Poll: Trump rates best on economy, though majority still disapproves

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 11/13/17 08:41 AM EST

A new poll shows that President Trump draws his highest approval ratings on the economy, though a slim majority of those polled still disapprove the president's handling of it.

Fifty-one percent of those surveyed say they do not approve of how Trump is handling the economy in his job as president, while 45 percent say they approve, according to a new poll released Monday by Gallup.

Trump’s job approval rating across the board is at 37 percent, while 59 percent say they do not approve of the job he is doing in the White House.

Taxes provide Trump with his second highest policy numbers, 37 percent, which comes as both the House and Senate pursue tax reform legislation. Still, 55 percent do not approve of how Trump is dealing with taxes.



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/360068-poll-slim-majority-disapprove-of-how-trump-handling-economy

[Xipe Totec]

1. It seems the less he does, the more they approve... Which kinda makes sense.

The economy is doing well precisely because he hasn't done anything for it.

So, cheers, Mr. President, do as little as you possibly can.

[PSPS]

2. Leave it to The Hill to spin this in a ridiculously comical way for the headline & click bait

A more accurate summary would be: trump's least horrible disapproval rating is on "the economy."

[karynnj]

5. My reaction too! He is better on this, because he scored terribly on everything

Not to mention, note that they call the 51 disapprove to 45 approve - a "slim" majority. While 6 points is not the double digits on other things, 6 is not "slim".

He is the beneficiary of a healthy Obama economy that he spun as in bad shape in 2016. He has issued some executive orders relaxing regulations, but there has been no analysis to suggest that this has helped the economy. Trump himself mistakes the stock market as the economy and ignores that there has been a very long period of it rising.

The headline should be that Trump is underwater in approval on everything and has historically low approval for any President in his first year.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Wow. The Hill pretzel-twisted a negative into faint praise.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. The Highest Approval Is The One Thing. . .

. . .that no president could affect in a major way in only 10 months. The economy moves at a glacial pace so the one area where a majority approves of "it" is the one area where nothing could have happened yet.

[groundloop]

6. The economy changes relatively slowly, we're still reaping the benefits from Pres. Obama

I've heard several people say that 45* is doing a good job on the economy because the stock market it growing, jobs are increasing, blah blah blah. What they don't realize is that we're still benefiting from the groundwork laid by President Obama on the economy. The damage that 45* is doing and is about to do to the economy with his trickle down tax cuts etc. will take several years to show up.