Trump's job approval has remained relatively static - still underwater at 39 percent approval to 51 percent disapproval among all Americans. Negative opinions of Trump are pronounced among women. Republicans win men by 9 points, 48 percent to 39 percent. That 7-point advantage is up from a 5-point edge in an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey in April.įemale voters say they prefer Democrats this fall by a 21-point margin, 54 percent to 33 percent. When registered voters were asked which party's candidate they're likely to vote for come November, they favored Democrats over the GOP, 47 percent to 40 percent. Those views, too, change along partisan lines.ĭemocrats are poised for gains in the midterm elections, buoyed by big advantages among women and with voter enthusiasm on their side. But just over a quarter think that he at least did something unethical. Most Americans don't believe that Trump has done something illegal in regards to his dealings with Russia and Putin. Fifty-five percent of Republicans think the FBI is biased against the president, compared with 85 percent of Democrats who say the law enforcement agency is just doing its job. Almost 6 in 10 people say that the FBI is just trying to do its job, while one-third of Americans say it is biased against the Trump administration. Less than a quarter of GOP voters say Mueller should be fired.īut Republicans view the FBI, which Trump has repeatedly demonized, differently than the public at large does. More than two-thirds believe Mueller should be allowed to finish his investigation though, including 60 percent of Republicans. Another 26 percent said it impacted the election but not enough to change the result, and 30 percent said it had no impact at all. What is more, a majority of Americans believe that Russian interference in 2016 impacted the election, though just 37 percent said they believe it changed the outcome. However, 21 percent of Republicans do say they believe Putin's dismissals. Eighty-six percent of Democrats say they believe the intelligence community over Putin, and 63 percent of GOP voters say the same thing. Trump has said Putin strongly denies any involvement. Most Republicans, however, side with Trump here, with 58 percent saying it's not very likely or not likely at all.īut a whopping 72 percent of Americans said they have faith in the CIA's and FBI's conclusions about the assessment of the Russian election interference, compared with just 15 percent who believe Putin's denials. That happens to be Trump's position.Ī majority (57 percent) also believes that Russia is likely to try to interfere in November's midterm elections - something that intelligence chiefs have warned about but that Trump has downplayed. should build relationships with the country. Still, half of Democrats think Russia should be treated as a threat, while more than three-quarters of Republicans say the U.S. to build relationships with Russia, while less than a third say the country should be treated as a threat. Among GOP voters, 58 percent view the Russian leader as an ally.Ī majority of adults overall (59 percent) do think it's better for the U.S. That might be a surprise to those who grew up in the Cold War era, but partisanship might have something to do with it. Almost half of Republicans surveyed (47 percent) also said Trump hasn't been tough enough on Russia, with just 20 percent saying he has taken about the right approach.Īs to whether Trump should view Putin as a friend or foe, Americans are nearly evenly split, with 45 percent saying he should be seen as an enemy and 44 percent saying he is an ally. Nearly two-thirds said so, and it wasn't just Democrats. ![]() Americans don't think President Trump has been tough enough on Russia, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll conducted after Trump's summit in Helsinki last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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