Trump’s base is officially crumbling

8/8/17
 
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from The Washington Post,
8/7/17:

The one thing President Trump has had, through thick and thin, is his base. And amid signs that it was beginning to waver, Trump assured us Monday that it was “stronger than ever.”

Then came more polls that drive home how untrue that is.

A CNN poll and an Investor’s Business Daily poll, both released late Monday, show somewhat different pictures of Trump’s overall approval. The CNN poll pegs it at 38 percent — around where it has been in other polling for a while — while the IBD poll shows it at a painfully low 32 percent. That’s the lowest of any high-quality poll in Trump’s entire presidency.

But both polls actually reinforce the idea that Trump’s support among the base is in decline.

The IBD poll shows Trump’s decline even more acutely, with 71 percent of Republicans approving of him. That’s down from 83 percent just a month ago.

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