Republicans like Trump, but some think he has wrong priorities, new poll shows
Many Americans do not agree with President Donald Trump’s efforts to push his agenda in his second term, a new poll finds. Even some Republicans think his priorities have been wrong.
More Americans say Trump has been mostly focusing on the wrong priorities than say he has been focusing on the right ones, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Republicans give Trump high marks overall, and tend to approve of Trump’s actions on immigration, but are less likely to approve of Trump’s approach to trade, the survey found.
Only about 4 in 10 U.S. adults approve of most of Trump’s actions on economic policy, immigration and foreign aid, the poll found.
According to the poll, about
- 39% of Americans approve of Trump’s presidency overall,
- 46% Americans approve of his actions on immigration,
- 38% Americans approve of his actions on foreign policy, and
- 37% Americans approve of his actions on economic policy.
About 7 in 10 Republicans he has been at least a “good” president, but have mixed reviews on his actions so far.
Only about half say he has mostly had the right priorities so far, while about one-quarter say it has been about an even mix and about 1 in 10 said Trump has mostly had the wrong priorities.
“He’s really doing the stuff that he said he was going to do,” said Tanner Bergstrom, 29, a Republican from Minnesota, told the AP. He is “not making a bunch of promises and getting into office and nothing happens. … I really like that. Even if it’s some stuff I don’t agree with, it’s still doing what he said he was going to do.”
Rahsaan Henderson, a Democrat from California, said “it has been one of the longest 100 days I’ve ever had to sit through,” according to reporting from the AP.
The AP-NORC poll of 1,260 adults was conducted April 17-21.
There are additional signals that some Trump supporters may not be thrilled with his performance so far. The share of Republicans who say he has been at least a “good” president has fallen about 10 percentage points since January. They also have grown a bit more likely to say Trump will be either “poor” or “terrible,” although only 16% describe his first few months that way.
Trump’s approval rating has trended downward, according to recent YouGov results.
About 8 in 10 Republicans have a positive view of the president, and about the same share approves of how he is handling the presidency.