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highplainsdem

(48,727 posts)
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 10:13 AM Jan 2017

Many in U.S. Skeptical Trump Can Handle Presidential Duties

Source: Gallup

PRINCETON, N.J. -- As Donald Trump prepares to take the presidential oath on Jan. 20, less than half of Americans are confident in his ability to handle an international crisis (46%), to use military force wisely (47%) or to prevent major scandals in his administration (44%). At least seven in 10 Americans were confident in Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton in these areas before they took office.

Americans express somewhat more confidence in Trump to work effectively with Congress (60%), to handle the economy effectively (59%), to defend U.S. interests abroad as president (55%), and to manage the executive branch effectively (53%). But even in these areas, Americans are far less confident in Trump than they were in his predecessors, when comparisons are available.

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The deficits for Trump versus the average for his predecessors range from a low of 15 percentage points on defending U.S. interests abroad to a high of 32 points for preventing major scandals.

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The deficits in Trump's ratings relative to his predecessors' are largely because of the low scores he gets from supporters of the opposing party. On average, 21% of Democrats have confidence in Trump across the five presidential duties for which Americans also rated Bush and Obama (all except handling the economy and defending U.S. interests abroad). By contrast, for the same five areas, an average of 60% of Republicans were confident in Obama and an average of 57% of Democrats were confident in Bush. These data underscore the much more polarized partisan environment in which Trump will be taking office.

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Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/201158/skeptical-trump-handle-presidential-duties.aspx



Trump does much worse than previous presidents with independents when you average those confidence ratings, too -- 25% worse than George W. Bush, and 29% worse than President Obama.

And even among those in his own party, where Trump gets his highest ratings, he's trailing Bush by 11% among Republicans and Obama by 10% among Democrats.
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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,893 posts)
2. "On average, 21% of Democrats have confidence in Trump...."
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 10:32 AM
Jan 2017

What the hell are they on?

Somebody, please tell me, so that I never try it by mistake.

I'd like to know where this majority of people who correctly understand that Hello Twitty is incompetent was on Election Day.

 

FreeStateDemocrat

(2,654 posts)
6. Southern Dems that never changed parties but always vote conservative puke and the psychotic wing of
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:17 AM
Jan 2017

party or a combination of the two.

Chellee

(2,086 posts)
8. I once saw a "man in the street" interview
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:54 AM
Jan 2017

with some woman from California, who explained that she was a Democrat, but she was voting for Arnold Schwarzenegger for Governor because she liked his movies.

That woman. I'd be willing to bet that she's part of the 21%.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
5. This is what will drive him even nuttier (if that's possible). His poll ratings tanking.
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 10:48 AM
Jan 2017

He's obsessed with ratings, as if this is just a TV show striving for high favorability marks that makes HIM the big winner.
The guy is over the edge. He's completely unhinged.


riversedge

(69,721 posts)
12. Pence, as you know, will push the hard core conservative agenda, while Trump just goes
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 12:37 PM
Jan 2017

along with probably the majority of it.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
15. And the Kochs et al's boys in Congress.
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 03:28 PM
Jan 2017

They convene tomorrow and a very, very long and destructive agenda to get to.

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
13. The first thing I noticed....
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 01:03 PM
Jan 2017

was the headline. I know we have to use the actual headline in LBN, but it really struck me that a couple of days ago it was Majority....now it's many. How long until that becomes Quite a few?

Vinca

(50,170 posts)
14. He is totally unqualified in both education and temperament.
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 02:38 PM
Jan 2017

He isn't interested in learning about the issues he will be dealing with and goes with his gut. I never imagined anything like this could even happen and now that it has there is no way to fix it.

moondust

(19,917 posts)
16. Duties? There are duties?
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 03:46 PM
Jan 2017

He thought it was all about the glory and adulation and monetization. Duties are for the little people.

Skittles

(152,964 posts)
19. he cannot even handle PRE-presidential duties
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 08:21 PM
Jan 2017

the man is COMPLETELY UNQUALIFIED

FUCK EVERYONE WHO THOUGHT HE WAS PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL

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