Reuters/Ipsos Data: Core Political (09/20/2017)
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Washington, DC — A majority of Americans (60%) believe the US is on the wrong track, with only a quarter reporting we’re heading in the right direction (26%). A significant majority of both Democrats (83%) and Independents (69%) say the country is heading down the wrong track, while just over half of Republicans (53%) report the US is heading in the right direction.
Overall, Americans are most concerned about healthcare (17%) as Republicans present another plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. Following closely behind healthcare, 15% of Americans count terrorism as the most important problem facing the US today, just three points ahead of the economy (12%). Despite the recent surge of hurricanes and tropical storms, American concern over the environment is unwavering at 5%.
Trump’s approval rose to 39% this week, up from 35% last week. While only three quarters of Republicans (75%) approved of the president last week, over eight in ten now approve of him (83%). Across many approval attributes, Trump is experiencing a bump in his approval. His strongest continue to be dealing with ISIS/ISIL (47%), employment and jobs (46%) and the US economy (45%). Ahead of Trump’s UN General Assembly speech, 39% of Americans approved of his handling of US foreign policy.
In the second iteration of our White House Exit, ‘Wh-Exit,’ Poll, Jeff Sessions (15%) again topped the list of White House and Executive Branch staff members that Americans predict will be the next to resign or be terminated. He’s distantly followed by Sarah Sanders (8%), Kellyanne Conway (7%) and Rex Tillerson (7%).
About the Study
These are findings from an Ipsos poll conducted for Thomson Reuters September 15-19, 2017. For the survey, a sample of 1,557 Americans, including 656 Democrats, 529 Republicans, 195 Independents ages 18+ were interviewed online. The precision of the Reuters/Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points for all adults, 4.4 percentage points for Democrats, 4.9 percentage points for Republicans, 8.0 percentage points for Independents. For more information about credibility intervals, please see the appendix.
The data were weighted to the U.S. current population data by gender, age, education, and ethnicity. Statistical margins of error are not applicable to online polls. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error and measurement error. Figures marked by an asterisk (*) indicate a percentage value of greater than zero but less than one half of one per cent. Where figures do not sum to 100, this is due to the effects of rounding. To see more information on this and other Reuters/Ipsos polls, please visit http://polling.reuters.com/.
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