Posted on 03/03/2025 3:55:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The American public’s view of Donald Trump’s presidency and the direction he’s leading the country is more negative than positive just ahead of his first formal address to Congress since returning to office, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
The survey finds that across three basic measures of Trump’s performance on the job – his approval rating, whether he has the right priorities and whether his policies are taking the country in the right direction – the negative side outpaces the positive.
Overall, 52% disapprove of Trump’s performance in office, with 48% approving, about the same as in a CNN poll in mid-February. The poll was completed before Friday’s angry exchange in the Oval Office between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and does not reflect public opinion on that event.
Trump continues to be broadly popular with Republicans (90% of whom approve of his handling of the job) and unpopular among Democrats (90% disapprove), while disapproval among independents is approaching 6 in 10: 41% approve and 59% disapprove. Earlier in February, a similar 43% of independents approved and 56% disapproved.
Trump’s 48% approval rating ahead of his initial address to Congress is higher than it was in 2017 before that year’s speech at the Capitol. Trump’s appearances before Congress during his first term did little to move the needle on his approval rating: None of his four speeches resulted in a change to his approval rating of more than 3 percentage points. Trump will be addressing a country that is largely greeting his policy proposals with skepticism.
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Ram’s Dung, from the Crap News Network
Consider the source....
Talk about misinformation
LMAO they think we still believe this crap. Pathetic.
CNN we know your polls are cooked, like you.
CNN and MSN say the public remains negative?
Ya don’t say!
I’d sooner trust convenience store sushi than I would a poll from CNN.
Its SOOOOOOO obvious he’s flailing. NOT!
Public = CNN Viewers (all 2 of them)
I guess it could be true. Disinformation about what Trump is doing is being poured out at an all time high.
I stated in polls that I disagreed with things former R presidents have done and even didn’t approvate at the time but still voted for them.
It’s PROBABLY not true...but even if it was...48 percent isn’t bad considering the LIES told about him day and night.
I figure a few percent, at least, among independents, feel like they have to lie to people they don’t know still about how they feel about Trump.
And last I checked, the ONLY poll that mattes for Trump EVER AGAIN in politics...was taken last November.
It was positive :)
Ridiculous!
I wondered how they got numbers like 48 and 52 after polling ther 2 watchers. Maybe they polled some people off the street to get to 100 people.
Gee, I saw polls that say otherwise.
The Dems did say they had a messaging problem. Maybe this is their fix. Gotta turn the Trump Hate to 11.
They were never invited.
RE: CNN we know your polls are cooked, like you.
CNN = Cooked News Network. 😆
Right CNN, who totally at odds with every other polls is “credible”. Everyone else is wrong, the proven habitual liars at CNN are “right”.
Thieves and Liars DON’T SUPPORT TRUMP!!!
Stopped reading at CNN
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