CNN poll: Highest number since 2007 says things are going well in the U.S.

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CNN poll: Highest number since 2007 says things are going well in the U.S.

AllahpunditPosted at 10:41 pm on May 7, 2018

The share that says so is 57 percent in all. To give you a sense of how rare that air is, you need to go all the way back to late July 2005 to find a higher number (58 percent) in a CNN poll. Since then America has endured Hurricane Katrina, the deterioration of Iraq, and the financial crisis and loooong recovery. That’s a lot of rain to have sit through while waiting for some sun.


Which raises a question. If this number were to stick at this level, could Trump possibly lose in 2020? His job approval is poor and job approval is typically the gold standard of gauging a president’s reelection odds, but normal political rules of gravity don’t seem to apply in the Trump era. Remember, his favorability rating in 2016 was the most pitiful of any presidential candidate in modern American history. He won anyway.

https://hotair.com/archives/2018/05/07/cnn-poll-highest-number-since-2007-says-things-going-well-u-s/

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Trump winning over Democrats with his handling of key issues, CNN poll finds
Washington Times, May 7, 2018, Victor Morton

In a new CNN poll released Monday, his approval ratings are being buoyed by great optimism about the state of the nation, by his handling of issues, and by improving numbers among Democrats.

The survey showed Mr. Trump at 41 percent approval and 53 percent disapproval, about equal to the numbers at CNN’s last poll in late March.

According to the poll, 52 percent of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the economy, 43 percent approve of his foreign trade, 40 percent like how he’s handling immigration, and 42 percent back his conduct of foreign policy. All those numbers are up significantly over the past year and some broach barriers he’d not surpassed since the honeymoon start of his presidency (majority approval on the economy, for example).

He is benefitting, as all presidents do, from the sense that the country is on the right track. The CNN poll had 57 percent saying things are going well, up eight percentage points since February and the highest mark since 2007 — before the Great Recession.


More:  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/donald-trump-winning-over-democrats-cnn-poll-finds/