Last week Quinnipiac University asked registered voters in this country what the first word was that came to their mind when they thought about the current occupant in the White House.
The answer given more times than any other was “idiot,” followed by “incompetent” and “liar.”
Trump’s popularity is down to 36% in the latest Quinnipiac poll. This is 1% above his previous low-water mark of 35% on April 4th.
American voters’ feelings about what they voted into office last November are generally dismal across the board:
It’s not just the approval rating. Every number in this poll is bad. The majority of Americans say Trump is “not honest,” lacks leadership skills, doesn’t care about average Americans, is not “level-headed,” and does not share their values. On the economy, immigration, foreign policy, and terrorism, more Americans disapprove than approve of the job he’s doing.
It also appears that the Trump/Bannon “fake news” accusations are wearing thin with most registered US voters:
When it comes to who Americans trust to tell them the truth, 57 percent say the media wins out over Trump.
From the folks at Quinnipiac:
“There is no way to spin or sugarcoat these sagging numbers," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
"The erosion of white men, white voters without college degrees and independent voters, the declaration by voters that President Donald Trump's first 100 days were mainly a failure and deepening concerns about Trump's honesty, intelligence and level headedness are red flags that the administration simply can't brush away," Malloy added.
The poll suggests that Trump’s incompetence is also being reflected in voter preferences for the upcoming House elections in 2018:
By a 54 - 38 percent margin, American voters want the Democratic Party to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives. This is the widest margin ever measured for this question in a Quinnipiac University poll, exceeding a 5 percentage point margin for Republicans in 2013.
This poll was conducted before Trump fired the head of the FBI for investigating his campaign’s collusion with the Russian government and the potentially treasonous implications of such collusion. So there is a bit of room left for him to drop.