The Memo: Signs of trouble emerge in Trumps base
President Trump took to Twitter on Monday to boast about the strength of his base of support. But polling tells a different story.
Trump, who is at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club, lambasted the media on Monday — his 200th day in office — insisting, “The Trump base is far bigger & stronger than ever before (despite some phony Fake News polling).”
As evidence, he cited large crowds at rallies in states including Pennsylvania, Iowa and Ohio.
But polls indicate that his base is in fact showing signs of erosion.
On Monday evening, a new CNN poll put his job approval rating at 38 percent. Just as worryingly from the White House’s perspective, the same survey showed his "strong approval" among Republicans sliding to 59 percent, from 73 percent in February.
In a Quinnipiac University poll released last week, Trump registered an overall job approval rating of just 33 percent.
The president was even underwater among white people without a college education — the heart of his election-winning coalition last November — registering 43 percent approval and 50 percent disapproval with that group.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/345662-the-memo-signs-of-trouble-emerge-in-trumps-base
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