Trump’s approval dips as Americans worry about economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
By Jason Lange
Washington (Reuters) -Days, according to a new Reuters/IPSOS survey, were slightly lower in recent weeks because the Americans were worried about the US economy’s health and the ability of the Republican to include increasing prices.
The three-day survey, which closed on Sunday, showed that 41% of the participants approved the performance of Trump as president, and fell from 42% in the 5-9 September survey.
Approximately 54% of the people participating in the survey said that the national economy was 53% in an August survey and 52% in July.
Only 35% of the respondents approved Trump’s management on the economy, and 28% gave a thumb to address the costs of life, where both readings were slightly lower than the previous surveys. Trump returned to the White House this year after promising in the election campaign last year to correct the economy.
While the US business growth increased to the highest level of unemployment rate for about four years, sharply weakened in August, when inflation accelerated last month.
Public concerns about the economy were higher at the beginning of the year, when Trump threatened to implement tariffs on imported goods in an aggressive way and made sharp decreases in stock market values.
Americans are divided into overcoming extremism
Following the assassination of this month’s conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Trump focused most of his discourse on the alleged danger that his political opponents posed for the nation, and in memory of a Kirk on Sunday, “violence came from the left to a large extent”.
Reuters/IPSOS surveys have constantly showed that this year, Americans have seen political extremism as the biggest problem of the country. Approximately 28% of the last participants in the survey chose this as the biggest problem compared to 16% of the economy. When asked which party has a better plan to fight extremism, the survey participants were almost equally divided, 30% chose republicans, 26% say that the democrats were better and the rest is not better or not sure.
While the economy focused on Trump’s approval ratings, survey participants have chosen the Republican Party more often through the Democratic Party to manage economic policy – 34% to 24% to 24%.
Trump’s degree of approval continues to be a buoy with the relative popularity of migration policies, including the mass arrests of people suspected of not legally in the country. Approximately 42% of the respondents gave Trump a thumb about immigration unchanged at the beginning of this month. Trump was the highest rating of any number in the Reuters/IPSOS survey.
The survey of 1,019 people was carried out online and nationwide. There was a 3 percent point of error. From this month onwards, Reuters/IPSOS surveys contained a slight methodological change, and no longer offers the participants the option to “be sure of“ whether they have not approved the president’s overall business performance.
(Reporting by Jason Lange; Regulation by Scott Malone and Deepa Babington)
