Fox News Poll: Trump approval down, voters support special counsel on Russia
By Dana Blanton Published May 24, 2017
American voters disagree with President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, think the dismissal was for self-serving reasons, and approve of a special counsel being appointed to investigate Russian government efforts to influence the election and the Trump campaign. In addition, a majority opposes the Republican plan to replace Obamacare.
That’s according to a new Fox News Poll of registered voters nationwide.
The last month took a toll on the president’s ratings. The poll finds 40 percent of voters approve of the job Trump is doing, down from 45 percent last month. Disapproval is up 5 points to 53 percent.
Some of the drop in approval comes from Republicans, as just 81 percent approve of the president. GOP approval had been between 84-87 percent during Trump’s first three months in office. Plus, his approval among whites without a college degree went from 62 percent last month to 53 percent now. Working-class whites were a key voting bloc for him in the election (66 percent backed Trump according to the Fox News Exit Poll).
Among independents, approval fell to 34 percent. It was 42 percent in April. Forty-six percent voted for Trump.
Vice President Mike Pence’s ratings also declined:
42 percent of voters approve of his job performance, down from 50 percent in April. Disapproval is up 10 points to 43 percent.
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Meanwhile, a growing number of voters think Russian hackers helped Trump win in November: 44 percent feel that way, up from 32 percent in December. Now 49 percent think Russia didn’t make a difference to the presidential election. That was 59 percent five months ago.
In addition, by a 60-29 percent margin, voters think the real reason Trump fired Comey is because FBI investigations were harming the White House rather than because Comey was harming the agency.
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