CNN Poll: 4 in 10 call this the worst governing of their lifetimes
Source: CNN
By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director
Updated 6:02 AM ET, Mon February 4, 2019
(CNN) - With a looming February 15 deadline to fund parts of the US government, few are optimistic the President and Congress will be able to reach agreement in time to prevent another partial shutdown, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
Nearly two-thirds (64%) say an agreement is unlikely to happen before the deadline, with pessimism stretching across party lines. Majorities of independents (67%), Democrats (65%) and Republicans (57%) say an agreement is unlikely.
Almost 7 in 10 say the federal government is doing a bad job of governing, including 43% who say it's the worst job of governing in their lifetimes. That's about double the share who said the same in early 1996 (21%) following a government shutdown that was the longest on record until last month. Just 19% say the federal government is doing a good job.
Donald Trump's overall approval rating stands at 40% approve to 55% disapprove in the new poll, a slightly more positive read than in January during the shutdown, but not a statistically significant improvement. His approval rating for handling immigration -- the issue at the heart of the shutdown -- stands at 41%. Although that is also not a significant improvement compared with his ratings before the shutdown, it is his best read on the matter in CNN polling since April 2017.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/politics/cnn-poll-shutdown-funding-agreement-unlikely/index.html
DownriverDem
(6,231 posts)We must be united and focus on beating the repubs.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)marble falls
(57,204 posts)B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Good get!
William Seger
(10,779 posts)lark
(23,155 posts)Probably more like 3.5 or something like that but I was rounding up.
What on earth was worse than what we are experiencing now? What country were the 60% living in?
durablend
(7,464 posts)Some thought the Obama years were a nightmare, because the right-wing media told them it was.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)t-rump's group paid for polling to be altered in their favor.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)I should say I've lived through all or part of those president's administrations. During that time I can never remember a president who's been anywhere near as disastrous as Trump, and that includes the likes of Nixon, Reagan and Baby Bush (all republicans, hmmmm...). Trump is in a category all his own. At least the other crappy republican presidents knew something about the country they governed, and we could be relatively sure they weren't going to destroy the country in which we live. None of the other three considered putting themselves ahead of their country, and none of them conspired with a foreign enemy to subvert democracy.
None of those things could be said of the Trump administration. They are basically, and thoroughly, evil.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)(North Viet Nam and Iran, respectively).
But I agree with your main point. Trump is far and away the very worst President I've ever experienced, going back as far as Kennedy. Trump is actively and deliberately trying to destroy the country. His GOP predecessors were mere assholes.
BumRushDaShow
(129,442 posts)What kind of nonsense is this? The "federal government" is not who is "governing". It's Congress and the head of the Executive Branch".
KPN
(15,650 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I know the right-wing media plays a big part in dumbing people down, but the problem is that so many people believe everything they say without question. There is a serious lack of critical thinking in this country.