New poll reveals cratering support for Trump as Republicans abandon ship
The GOP appears to be turning its back on President Donald Trump after a damning new poll revealed most Americans don't support the president's policies.
The Pew Research Center released a new poll on Thursday showing that just 27% of Americans support all or most of Trump's policies, which is down from 35% at this time last year. The poll noted that the change "has come entirely among Republicans."
"While overall confidence in Trump’s ethics in office was already relatively low last February (29%), it has declined 8 percentage points since," the poll results read in part. "And nearly all of that drop has come among Republicans: At the beginning of Trump’s second term, a 55% majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said they were confident that Trump acts ethically in office, but that share now stands at 42%."
Pew surveyed 8,512 U.S. adults between Jan. 20-26, a time period that included the killing of Alex Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis, an event that sparked outrage over the conduct of Trump's immigration forces.
Overall, Trump's approval rating has fallen to 37% from 40% at this time last year, according to the poll. About half of respondents said Trump's policies have been worse than expected, while 21% said the administration has outperformed their expectations.