Trump support slipping in Iowa
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to the crowd gathered during his thank you tour stop on Dec. 8 in Des Moines. Trump spoke about his deals with companies to keep their jobs in the United States, the states that propelled him to victory, and appointing Iowa Gov.Terry Bransstad as ambassador to China.
February 16, 2017
A new poll reports President Donald Trump has lost considerable support among Iowans since his inauguration.
Trump was not initially Iowa’s favorite Republican. Sen. Ted Cruz won the Iowa Republican Caucus in 2016. Sen. Marco Rubio won Story County in that same caucus, beating Trump by nearly 1,000 votes.
Trump did, however, win Iowa by nine percentage points over Hillary Clinton in the November election.
The poll, conducted by Selzer & Co. and published in The Des Moines Register, surveyed 802 Iowans from Feb. 6-9. The results showed 42 percent of Iowans approve of the inaugurated Commander in Chief. 49 percent remarked disapproval regarding Trump’s actions in office.
82 percent of Republicans polled reported positive feedback for Trump, while a 86 percent of Democrats disapproved. Independents are more divided; 50 percent disapproved of the president’s performance, and 39 percent indicated support.
Politics continue to polarize as President Trump’s administration advances to achieve campaign promises, such as immigration policy and the border wall. Yet, Trump’s promises to arrest Clinton and to “drain the swamp” have gone unfulfilled.
Trump’s presidency is still less than a month old, but the new administration will need to make changes to increase the slipping approval rate.
