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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PatSeg
(47,423 posts)that 35% of the population is not wearing masks.
cyndensco
(1,697 posts)PatSeg
(47,423 posts)determine where the next hot spot will be.
LuvJoe
(50 posts)Marthe48
(16,950 posts)It is unacceptable that almost 200,000 Americans are dead and almost 1 million worldwide.
FakeNoose
(32,638 posts)... and many will get theirs before the end of 2020.
Rebl2
(13,501 posts)of Democrats approve of how he has handled Covid??? Should be 0%!!!
karin_sj
(808 posts)They are idiots
Jetheels
(991 posts)MissMillie
(38,556 posts)that approve of his pandemic response?????
Rebl2
(13,501 posts)say they are Democrats, but arent?