http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2017/PPP_Release_National_21017.pdfA new poll about Trump, released February 10. Here's some highlights:
53% of respondents disapprove of President Trump's job performance and 52% have an unfavourable opinion of him. Among Trump voters, however, 91% approve of his performance and 93% have a favourable opinion of him.
49% of respondents oppose his travel ban, but 93% of Trump voters support it.
57% of respondents disagree with this statement: "[T]he Bowling Green massacre shows why we need Donald Trump's executive order on immigration." However, 51% of Trump supporters agree with it. (Note: Kellyanne Conway's statement about the "Bowling Green massacre" was
false.)
48% of respondents think the intent of the travel ban was to prevent Muslims from entering the US, but 73% of Trump voters do not think that was the intent of it. Meanwhile, 65% of respondents oppose banning Muslims from entering the US, but among Trump voters opinion is almost evenly split, with 43% opposing it and 41% supporting it.
53% of respondents trust judges more than Trump (38%) to make the right decisions for the US, and 64% do not think Trump should be able to overturn judicial decisions with which he disagrees. However, 78% of Trump voters trust Trump more (14% trust judges more), and 51% think he should be able to overturn judicial decisions with which he disagrees.
45% of respondents have an unfavourable opinion of Steve Bannon (22% have a favourable opinion and 33% are not sure). However, among Trump voters, only 9% have an unfavourable opinion of him, while 46% have a favourable opinion and 46% are not sure (yes, yes, rounding).
47% of respondents have an unfavourable opinion of Kellyanne Conway, but 73% of Trump voters have a favourable opinion of her. Similarly 41% of respondents have an unfavourable opinion of Sean Spicer, but 65% of Trump voters have a favourable opinion of him. Also, 49% of respondents have an unfavourable opinion of Betsy DeVos, but 53% of Trump voters have a favourable opinion of her.
47% of respondents support the Affordable Care Act, but 76% of Trump voters oppose it.
Given the choice between keeping the working parts of the ACA and fixing the broken parts, or scrapping the ACA entirely and starting over, 65% of respondents support the former option, but 62% of Trump voters support the latter option.
58% of respondents think Trump should release his tax returns, and 62% think he should fully divest himself from his business interests. However, among Trump voters, 63% think he should not release his tax returns, and 50% think he should not fully divest himself from his business interests.
Given the choice between President Trump and President Pence, 38% of respondents preferred the former, 30% preferred the latter, and 32% weren't sure.
52% of respondents think the New York Times is more credible than Donald Trump, but 82% of Trump voters think Trump is more credible than the Times.
50% of respondents have a favourable opinion of Saturday Night Live, but 77% of Trump voters have an unfavourable opinion of it. Also, 48% of respondents find SNL more credible than Trump, but 88% of Trump voters think Trump is more credible than SNL.
56% of respondents oppose building a wall with Mexico if Americans have to pay up front, but 75% of Trump voters support it under those circumstances.
55% of respondents do not think millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election, but 55% of Trump supporters do think that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.
52% of respondents would rather have Barack Obama as President, to 44% who prefer Donald Trump. When instead comparing Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump, these numbers become 49% and 45%.
7% of respondents support invading Mexico, compared to 83% who do not support it. However, 14% of Trump voters support such a policy, compared to 71% who do not.
Support for impeaching Trump is divided, with 46% supporting doing so and 46% opposing the same. Perhaps predictably, only 5% of Trump voters support this, compared to 93% who do not, and among Clinton voters, 83% support impeachment compared to 6% who do not.
66% of respondents think the US is a safe country. Even a majority of Trump voters, 55%, think so.
Black History Month has a 64% favourability rating among respondents, but only a 45% favourability rating among Trump voters. Only 28% of respondents think there should be a White History Month, but 46% of Trump voters think there should be one.
68% of respondents disapprove of the job Congress is doing, 52% of respondents disapprove of the job Sen. McConnell is doing as Senate Majority Leader, and 47% of respondents disapprove of the job Speaker Ryan is doing as Speaker of the House.
If there were an election for Congress on the day the respondent was polled, 49% of respondents said they would vote for a Democratic candidate, compared to 41% who favoured a Republican candidate.
80% of respondents did so via phone; 20% did so over the internet. Questions about their methodology can be directed to the e-mail address at the top of the first page of the release.