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After carrying the Hawkeye state by 9 points in November, Trump's favorability with Iowa voters is now -7% as per the respected Iowa Poll of the Des Moines Register.
Key finding: He still has support of 82% of Republicans, but is opposed by 86% of Democrats and is underwater by 11% with Independents (50%-39%).
For a basis of comparison, in the 2016 CNN exit poll, Independents favored Trump over Clinton by 13 % (51-38) with Independents representing 35% of all voters, meaning the poll is showing a 24% swing in Independents in the 3 months since the election.
This is the first snapshot taken of one of the Trump swing states from 2016. It doesn't necessarily mean anything at all, but it's interesting to monitor how Independents as a group respond to Trump's actions in the few states that are contestable.
For those of you that doubt the veracity of this poll, their final poll before the election had Trump carrying Iowa by 7%. He won Iowa by 9%.
After carrying the Hawkeye state by 9 points in November, Trump's favorability with Iowa voters is now -7% as per the respected Iowa Poll of the Des Moines Register.
Key finding: He still has support of 82% of Republicans, but is opposed by 86% of Democrats and is underwater by 11% with Independents (50%-39%).
For a basis of comparison, in the 2016 CNN exit poll, Independents favored Trump over Clinton by 13 % (51-38) with Independents representing 35% of all voters, meaning the poll is showing a 24% swing in Independents in the 3 months since the election.
This is the first snapshot taken of one of the Trump swing states from 2016. It doesn't necessarily mean anything at all, but it's interesting to monitor how Independents as a group respond to Trump's actions in the few states that are contestable.
I think it will be very interesting to watch independents and how they react to this presidency. There will be diehard supporters that will show support no matter what - but I think you're going to see a lot of dissatisfaction from those that subscribe to neither party (such as myself).
Oh... the poll will matter to Trump. He will be tweeting about it in the middle of the night accusing pollsters of fake polls.
In addition to his snowflake-ness and inability to take criticism (or anything "negative"), I'll also contend that favorability polls can matter at a certain point. If a President drops low enough, he'll start losing support of people in Congress (because they'll start looking out for themselves during their re-election runs). At which point, a President's ability to fulfill his agenda is severely limited.
Will still bother the POTUS. He is like a man-child.
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