2018 US Politics - 54% of Americans Believe Things in America are Headed Off on the Wrong Track (January 31)

President Trump’s approval rating is currently at 41% among all Americans. Republicans continue to give President Trump high marks on his performance, with four in five approving of the job he is doing as president (80%). Independents and Democrats are much less generous in their evaluations of President Trump’s performance, with just one third of Independents (31%) and one in ten Democrats (13%) approving of the job he is doing.

Currently, over half of Americans (54%) believe things in America are headed off on the wrong track. This sentiment is most strongly held by Democrats (77%) and Independent (64%). Just a quarter of Republicans (24%) believe America is headed in the wrong direction. Healthcare (18%), terrorism (13%), and immigration (12%) top the list of most important problems in America. Democrats and Independents are more likely to say that healthcare (24% and 21% respectively) is the biggest priority, whereas Republicans are more likely to say that immigration (20%) is the most pressing issue of the day.

Americans continues to be more likely to say they approve of their individual representative in Congress (42%) than the body of Congress as a whole (25%). A plurality of Americans report that if the elections for Congress were held today, they would vote for a Democrat (37%) and a third of Americans (31%) report they would vote for a Republican.

These are findings from an Ipsos poll conducted for Thomson Reuters January 26-30, 2018. For the survey, a sample of 1,856 Americans, including 804 Democrats,632 Republicans, 265 Independents ages 18+ were interviewed online.