55 Percent of Americans Approve of Trump's Response to Wuhan Coronavirus in New Poll
It’s good to see bi partisan trust in our government and it’s response to the Chinese import Wuhan virus. The Pence led panel is well informed and reassuring while Trump instills a reasonable optimism to the country. We will get through this.
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The majority of Americans now approve of President Trump's handling of the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll conducted by ABC News/Ipsos .
The poll shows a significant increase in approval for the president with a 12-point uptick from the same round of questions given by the pollster just a week before. Americans surveyed for the poll also reflected a dramatic change in the way they are looking at the virus pandemic, showing that nearly three-quarters of those surveyed feel that the Wuhan Coronavirus has changed their life.
The poll was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, days that saw the most dramatic increase in confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus. The polling also coincided with Trump signing the most comprehensive relief package related to the pandemic to date, including guaranteed free testing, paid sick leave, enhances to unemployment relief, and paid emergency leave.
That bill, the second "phase" of legislation designed to relieve hardships suddenly beset on much of America because of isolation and loss of work, sailed through both chambers of Congress with unprecedented bipartisan support. A third phase of financial stimulus is in the works, a measure Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says will be settled and voted on before lawmakers adjourn. The Kentucky Republican noted, however, social distancing and other protocols would be observed.
"What we'll do is have a 30-minute roll call vote. We want to avoid congregating here in the well," McConnell said . "I would encourage our colleagues to come in and vote and depart the chamber so we don't have gaggles of conversation here on the floor. That's particularly important for our staff here and the front of the chamber, so I would encourage everyone to take full advantage of a full 30-minute roll call vote. Come in and vote, and leave."
The actions by the president and congressional members of both parties have seemingly comforted Americans rattled by the economic free fall and threat of illness looming over the entire country, according to the poll. Notably, the partisan split in approval showed a sharp increase in Democrats with faith in the president with doubled numbers from only 15 percent to 30 percent. Democrats who disapprove of the president decreased from 86 percent to just 69 percent. Meanwhile, the GOP overwhelmingly supports Trump with 92 percent of respondents praising his response to the pandemic.
Trump has largely settled into a rhythm as the crisis continues, giving daily briefings from the White House with the Coronavirus Task Force. The briefings give the president the opportunity to address the nation and provide his typically optimistic outlook for the future of the nation while yielding much of his time to a panel of experts. Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, as well as Surgeon General Jerome Adams and even Vice President Pence have proven to be a reasonable balance to Trump during the briefings.
The ABC/Ipsos poll echoes similar results published by Harris that showed 56 percent of Americans supported the president's efforts during the current crisis. During this time, the president also received shocking praise from one of his primary congressional detractors, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and CNN anchor Dana Bash.
"Politics aside, this is incredible and the right response in this critical time," Omar said in a Wednesday tweet.
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In the past week or 10 days Trump has acted more serious, and there is no doubt that accounts for whatever approval he has above and beyond his 35-40% base.
Unfortunately, there have been many cracks in his "seriousness".
People generally want to believe their national leaders are competent and doing a good job in a crisis. They are giving Trump the benefit of the doubt because that is somewhat human nature in a crisis.
Despite the 24/7 Democratic Party and media frenzy to create panic and turn the situation worse.
Still waiting on what the Democrats would do differently. Guess they want us to grant them all of the power to find out.
You have to elect them to know what's in them..................
Cut it out, Omar.
JR, Trump could tread 6 inches of water and you would still not be satisfied and complain because he did not actually walk on the water! That is the nature of hard core Trump haters.
He should keep his mouth shut and do the right thing. Instead he hosts daily tv shows where he brags about himself and speculates about things he knows nothing about.
He is in over his head and all we can do is hope and pray the virus will be minimized anyway.
I saw the exchange. I didn't have a problem with the question. I think it's a good one. Trump clearly took it as some kind of criticism, but I don't think it was meant that way at all. I would be sad to be wrong.
Yep, pretty much.
Trump waited too long and did too little. He had already trashed the EPA and CDC because his polluting masters told him to and because Obama set them up to protect us.
He can NEVER make up for NOT taking this serious back in January (yes, he closed down to China, but that's ALL he did)
Still held rallies, still went golfing, still blamed democrats and the media for calling it a hoax (not the virus but the seriousness of it)
And for once can this imbecile stop with the ME, ME, look at ME attitude and act with decorum.
And stop LYING
You forgot the big-ass birthday party at Mar a Lago for his son's girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle. What's worse is that he invited foreign dignitaries, so guess who gets the privilege of paying for the party?
Oops, almost forgot about the guests who tested positive for the virus. But all is fine and dandy. According to WH press advisor Stephanie Grisham, Trump had no interaction with the infected individuals. Well...except for this:
and this:
and this:
Since January 22, Donald Trump has been lying to America about COVID-19. He did so even as the number of cases spread, healthcare professionals raised the alarm, and other countries experienced the coronavirus pandemic. Trump didn’t cause this pandemic. What he did was squander America’s only advantage—a lag time during which to prepare for the crisis—and then make encourage the spread of the disease when it might have been contained. He has, in real and material ways, made this crisis worse. To understand the full breadth of what he has done to America, you have to watch as it happened in real time.
Um, nope
Which is more or less everyone but the TDS ridden.