Trump tweets poll that gives Obama credit for economy

[DonViejo]

Source: Newsweek Magazine



TRUMP HAILS POLL THAT CREDITS OBAMA FOR BOOMING ECONOMY

BY LEAH THOMAS ON 1/11/18 AT 8:55 AM

Donald Trump hailed a new poll on the economy Thursday, despite the full results being a less than resounding endorsement of his presidency.

Link to tweet

While Trump is right that these numbers are the highest positive rating for Quinnipiac polls on the economy since 2001, the poll also found that 49 percent of American voters believe former President Barack Obama to be responsible for the current state of the economy. Only 40 percent of voters said that Trump was responsible.

Related: Trump Failed His ‘Chaotic’ ‘Disaster’ of a Freshman Year in Office and Is ‘Not Fit’ to Serve as President, Americans Say

The Quinnipiac poll, which was published on Wednesday, also asked about Trump’s intelligence, his level-headedness, and his fitness to serve as Commander in Chief.

When asked to grade President Trump’s first year in office, 56 percent of those polled gave him a failing grade of an “F” or a “D.” Just sixteen percent of respondents gave him an “A.”

As for Trump’s performance so far in office, only 36 percent said they approved while 59 percent voiced their disapproval.

“No one’s been this low at this point,” the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, Tim Malloy, told Newsweek of Trump's 36 percent approval rating.

The number of American voters giving former president Obama credit for the state of the economy has increased since November.

Forty-three percent of respondents credited Obama in Quinnipiac’s November 22 poll. That percentage rose to 45 in December and to 49 in January.

Trump's numbers have been more stagnant.

Forty-one percent gave him economic credit in November. That percentage rose to 43 in December and fell to 40 in January.

"It's been a very tough freshman year for President Donald Trump, by any measure," Malloy said in a statement.

The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted from January 5-9 via cell phones and landlines. The poll surveyed 1,106 voters nationwide and has a margin of error of 3.6 percentage points.

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Full article posted with the permission of Newsweek -- Don

[iluvtennis]

1. Just another data point that Trump is an idiot

[Moostache]

5. At this point, no further data is required...

Hell, I have known the man is a moron for over 3 decades...he is nothing more than inherited money dressed in expensive, ill-fitting suits that are the perfect metaphor for this grotesque excuse for a man.

Dear universal karma, I rejoin my daily chant and request for an explosive aneurysm to end this abomination.

[iluvtennis]

6. Agreed. Come on Karma.....

[packman]

2. Just another indication Trump is spoon-fed positive shit

that is remotely connected to him and shielded from any negative news

[underpants]

3. So at a quarter to 7 this morning THIS is what he was doing?

And he can't manage to get into work until 11?

[riversedge]

12. trump has to get his fox and friends fix in also

[djacq]

4. Thanks Obama!

[riversedge]

7. ha ha ha. Thanks Pres. Obama.

[NewJeffCT]

8. so, 32% give him an A or a B

11% a C and the rest a D or an F.

sounds similar to most of the polls out there.

[Fred Sanders]

9. 36% approval...lowest ever for Qunnipac...Unstable Moron see a carefully selected graphic on Foxx?

But The Base will applaud like trained seals. Humans turned into seals...Sad.

[Faux pas]

10. He's not an apple

he's a b-a-n-a-n-a. What a maroon.

[BobTheSubgenius]

11. Those positive numbers? WTH???

It's unfathomable that he has an approval rating that starts with a "3" - unless it finished there, too. I could believe an approval rating in the teens or even a little lower...but the 30's???

[Cha]

13. I have a Thanks Obama, too!