An InsiderAdvantage national survey conducted January 31-February 1 shows President Donald Trump’s approval rating has gained nearly 7 points in a week following his decision to change direction and leadership in Minneapolis.
The survey of 1000 likely voters has a margin of error of 3.09%; Mixed -Mode text/panel; Weighted for age, race, gender, and political affiliation. Meanwhile, nearly 60% of voters said they believed First Lady Melania Trump’s media coverage has been biased.
Trump Job Approval
What is your opinion of the job performance of President Donald Trump?
Approve: 50%
Disapprove: 49%
No Opinion: 1%
Melania Trump Media Treatment
As you may know, First Lady Melania Trump has released a new documentary movie in theaters around the country. What is your opinion of the following statement: “Much of the media and fashion publications have either ignored First Lady Melania Trump or have written or reported unflattering things about her in a manner they did not for recent First Ladies such as Jill Biden and Michelle Obama. Their coverage has been biased
and unfair.”
Agree 59%
Disagree:33%
No Opinion: 8%
From InsiderAdvantage pollster Matt Towery:
“I am keenly aware that our polling of Donald Trump is viewed by some as an outlier. But I am equally aware that our track record of polling him in his three presidential races has consistently been among the most accurate of public pollsters. We continue to be among the few public pollsters who can penetrate general reluctance by respondents to comfortably express their actual opinions of Trump. Pollsters such as Trafalgar, Big Data Poll and Rasmussen along with our firm have consistently shown more accurate numbers related to Trump than most public pollsters. In our latest round of polling (over the past two weeks) we have seen Trump’s approval drop to a 43% immediately following the shooting and death of a man by ICE agents in Minnesota, only to rebound to the 50% level following a replacement of leadership of ICE efforts in that state. Basically I view this as a shift back and forth of the same margins of the last presidential contest. Certain issues arise and his numbers fall slightly, then other events take place and returns to higher numbers. Of interest in this poll is the fact that the undecideds dropped to 1%. Our surveys generally have larger numbers of undecideds, in part due to our survey style and in part due to our sampling methods. This survey tells me that for the moment, opinion has settled out almost completely. I will note that while President Trump’s numbers have improved, the outlook for the midterms for the Republicans look quite dicey. We will address that issue in upcoming surveys.
As to the First Lady, who has been the subject of much press with the rollout of her documentary/movie, these numbers reflect the same response our prior survey received on this topic. Men agreed that Mrs, Trump has been treated differently than other recent First Ladies and in a biased manner. Men agreed over thirty points and women agreed with the statement by over twenty points. Interestingly while Democrats disagreed with the statement, African Americans, considered essential to the Democratic base agreed by nearly sixty-percent.