Poll: Majority of Americans Pessimistic or Uncertain About Trump Presidency

[babylonsister]

Poll: Majority of Americans Pessimistic or Uncertain About Trump Presidency

by Carrie Dann

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to be sworn in as the country's commander-in-chief next month, a majority of Americans say they are either uncertain or pessimistic about his presidency, even as the country is sounding a more optimistic tone about the future of the economy and Trump's ability to bring positive change to Washington D.C.

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds 54 percent of adults saying that they are either uncertain (25 percent) or pessimistic and worried (29 percent) about how Trump will perform during his presidency, compared with 45 percent with either an optimistic and confident view (22 percent) or a satisfied and hopeful view (23 percent).

That's a significantly worse outlook than Americans expressed after the elections of both Barack Obama and George W. Bush. A combined 66 percent were either optimistic or hopeful about Obama in January 2009, according to the same poll, while 59 percent were optimistic or hopeful about George W. Bush in January 2001.

The data show the extent to which the nation remains unusually divided even though Election Day is in the rearview mirror, said Democratic pollster Fred Yang of Hart Research Associates, which conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff and his firm Public Opinion Strategies.

"Usually elections settle arguments and the nation comes together, at least in the short term," Yang said. "Today, hard feelings persist on both sides of the partisan divide. It's as if the 2016 campaign has never ended."

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http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-majority-americans-pessimistic-or-uncertain-about-trump-presidency-n697971?cid=sm_fb

[CousinIT]

1. The Trumpanzees know they f*cked up.

Their optimism on the good economy (thanks to Obama) will very soon fade as SHitler destroys it. That won't take long.

Then, the propagandists will convince the Trumpanzees to blame Obama and the Democrats (who have ZERO power ANYWHERE anymore except California, whose economy is booming) for SHitler's economic mess.

[uponit7771]

5. +1

[progressoid]

2. Yeah, where the fuck were you people on election day?

[uponit7771]

3. +1

[Cha]

4. Really wtf

[AmericanActivist]

6. This is true and it makes sense because the majority of Americans don't

support tRump and didn't vote for him. He lost.

[malaise]

7. That cannot be - not after this tweet

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/26/president-elect-donald-trump-claims-credit-for-higher-market-christmas-shopping.html