Trump Surges to Best Approval Rating Ever in New AP Poll
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President Trump is more popular than ever, at least according to one new poll released on Wednesday, with his approval rating jumping 5 points in the last month — an increase that coincides with his administration’s crime crackdown in Washington, D.C..
The poll results, from the The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, shows the president has a 45% approval rating nationwide. That is the best approval rating Trump has received from the AP-NORC poll in either his first or second term.
Trump’s handling of crime received a thumbs up from 53% of Americans who were polled; a whopping 88% of Republicans said they approved of the commander-in-chief’s approach to crime, while only 16% of Democrats said they liked what Trump is doing.
Some other key points on crime: 55% of respondents said it is “acceptable for the U.S. military and National Guard to assist local police in large cities,” according to the AP-NORC, but only one-third of Americans said they would support the federal government taking over police departments in American cities. The nationwide poll also found 80% of Americans believe crime is a major problem in big cities.
Trump also received his best approval rating ever on several other issues, including immigration (44%), the economy (43%), and the Ukraine war (42%).
The new poll comes after the president recently deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C. in an effort to thwart crime. On Tuesday, the first murder in Washington, D.C. in 13 days was reported. Vice President JD Vance, a day earlier, said the capital typically averaged one murder every other day, before commending the president on saving 6-7 lives since deploying the National Guard.
Trump, during a marathon 3 hour and 17 minute Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, said he was going to bring the death penalty back to D.C., where it has been abolished since 1981.
The AP-NORC poll was conducted between August 21-25 and is based on 1,182 respondents nationwide.
