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His current numbers are only just above the low point of December 2017
ANYONE wondering how long it takes Americans to digest the news that their president has been implicated in a conspiracy to commit federal campaign-finance violations now has an answer: about two weeks. In late August Michael Cohen, Mr Trump’s longtime fixer, pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges, directly implicating the president in several. Since Mr Cohen filed his guilty plea and Paul Manafort, Mr Trump’s former campaign chairman, was convicted on eight counts of tax and bank fraud, Mr Trump’s approval rating has sunk to its lowest level since April 2018. Mr Trump’s handling of Senator John McCain’s death may also be contributing to the slump in support; the president played golf last weekend while the nation mourned the loss of Mr McCain. Though it is hard to be sure, this looks like a case of the (not-fake) news cycle doing its work.
According to The Economist’s weekly survey of 1,500 Americans by YouGov, a polling firm, 53% of voters disapprove of the president’s job performance while 38% approve, just two points above his all-time low in December. Other pollsters have found similar numbers: a survey released by Emerson College pegs the president’s support at 38%, while polls from ABC News and Investors Business Daily both find a modestly lower 36%. What is more, the share of voters who say they “strongly disapprove” of Mr Trump has increased by five points, from 37% to 42%, over the past few weeks. These numbers approach an all-time low for Mr Trump, when he polled consistently around 36% in our survey.
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