52% Voters Approve Trump Job Performance

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 13: President Donald Trump holds up a note and drawing depicting him that was created by the child of Greg Knox of Ohio, during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. The House Republicans' bill known as the 'American Health Care Act', which is intended to replace the Affordable Care Act and is endorsed by President Trump, has faced criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

A Politico/Morning Consult poll released on Wednesday shows 52 percent of voters approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance, but that statistic is in the second-to-last paragraph of the Politico article about the poll.

Public opinion of the new health care proposal is limited thus far, though the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll does show less fervent opposition to the bill than a SurveyMonkey poll of adult Americans released on Tuesday.

Similarly, the Politico/Morning Consult survey also shows more positive opinions of the job Trump is doing as president. In the new poll, 52 percent of voters approve of Trump’s job performance, more than the 43 percent who disapprove.

But, on balance, most polls show more disapprove than approve of the job Trump is doing. Politico chose instead for its article, entitled “Poll: Voters Wary of GOP Health Care Bill,” to lead with the divide among voters on approval of the GOP’s American
Health Care Act:

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