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Jan 30, 2017
In at least one respect, U.S. President Donald Trump has eclipsed all his predecessors: How quickly he has reached majority disapproval.
Gallup's Presidential Job Approval Center found on Saturday that after just eight days in office, Trump's disapproval rating reached 51 percent--a record that, as pollster Will Jordan noted, fellow U.S. presidents did not even come close to reaching.
\u201cDays until achieving MAJORITY disapproval from @Gallup\n\nReagan: 727\nBush I: 1336\nClinton: 573\nBush II: 1205\nObama: 936\n\nTrump: 8. days.\u201d— Will Jordan (@Will Jordan) 1485716658
Gallup's latest three-day rolling average survey was taken after Trump's first week in office, on the same day that he enacted his controversial travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries, which was met with fierce protests at airports across the nation.
As Nation columnist Dave Zirin observed:
\u201cThere are more people at airport protests than attended Trump's inauguration. That's what happens when you have 51% disapproval after a week\u201d— Dave Zirin (@Dave Zirin) 1485724432
While the survey does not capture the response to Trump's latest executive order, it indicates that wide swathes of the American public are not in support of the other drastic steps taken in those first few days.
"Perhaps using his first week to begin construction of a border wall, halt refugee immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, announce plans to roll back the Affordable Care Act, and reinstate a 'global gag rule' around abortion may have had something to do with it," quippedVox's Jacob Gardenswartz.
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Lauren McCauley is a former senior editor for Common Dreams covering national and international politics and progressive news. She is now the Editor of Maine Morning Star. Lauren also helped produce a number of documentary films, including the award-winning Soundtrack for a Revolution and The Hollywood Complex, as well as one currently in production about civil rights icon James Meredith. Her writing has been featured on Newsweek, BillMoyers.com, TruthDig, Truthout, In These Times, and Extra! the newsletter of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. She currently lives in Kennebunk, Maine with her husband, two children, a dog, and several chickens.
In at least one respect, U.S. President Donald Trump has eclipsed all his predecessors: How quickly he has reached majority disapproval.
Gallup's Presidential Job Approval Center found on Saturday that after just eight days in office, Trump's disapproval rating reached 51 percent--a record that, as pollster Will Jordan noted, fellow U.S. presidents did not even come close to reaching.
\u201cDays until achieving MAJORITY disapproval from @Gallup\n\nReagan: 727\nBush I: 1336\nClinton: 573\nBush II: 1205\nObama: 936\n\nTrump: 8. days.\u201d— Will Jordan (@Will Jordan) 1485716658
Gallup's latest three-day rolling average survey was taken after Trump's first week in office, on the same day that he enacted his controversial travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries, which was met with fierce protests at airports across the nation.
As Nation columnist Dave Zirin observed:
\u201cThere are more people at airport protests than attended Trump's inauguration. That's what happens when you have 51% disapproval after a week\u201d— Dave Zirin (@Dave Zirin) 1485724432
While the survey does not capture the response to Trump's latest executive order, it indicates that wide swathes of the American public are not in support of the other drastic steps taken in those first few days.
"Perhaps using his first week to begin construction of a border wall, halt refugee immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, announce plans to roll back the Affordable Care Act, and reinstate a 'global gag rule' around abortion may have had something to do with it," quippedVox's Jacob Gardenswartz.
Lauren McCauley
Lauren McCauley is a former senior editor for Common Dreams covering national and international politics and progressive news. She is now the Editor of Maine Morning Star. Lauren also helped produce a number of documentary films, including the award-winning Soundtrack for a Revolution and The Hollywood Complex, as well as one currently in production about civil rights icon James Meredith. Her writing has been featured on Newsweek, BillMoyers.com, TruthDig, Truthout, In These Times, and Extra! the newsletter of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. She currently lives in Kennebunk, Maine with her husband, two children, a dog, and several chickens.
In at least one respect, U.S. President Donald Trump has eclipsed all his predecessors: How quickly he has reached majority disapproval.
Gallup's Presidential Job Approval Center found on Saturday that after just eight days in office, Trump's disapproval rating reached 51 percent--a record that, as pollster Will Jordan noted, fellow U.S. presidents did not even come close to reaching.
\u201cDays until achieving MAJORITY disapproval from @Gallup\n\nReagan: 727\nBush I: 1336\nClinton: 573\nBush II: 1205\nObama: 936\n\nTrump: 8. days.\u201d— Will Jordan (@Will Jordan) 1485716658
Gallup's latest three-day rolling average survey was taken after Trump's first week in office, on the same day that he enacted his controversial travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries, which was met with fierce protests at airports across the nation.
As Nation columnist Dave Zirin observed:
\u201cThere are more people at airport protests than attended Trump's inauguration. That's what happens when you have 51% disapproval after a week\u201d— Dave Zirin (@Dave Zirin) 1485724432
While the survey does not capture the response to Trump's latest executive order, it indicates that wide swathes of the American public are not in support of the other drastic steps taken in those first few days.
"Perhaps using his first week to begin construction of a border wall, halt refugee immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, announce plans to roll back the Affordable Care Act, and reinstate a 'global gag rule' around abortion may have had something to do with it," quippedVox's Jacob Gardenswartz.
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