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More bad news for Trump: His poll numbers just hit new lows - The Boston Globe

posted onMay 12, 2017
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Article snippet: Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Donald Trump is dealing with a budding scandal after his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. But even before that, he appears to have hit a new low with the American people. A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows Trump’s disapproval rating rising to 58 percent - a new high in Quinnipiac’s regular polling and the highest in a high-quality, non-tracking poll since his inauguration. Just 36 percent approved of Trump’s job performance. The only other poll to show his disapproval that high since his inauguration was Gallup, which briefly showed his disapproval rating ticking up to 59 percent in March before it dropped to 52 percent a week later. The Quinnipiac poll also shows the president’s favorable rating - more of a personal measure than a job measure - dropping to a new low of 35 percent. The percentage of Americans who strongly approve of him is tied for an all-time low at 25 percent. And the percentage who strongly disapprove has reached an all-time high of 51 percent. Trump also his worst numbers to date - across 10 separate Q polls since the 2016 election - on the following measures: Honesty: Just 33 percent say he is Good leadership skills: 56 percent say he doesn’t have them Caring about average people: 59 percent say he doesn’t Being levelheaded: Voters say 66-29 he’s not (unlike the other numbers her... Link to the full article to read more

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