More Republicans approve of President Trump than Democrats did of former President Obama at this time according to a new report that expresses surprise at the steady and sustained support for the Republican.
Calling Trump’s solid backing from his base “unique” in recent presidential history, Pew Research Center added, “Over the course of an eventful first 18 months in office, President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have remained remarkably stable.”
The media has focused on the strong support that Trump voters have for their president and Pew verified it.
Over Trump’s time in the White House, Pew said that he has received the support of 84 percent of Republicans. That is more than Obama had or former President George W. Bush had and the last president to reach that level was John F. Kennedy. What’s more, their numbers fluctuates but Trump’s has held steady no matter what.
“Trump’s support among Republicans is comparable to the ratings other presidents have received from members of their own party. The 84 percent of Republicans who approve of the job Trump is doing is similar to the 81 percent of Democrats who approved of Obama’s job performance over the course of his administration and the 81 percent of Republicans who approved of Bush during his two terms,” said the just-released survey analysis.
From Pew:
“Approval ratings for Obama, Bill Clinton and [Ronald] Reagan all moved lower during their first two years in office, and by December of their second years, their ratings were in the low-to-mid 40s. Bush’s approval ratings moved sharply higher in September of his first year – they reached 86% in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks – before beginning to steadily decline. George H.W. Bush also saw his approval ratings improve in his first year before they turned lower and closed his second year in office about where they had started. Trump’s approval rating is 8 percentage points lower than Obama’s was in June 2010 (40 percent vs. 48 percent) – a much smaller difference than was seen at earlier stages of their respective presidencies.”
They also noted that the partisanship that began under George W. Bush has continued to expand to 77 points. For Obama it was 67 points and Bush 58 points separated how Republicans and Democrats viewed them.
