Trump’s Job Approval Rating Remains Historically Poor But Stable

54 Percent of Republicans Prefer Party Representatives to Lead Policy Creation Over President

June 22, 2017 – Half of Americans give Trump poor ratings on three presidential qualities: his trustworthiness, his knowledge and his temperament for the job according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

By contrast, only 31 percent of Americans give him high marks on being honest and trustworthy while just 28 percent of Americans affirm that Trump is knowledgeable enough for the presidency, and only 22 percent give high marks to his temperament.

Among Republicans, just 43 percent rate him positively on his honesty, knowledge and temperament, while 46 percent offer a mixed assessment.

The new survey finds that Trump’s overall job approval rating stands at 40 percent approve, 55 percent disapprove — numbers that are historically low for a new president but virtually unchanged from the poll’s findings in both May and April. 

Asked if they would prefer to see congressional Republicans, congressional Democrats or Trump himself take the lead on creating policy, 54 percent of Republicans now pick their party’s representatives on Capitol Hill, compared to 40 percent who point to the president himself. That’s a flip from February, when 60 percent of Republicans wanted Trump to take charge of policy, while just 34 percent instead chose GOP leaders in Congress.

Read more about the poll’s findings, including the advantage Democrats have heading into the midterm elections: http://nbcnews.to/2rWcyiK 

MANDATORY CREDIT: NBC NEWS/WALL STREET JOURNAL POLL

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