Low approval rating masks his support among likely voters
Chris Kahn
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is more popular with likely voters than he is with the general public, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll ...
In October .. 44 percent of 2016 voters said they approved of Trump’s performance in office, compared with 37 percent of the general population. Among Republicans, 82 percent of voters approved of Trump in October, compared with 75 percent of all Republicans ...
... Republican candidates in the 2018 congressional elections who shun the president risk alienating his followers ... At the same time, those who embrace him in the early primary races that choose party candidates risk losing moderate voters in the general election.
"It's very difficult for any Republican candidate to distance themselves from Trump," said Michael McDonald, an expert on voter turnout at the University of Florida ...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-poll/trumps-low-approval-rating-masks-his-support-among-likely-voters-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1D8380
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