2017 US Politics - President Trump’s approval rating breaks down: 44% approve (March 29)

Listen to The Point Being, a podcast from the Ipsos Polling Team, where Chris Jackson and Phil Elwood discuss this week’s numbers.

1. The President’s approval rating breaks down like this: Total – 44% approve / 49% disapprove; Democrats 20% approval / 77% disapproval; republicans 79% approval / 18% disapproval; and Independents 39% approval / 47% disapproval.
2. The four facets of the job driving President Trump’s approval this week are his handling of employment and jobs (51% approval / 37% disapproval), dealing with ISIS (47% approval / 39% disapproval), healthcare reform (41% approval / 50% disapproval) and the environment (37% approval / 48% disapproval). The first two are strengths while the last two are problems for the president.
3. The top four issues that Americans say concern them the most are the economy (16%), healthcare (16%), terrorism (14%), and the final seed being a tie between unemployment, immigration and morality all coming in at 8%.
4. This week Ipsos also asked about approval of several key public figures – here are four of them: Jess Sessions is having a bad week with 20% having a very or somewhat favorable opinion of the new Attorney General; Vice President Mike Pence is doing well with 36% in the same categories; Trump is still beating Hillary Clinton with 40% to her 36%; and former President Barack Obama leads the pack with 52%

These are findings from an Ipsos poll conducted for Thomson Reuters March 24-28, 2017 For the survey, a sample of 1,646 Americans, ages 18+ were interviewed online.