Trump job approval up 7 points after shutdown: Gallup

2/13/19
 
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from The Hill,
2/13/19:

President Trump’s approval rating rose 7 percentage points after the end of the recent 35-day partial government shutdown, a Gallup poll released early Wednesday showed.

The survey found that the president’s approval rating jumped from 37 percent in mid-January during the heart of the shutdown to 44 percent in early February after he agreed to reopen the government.

The increase is largely attributable to more positive remarks among independents, pollsters found. That group’s approval of Trump rose 6 percentage points from the January poll to the February poll, Gallup said.

Trump also benefited from an increase in those respondents identifying as Republican, Gallup said. Eighty-nine percent of GOP respondents approve of the president, compared to just 5 percent of Democrats, Wednesday’s poll found.

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