Majority Thinks Trump Is Off to a "Poor Start"

From Cosmopolitan

As President Donald Trump approaches the end of his first 100 days in office, a newly released NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll suggests that almost two-thirds of Americans believe he hasn't been doing too stellar of a job so far.

According to the poll, released Sunday, 45 percent of respondents believe that Trump's presidency is off to a "poor start," while 19 percent believe it's been off to "only a fair start." This is in comparison with the 21 percent who believe Trump's first few months in office have been "good," and the 14 percent who believe they've been "great."

The poll goes on to state that Trump has an overall job-approval rating of 40 percent, the lowest any president has had at around the 100-day mark in the history of the NBC/WSJ poll. However, his approval rating varies drastically by party: NBC reports that 82 percent of Republicans approve of Trump so far, compared with 7 percent of Democrats and 30 percent of independents.

NBC also reports that Trump's "top perceived qualities" have seen a bit of a dip, with fewer respondents giving him "high marks" across various categories, such as "being effective" or "being firm." His "perceived weaknesses" saw little change.

Trump took to Twitter to respond to the poll Sunday, suggesting without evidence that it was "fake" news. He also said that he "would still beat Hillary [Clinton] in popular vote" today, despite the fact that he lost to her in the popular vote during the November 2016 election.

The poll, conducted over the course of three days in April, consisted of 900 adult respondents, with a margin of error of "plus-minus 3.3 percentage points."

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