Poll: 42% Say Trump’s Legacy As President Will Be One Of The Worst In U.S. History
- 7 years ago
With less than one year in office, President Trump’s legacy already appears to be in doubt; In fact, according to a new Marist Poll, 42 percent of nearly 1,100 U.S. adults surveyed say he will be remembered as “one of the worst presidents in the nation’s history.”
With less than one year in office, President Trump’s legacy already appears to be in doubt; In fact, according to a new Marist Poll, 42 percent of nearly 1,100 U.S. adults surveyed say he will be remembered as “one of the worst presidents in the nation’s history.”
Meanwhile, an additional 16 percent have indicated that they view him as a “below average leader.”
“Deep into his first year as president, Donald Trump’s less than stellar approval rating has lowered expectations about how history will judge him. For history to treat him kinder, he will have to up his game,” Dr. Lee Miringoff with The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion said in a news release about the results.
However, the results are largely split along party lines, with 88 percent of Democrats expressing a likely negative historical view of his term while 48 percent of Republicans have predicted an above average legacy or better.
The partisan divide is also reflected in participants’ current impressions of Trump; the poll found that 88 percent of Democrats have an unfavorable view while 83 percent of Republicans have a favorable one.
And, despite the recent controversies the administration has faced, the president’s overall favorable versus unfavorable rating has largely remained in the mid-30s and upper-50s, respectively, for the past few months.
The figures appear to be consistent with other polls; as of October 19, the statistical website FiveThirtyEight had his approval rating as 38 percent and his disapproval at 55.8 percent.
Based on the amount of time he has spent in office thus far, Trump’s net approval number is tracking below that of every U.S. president in modern history going back to Harry Truman.
But, according to the Texas Tribune, its own recent survey with the University of Texas found that Trump is in good standing among state Republicans, with poll co-director Jim Henson saying, “His base is still very secure.”
With less than one year in office, President Trump’s legacy already appears to be in doubt; In fact, according to a new Marist Poll, 42 percent of nearly 1,100 U.S. adults surveyed say he will be remembered as “one of the worst presidents in the nation’s history.”
Meanwhile, an additional 16 percent have indicated that they view him as a “below average leader.”
“Deep into his first year as president, Donald Trump’s less than stellar approval rating has lowered expectations about how history will judge him. For history to treat him kinder, he will have to up his game,” Dr. Lee Miringoff with The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion said in a news release about the results.
However, the results are largely split along party lines, with 88 percent of Democrats expressing a likely negative historical view of his term while 48 percent of Republicans have predicted an above average legacy or better.
The partisan divide is also reflected in participants’ current impressions of Trump; the poll found that 88 percent of Democrats have an unfavorable view while 83 percent of Republicans have a favorable one.
And, despite the recent controversies the administration has faced, the president’s overall favorable versus unfavorable rating has largely remained in the mid-30s and upper-50s, respectively, for the past few months.
The figures appear to be consistent with other polls; as of October 19, the statistical website FiveThirtyEight had his approval rating as 38 percent and his disapproval at 55.8 percent.
Based on the amount of time he has spent in office thus far, Trump’s net approval number is tracking below that of every U.S. president in modern history going back to Harry Truman.
But, according to the Texas Tribune, its own recent survey with the University of Texas found that Trump is in good standing among state Republicans, with poll co-director Jim Henson saying, “His base is still very secure.”