A recent poll sheds light on how white non-Hispanic Americans perceive President Trump, and the findings might be unexpected for some.
Since Trump resumed office last year, he has been the focus of multiple polls, many of which haven’t reflected positively on him.
The Pew Research Center, last month, reported a decline in Trump’s approval rating to 37 percent, a drop from 40 percent in the previous fall.
Additionally, only 14 percent of those surveyed expressed confidence in his leadership as the head of the free world.
In another poll conducted by Marquette Law School Supreme Court with 1,003 U.S. adults, participants were asked about their approval or disapproval of President Trump’s job performance.
While Trump has been notably popular among white Americans, his standing with this group seems to be slipping.
According to the poll, 49 percent of white non-Hispanic respondents approved of Trump’s handling of his duties, while 50 percent disapproved.
Significant differences emerged in the opinions of Black and Hispanic communities: 78 percent of Black respondents disapproved of Trump’s job performance, and 69 percent of Hispanics shared that sentiment.
These results follow comments from a White House spokesperson who addressed the recent unfavorable polling outcomes for the president.
Anna Kelly, in defense of the President, told Newsweek that Trump was ‘delivering on his promises, and the American people remain firmly aligned with the President’s agenda to Make America Great Again, regardless of the Mainstream Media’s so-called polling’.
Kelly’s statement came in response to CNN’s political director David Chalian, who commented on the precarious state of the president’s approval ratings.
During a News Central segment last month, Chalian spoke about a critical CNN poll released on January 16 regarding the president: “It is really hard to find even a sliver of good news for President Trump in this poll.
“And it’s worth noting that just compared to less than a year ago, he was at his best political ratings of his career.
“And that has just gone away.”
Among the 1,209 respondents, 58 percent viewed Trump’s first year back in office as a ‘failure’.
Furthermore, 55 percent believed Trump’s policies have negatively impacted economic conditions in the U.S., and only 35 percent felt proud to call him their president.