AlterNet
President Donald Trump appears to be rapidly falling out of favor with most Americans — including many of his own voters.
That's according to a recently released Associated Press-NORC poll. The Staten Island Advance reported Wednesday that Trump's approval rating is now at just 33 percent, which is down from 43 percent in March. His approval ratings among both Republicans and independents have also dropped significantly during that same time period, with only 68 percent of Republicans approving of his administration (down from 81 percent in March) and 25 percent of independents supporting him (down from 38 percent eight months ago).
Pollsters conducted their survey between November 6-10, in the wake of last week's elections, which saw Democrats win by substantial margins in Georgia, New Jersey and Virginia's statewide contests. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani also soundly defeated both former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (who ran as an independent after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary) and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
One of the Republicans who disapproved of Trump was 78 year-old retired educator Beverly Lucas, who lives in Trump's adopted home state of Florida.
"I’m thoroughly disturbed by the government shutdown for 40-something days," Lucas told pollsters, adding that Trump's second term was akin to "having a petulant child in the White House, with unmitigated power."
"When people are hungry, he had a party," Lucas continued, referring to Trump's Great Gatsby-themed Halloween soirée at Mar-a-Lago. "I thought he seems callous."
Trump's approval ratings on handling individual issues aren't much better for the administration: Pollsters found that just 34 percent of respondents approved of his handling of healthcare issues. Affordability was also a major issue in last week's election, and AP-NORC found that only 33 percent of those polled approved of Trump's handling of the economy.
Click here to read the Staten Island Advance's article, and click here to see the full poll results.
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