Disapproval of Trump coronavirus response jumps to 60 percent amid surge: Poll
By Marina Pitofsky - 07/17/20 08:12 AM EDT
Sixty percent of Americans disapprove of President Trump’s handling of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as COVID-19 cases continue to spike across the country, according to a new Post-ABC News poll.
The survey released Friday found that 38 percent of Americans approve of the president’s handling of the pandemic, down from 46 percent who said the same in May and 51 percent of respondents in March.
The president’s disapproval rating on his handling of the pandemic is up from 53 percent in May and 45 percent in March.
Over half of survey respondents, 52 percent, disapprove “strongly†of the president’s leadership amid the outbreak, marking an increase from 36 percent in March.
[The Post-ABC poll was conducted July 12-15 among a sample of
1,006 adults. Seventy-five percent of interviews were conducted by cellphone, and 25 percent were conducted on landline. The margin of error for the poll is +/- 3.5 percentage points.]
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