Trump’s job approval falls amid racial unrest, while Biden jumps to 14-point lead

Source: Politico | June 8, 2020 | Quint Forgey

The CNN poll reported that only 38 percent of respondents approve of the “way Donald Trump is handling his job as president.”

President Donald Trump’s overall job approval rating dropped 7 percentage points over the past month, according to a survey released Monday that also shows him trailing former Vice President Joe Biden by 14 points ahead of the general election in November.

The CNN poll showed that 38 percent of respondents said they approve of the “way Donald Trump is handling his job as president,” and a majority — 57 percent — indicated that they disapprove.

Trump’s approval rating — his worst in CNN polling since January 2019 — has diminished considerably since May, when 45 percent of Americans said they approved of his job as president. His disapproval among Americans has increased 6 percentage points, from 51 percent in May.

Trump’s electoral fortunes have also apparently faltered over the past several weeks. Among registered voters polled, 41 percent said they would be more likely to cast their ballots for him compared with 55 percent of voters who said they prefer Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

In CNN’s previous May poll, the gap between the two major-party candidates was smaller, with 46 percent of registered voters favoring Trump and 51 percent backing Biden.

Trump rejected the results of the latest survey in a tweet Monday morning, writing: “CNN Polls are as Fake as their Reporting. Same numbers, and worse, against Crooked Hillary. The Dems would destroy America!”

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