76 percent approved of Trump's State of the Union speech
by Katelyn Caralle
| February 06, 2019 08:36 AM
A clear majority of people who watched President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night liked what they saw.
According to a CBS poll, 76 percent of American viewers approved of the speech. However, the same poll said only 56 percent felt that the speech helped to unite the country, and just 33 percent said they think Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will work more closely together after the speech.
When broken down by party, almost all Republicans, 97 percent, said they approved of Trump’s speech, and 82 percent of independents said the same. Only 30 percent of Democrats, however, say they approved.
In the poll, conducted by YouGov, 72 percent of the 1,472 surveyed said that they viewed Trump’s points on immigration favorably, and 71 percent say that there is a crisis at the southern border.
Trump used his speech to say the crisis at the border demands a border wall, and vowed he would end up getting at least some of the wall built. Trump has threatened an emergency declaration to take control of funding needed to build the wall if Congress fails to give it to him.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.
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