By Jason Lange
The approval of the president of Washington (Reuters), Donald Trump, marked a little lower in recent weeks, since Americans worried about the health of the United States economy and the ability of Republicans to contain increasing prices, according to a new survey of Reuters/Ipsos.
The three -day survey, which closed on Sunday, showed that 41% of respondents approved Trump’s performance as president, below 42% in a survey from September 5 to 9.
About 54% of the people surveyed said the national economy was on the wrong way, compared to 53% in an August and 52% survey in July.
Only 35% of respondents approved Trump’s administration on the economy, and 28% approved their management of their cost of living, with both slightly lower readings than in previous surveys. Trump returned to the White House this year after promising in his electoral campaign last year to fix the economy.
The employment growth of the United States weakened sharply in August when the unemployment rate increased to a maximum of almost four years by 4.3%, while inflation also accelerated last month.
Public concerns about the economy were higher at the beginning of the year when Trump threatened to aggressively impose tariffs on imported goods, which caused strong decreases in stock market values.
Americans are divided into addressing extremism
After the murder of this month of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Trump has focused much of his rhetoric on the supposed danger that his political opponents represent for the nation, telling a Kirk memorial on Sunday that “violence comes largely from the left.”
Reuters/Ipsos surveys this year have persistently demonstrated that Americans see political extremism as the biggest problem in the country. About 28% of respondents in the most recent survey chose it as the main problem, compared to 16% chosen the economy. When asked which party had a better plan to address extremism, respondents divided almost uniformly, with 30% of Republicans, 26% saying that the Democrats were better and the rest that said that none was better or were not sure.
While the economy has weighed Trump’s approval ratings, respondents surveyed most often elected the Republican Party on the Democratic Party, from 34% to 24%, to manage economic policy.
Trump’s approval index continues to be promoted by the relative popularity of its immigration policies, which include massive arrests of suspected people not being legally in the country. About 42% of respondents gave Trump an approval of immigration, without changes since the beginning of this month. It was Trump’s highest qualification about any problem in the Reuters/Ipsos survey.
The survey of 1,019 people was held online and throughout the country. It had a 3 percentage margin of error. As of this month, Reuters/Ipsos surveys have included a slight methodological change, they no longer give respondents the option to say that “they were not sure” on whether they approved or disapproved of the president’s general labor performance.
(Jason Lange report; Scott Malone and Deepa Babington edition)
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