WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s second term strengths look different from his first, according to a new vote.
one time It was strengthened by economic issuesTrump’s approval is now relatively low in the economy – and he’s leaning His strong crime problemborder security and immigration. Economic and immigration concerns He helped drive him to the White Househowever, voting over the past year has low American belief in the Republican president’s economic handling, especially among independents, and his Immigrant approvals have declined slightly.
Currently, Trump’s strongest issues are border security and crime, but the latest polls have shown signs of potential weakness in crime Associated Press-NORC Civil Service Research Center.
At the same time, there was Trump’s overall approval It’s pretty stable on AP-NORC polling Since the start of his second season. This month, 39% of US adults approved how Trump handles his job as president. There was a similar pattern during his first White House term, during his first White House term The approval remained within a narrow range.
The strongest and weakest issues he has in his second term are:
Trump’s biggest strengths are border security and crime.
Trump has changed border security to his second term strength. This is a sharp turnaround from his first term in office.
Most Americans approve Trump’s approach to border security. He has earned a higher mark than the entire presidency and handling other issues that were previously the best strengths, including immigration and crime. This also emerges as a unique strength in his second period. Only about four out of ten US adults who approved Trump’s approach to border security in 2019, Trump focused on securing funds. Walls along the US-Mexico border.
His approval for immigration is slightly lower than early in his second term, but remains slightly higher than his overall approval of duties.
In March, about half of US adults approved the handling of immigrants. However, the latest measures found his approval for immigrants was 43%. This is higher than the overall approval rating.
Even a small dip, immigrants remain strong in ways that were not his first term. Throughout his first term, nearly four out of ten US adults who approved his immigration approach, but when he began his second term, who approved about half of them.
Trump has taken solid steps to deport immigrants who live illegally in the United States, and a new poll shows a significant percentage of Americans (about half) say that Trump has “got too far” in pursuit of that goal.
His approval of how he handles crimes has also dropped to just 46%, after reaching 53% in August. National Guard deployed in Washington. But it still goes beyond his overall work approval, and that’s an advantage even among certain groups, such as independents. Four in ten independents approve Trump’s approach to crime, compared to 25% who approved his approach to the presidency.
Trump is weak in the economy of independents
The economy is often a difficult point for the president, and there are indications that Americans continue to be concerned about the country’s economy.
Only 37% of US adults approve of Trump’s economy handling. This is a slight decline since August when 43% approved, but it is in great line with overall approval.
The economy is a particularly weak issue for Trump among independents. About two in ten independents approve how Trump handles the economy is far lower than the share that approves border security and criminal handling.
Trump’s first term is nearly half of the US adults who approved the handling of the economy. This height of his success in this issue came just before the beginning of 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic Sparks were scattered Recession. His approval on the issue differed throughout the pandemic, with about half of Americans approving his economic approach He lost the 2020 presidential election. But at that point, more Americans were more concerned about the coronavirus pandemic than the economy. His approval has been consistently low in his second term – when he took office, only about four in ten people were approved for how he handled the economy.
Trump’s lowest issue among Republicans: Trade and Healthcare
Only about seven in ten Republicans approve Trump’s approach Trade negotiations Mark the lowest problem ratings among his bases along with other countries and healthcare.
The whole American is also not excited about how he handles these issues. Only about a third of US adults approve of how Trump handles either trade negotiations with other countries or healthcare. These are steadily lower in recent AP-NORC polls, but they roughly track Trump’s overall approval. They were also just as low in his first semester.
Approximately six in 10 adults in the US say that Trump “goes too far” when he is proud New tariffs in other countries. This includes around nine Democrats in 10, but around six in 10, and three in 10 Republicans. A very few Americans, including Republicans, hope that Trump will go further ahead in imposing tariffs.
Trump has achieved a lower mark in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
About 4/10, 37%, US adults approve how to handle Trump Conflict between Israelis and Palestiniansa slight decline from the 44% approved in March.
Thin fewer Republicans approve how Trump is handling the conflict, compared to 82% of Republicans who approved the way Trump handled the issue in March. And Democrats are slightly less likely to approve it. It is currently down 9%, down from 14% in March.
Nevertheless, Trump’s approval of foreign policy has remained stable. In April, approximately four people will approve of 10 US adults.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,183 adults was conducted between September 11 and 15 using samples drawn from Norc’s probability-based Amerispeak panel designed to represent the US population. The margin for sampling errors across adults is either positive or negative 3.8 percentage points.
