On Feb. 4, just hours before President Donald Trump delivered his third State of the Union Address, analytics firm Gallup said its job approval rating for the nation’s chief executive “has risen to 49 percent, his highest in Gallup polling since he took office in 2017.”
Its latest poll, Gallup said in a report on its website, “finds 50 percent of Americans disapproving of Trump, leaving just 1 percent expressing no opinion,” a response that until now had averaged 5 percent throughout Trump’s presidency, Gallup said.
Higher ratings from Republicans and independents account for the rise in Trump’s approval, Gallup reported. His approval rating of 94 percent among Republicans is six percentage points higher since early January, and three points better than his previous personal best among fellow GOP adherents. His approval rating among independents is up five points to 42 percent and ties three other polls as Trump’s best rating among that group. Approval of Democrats dropped to 7 percent from 10 percent.
The current poll’s 87-point gap separating Republican and Democratic approval ratings is the largest Gallup has measured in any poll to date, the report said. The largest previous gap between the parties – 86 points – is one of the few things that Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama held in common, Gallup reported.
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