% in a March 20 poll.


With deep fissures along partisan lines, Trump continues to face hurdles expanding beyond his base support on this particular issue. Although 80% of Republicans approve of his handling of the pandemic, only 31% of independents and 5% of Democrats say the same. One in 5 Republicans and an overwhelming 95% of Democrats and 69% of independents disapprove of his response to the coronavirus.

Roughly two-thirds of the country think the president acted too slowly in responding to the outbreak and also distrust what he has said about the coronavirus -- a precarious reality for Trump who is facing reelection in less than two months in a campaign largely seen as a referendum on his response to the unprecedented crisis......................

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Deep skepticism for Trump's coronavirus response endures: POLL (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2020 OP
So we can assume PatSeg Sep 2020 #1
and that many of them are attending his rallies. cyndensco Sep 2020 #3
Which in turn helps the CDC PatSeg Sep 2020 #4
I am a respiratory therapist and what Trump did is beyond unacceptable LuvJoe Sep 2020 #2
welcome to DU Marthe48 Sep 2020 #9
The 35% unmasked Americans are vying for Darwin Awards FakeNoose Sep 2020 #5
Five percent Rebl2 Sep 2020 #6
Those are not Democrats karin_sj Sep 2020 #7
How's it anywhere above zero? Jetheels Sep 2020 #8
Who are the 5% of Democrats MissMillie Sep 2020 #10
Maybe they Rebl2 Sep 2020 #12
Drumpf moved too slowly on coronavirus pandemic BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #11

Marthe48

(16,950 posts)
9. welcome to DU
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 11:45 AM
Sep 2020

It is unacceptable that almost 200,000 Americans are dead and almost 1 million worldwide.



FakeNoose

(32,638 posts)
5. The 35% unmasked Americans are vying for Darwin Awards
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 10:25 AM
Sep 2020

... and many will get theirs before the end of 2020.

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