Reuters/Ipsos Data: Core Political (10/25/2017)
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Washington, DC — President Trump’s approval is now at 35%, down 3 points from last week (38%). Republican approval has remained steady, staying at 77% the last two weeks. On specific attributes, approval on Trump’s handling of healthcare reform has dropped to just 34% approve (down from 38% last week). Similarly, only 34% approve of his dealing with Congress, down 3 points from 37% last week. As Congress begins to focus on comprehensive tax reform, Trump’s approval on taxation has remained steady at 39%.
Most Americans are still most concerned with healthcare (17%) despite Congress’s new tax reform efforts. Terrorism (13%) and the economy (12%) distantly follow as top priorities among Americans. This is relatively unchanged from last week where healthcare was at 18%, terrorism at 14% and the economy at 11%.
In the 2018 Generic Congressional Ballot question, a third of Americans (36%) would vote for the Democratic candidate if the 2018 elections were held today. Just over a quarter of Americans (28%) would vote for the Republican candidate, while only 5% would vote for a candidate from another political party.
In the latest ‘Wh-Exit’ poll, predicting the next to resign or be terminated from the White House or Executive Branch, Rex Tillerson continues to top the list (16%). He is closely followed by Jeff Sessions (15%), who went up 3-points this week, and John F. Kelly (11%).
About the Study
These are findings from an Ipsos poll conducted for Thomson Reuters October 20-24, 2017. For the survey, a sample of 2,352 Americans, including 967 Democrats, 775 Republicans, 330 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 2.3 percentage points for all adults, 3.6 percentage points for Democrats, 4.0 percentage points for Republicans, 6.2 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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