BREAKING: tRump's Approval DROPS TO LOWEST EVER Among Republicans in NEW RASMUSSEN POLL
BY JASON LEMON ON 7/8/20 AT 10:50 AM EDT
newsweek.com
New polling from Scott Rasmussen, who founded Donald Trump's favored right-wing polling company, Rasmussen Reports, has shown his lowest-ever recorded approval for the president while also noting that support among Republicans has slipped since mid-June.
Meanwhile, as most national and state level polls present a dismal picture of Trump's approval rating and support, five Republican senators have confirmed they will not be attending the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Jacksonville, Florida. GOP Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Susan Collins of Maine and Charles Grassley of Iowa have all said they will not be at the August event.
Although an aide to Collins told The Washington Post that she has never attended the national convention during her re-election years, Grassley cited concerns about the surging coronavirus pandemic. Romney and Murkowski have publicly criticized Trump on multiple occasions.
Now, Rasmussen's latest polling, which was published Tuesday, shows that Trump's support among Republicans has declined by 4 points since mid-June. It now stands at 80 percent, down from 84 percent.
Overall, Rasmussen said he recorded the lowest level of approval he has seen for Trump, at just 39 percent nationwide. Of that total, only 27 percent said they strongly approve. At the same time, 58 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the president, while 47 percent said they strongly disapprove.
Notably, Rasmussen is no longer affiliated with Rasmussen Reports, having left the company in 2013. Trump has frequently cited Rasmussen Reports, which typically appears to be more favorable to the president than other public polling companies, to tout his support from Americans. Rasmussen Reports currently shows 45 percent of Americans approving of the president, with 53 percent disapproving.
Rasmussen's latest polling aligns with Gallup, which showed the president's approval rating standing at just 38 percent at the end of June. However, Gallup reported that 91 percent of Republicans still approved of the president, a decline of just 2 points since February. |
