By Seung Min Kim and Seung Min Kim White House reporter Email Bio Follow Scott Clement Scott Clement Polling director Email Bio Follow April 29 at 6:00 AM President Trump’s strongest case for reelection remains the country’s healthy economy, but the potency of that issue for him is complicated by a widespread belief that the economy mainly benefits people already in power, a Washington Post-ABC News poll finds.
Trump’s own party, meanwhile, appears largely satisfied with the existing economic system. In the Post-ABC poll, nearly two-thirds of Republican voters say the economic system works mainly to benefit all Americans, as opposed to just those in power. Under the Trump presidency, the U.S. economy has faced a spate of positive news, including an unemployment rate that has ticked downward since his inauguration in January 2017. The rate was 4.8 percent then, but that figure now stands at 3.8 percent.
On illegal immigration, 42 percent of voters say Trump’s handling of the issue makes them less likely to reelect him, while 34 percent say it makes them more likely. Twenty-two percent say the issue does not factor in their decision. He vowed to close down the entire border until backing off the threat days later, and Trump has said he is considering sending undocumented immigrants to various sanctuary cities nationwide — a move that his administration has said is costly and legally dubious.
After an unsuccessful attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act marred the first year of his presidency, Trump abruptly announced last month that he wanted to revive that push, much to the dismay of many congressional Republicans. He ditched that effort almost as quickly as he floated it, saying he would rather hold a vote after the November 2020 election.Immigration and health care are also the biggest motivating factors for Democrats.
The poll finds that 30 percent of registered voters say they will definitely support Trump’s reelection bid, while 14 percent say they will consider supporting him.
Haha 😂 all Americans are doing better under Trump
WHAT ECONOMIC FRUSTRATION?
FakeNews
WHAT ECONOMIC FRUSTRATION?
WHAT ECONOMIC FRUSTRATION?
WHAT ECONOMIC FRUSTRATION?
Polling 1000 people, does not make up the majority of Americans. Hillary Clinton lost. Get over it. Democrats will be losing again in 2020. You all might as well sit out 2024, and 2028.
More trash from the communists at WAPO.
There really isn’t economic frustration...just propaganda about economic frustration spewed by MSM
Fake News again, Wapo?
Among the states where Trump now has net approval ratings of +5 or less: NC, GA, TX, NE, MT, UT, AK, FL, VA, IN, IA... He has an uphill climb.
Why Trump will win in 2020 and it won't even be close
YouDownWithOBP1 - Bernie’s case for 2020
A FAKE BULLSHITTER, addressing people who believe all the bullshit he spews and the reality on the Ground is different! I am sure most of them are hand to mouth crowd!
The economy is the strongest it's ever been. How is this a problem?
Trump have lied to these people like he's lied to the AMERICAN PEOPLE! His 'ART OF THE DEAL' was just a joke! Him inflating his own net worth & importance, is just a part of his LIES to people. NOW THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT! HE WILL BLAME THE DEMS! VoteHimOut!
The poll was run by Loch Ness most knowledge pollster, Nessie. I could never figure out why the media believes that Americans are gullible ?
Keep America working. Vote Trump 2020!
Bullsh*t.
Anything that threatens Trump's reelection will do.
Polls 👇🏼 FACTS
The Washington Post and CNN have lied over more than 100,000 fake news to Trump President
But he said the economy is beautiful
Since we may well go down in history as the most intellectually retarded if not delinquent generation, it baffles me how WashingtonPost with its std acerbic hostility to Trump would be taken seriously even if they happened to be have their facts right
economic frustration? is that what they are calling whites who make being white mean something over merit, ability, skill and quality of human being? if these people are so great, so superior, why are they bothering with a con man and excusing his incompetence and lies? whiteness
with the trade wars n all...
Didn't the 'Post/ABC' poll also find the Hilda-beast winning the presidency in 2016? 🤔
He won't get re-elected..
April Fools...chill everyone! Bill Weld will be 46 Potus
Shocking. The man who’s lied 10,000 times, went bankrupt multiple times, including with a casino & would have made more money just leaving his daddy’s money in the stock market isn’t an economic genius. Who could have possibly seen this coming? FFS
More nonsense from WAPO. WAPO would like you to believe Americans want socialism.
There is no good reason to reelect Trump. He has been the worst POTUS of all time and he has lied more than 10,000 times. Plus, we know he is Individual1 and will not avoid indictments.
Run Hillary again, please.