{"id":1777,"date":"2017-08-10T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/10\/americans-say-russian-probe-serious-as-trumps-base-shrinks\/"},"modified":"2017-08-10T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T17:42:00","slug":"americans-say-russian-probe-serious-as-trumps-base-shrinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/americans-say-russian-probe-serious-as-trumps-base-shrinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Say Russian Probe Serious, As Trump\u2019s Base Shrinks"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new poll<\/a> found that 70% of Americans believe the Russian investigation should be able to look into Trump’s finances and 60% say the Russian probe is a serious matter. Trump continues to call the Russian investigation a “witch hunt,” but it is clear Americans disagree. On top of Trump’s lies not breaking through, recent polls have shown that Donald Trump’s base is shrinking.<\/p>\n

Trump may not like it, but these trend lines are undebatable. The Russian probe is a serious matter and it’s clear that Trump is losing his base. Trump has a lot of problems to work out while on vacation.<\/p>\n

August 9th<\/sup> – <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Politico\/Morning Consult poll<\/a>: “However you measure the president’s base, it has diminished<\/strong>, not increased, in the 7 months he’s been in office. […] The percentage who approve strongly — one way to measure the size of Trump’s most fervent supporters — is also at a new low: just 18 percent<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

August 7th<\/sup> –<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

CNN poll<\/a>: “Those numbers have soured in recent months, particularly among Trump's core supporters. <\/strong>Among Republicans, strong approval has dropped from 73% in February to 59%<\/strong> now. Among whites who do not have college degrees, a core component of Trump's base, just 35% strongly approve, down 12 points since February<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

IBD\/TIPP poll<\/a>: “Trump lost significant support across the board, but saw big declines among areas of core support<\/strong>, including Republicans, Midwesterners, middle-income families, white men and the high-school educated.[…] Among Republicans, for example, Trump's approval rating fell from 83% in July to 71% in August<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

August 4th<\/sup> –<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Firehouse\/Optimus survey<\/a>: “Trump’s base of support has shrunk from 35.3% of voters who have a ‘strongly favorable’ view of him in April to only 28.6% today<\/strong>. Notably, much of that erosion is among Republicans: Strongly favorable views among GOP voters dropped from 54.1% to 44.9%, while unfavorable views increased from 20.5% to 27.9%.”<\/p>\n

August 2nd<\/sup> –<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Quinnipiac University poll<\/a>: “Buried in that poll is one sign of where he's losing that support: For the first time, the poll showed Trump with a negative net approval rating among white Americans without a college degree<\/strong>. […] The poll, conducted July 27 through Aug. 1, showed that only 43 percent of non-college white Americans say they approve of Trump, compared to 50 percent who disapprove, yielding a net approval of minus 7 points.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new poll found that 70% of Americans believe the Russian investigation should be able to look into Trump’s finances and 60% say the Russian probe is a serious matter. Trump continues to call the Russian investigation a “witch hunt,” but it is clear Americans disagree. 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