I have no doubt that his favorability ratings will continue to rise as regulations are cut and people return to work.
President-elect Trump’s favorability rating has increased significantly since his victory last month, and most voters now believe the incoming Republican president will deliver on his promises to reform healthcare and other issues, a new poll shows.
Forty-five percent of voters in the latest George Washington University battleground poll said they have a positive opinion of the president-elect, marking a 9-point increase from mid-October. The percentage of voters who continue to view Trump negatively has declined 12 percentage points – 61 to 49 percent – in the same period.
Defeated Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, who recently joined the Green Party-led effort to push for vote recounts in three swing states Trump won, has seen a decline in her favorability rating and an uptick in the percentage of voters who now hold a negative opinion of her (55 percent).
Nearly 50 percent of respondents said what they’ve read or heard about Trump since last month’s election has improved their feelings about him. Thirty-eight percent said the president-elect’s post-election behavior has made them less sympathetic to his cause.
While President Obama has put on a brave face for Democrats and promised to ensure a smooth transition, 21 percent of voters said the primary focus of his successor in his first 100 days should be overcoming partisan division in the country. Fifteen percent said Trump should focus first on the economy, 11 percent on health care reform, 9 percent on getting rid of dysfunction in government and 8 percent on creating jobs.
Trump’s recent success brokering a deal with the air-conditioning company Carrier may have boosted voter confidence in his ability to deliver on his signature campaign promises.