Voters back Trump on immigration, even as approval numbers slip

Voter approval of President Donald Trump s immigration policies is running higher than opinions on his overall presidency according to a pair of contemporary polls Trump scored identical overall voter approval ratings of against disapproval in latest surveys by Morning Consult and Economist YouGov both distributed Tuesday While those figures are underwater they are ahead of approval numbers at the same point during his first term Trump began his second term by matching a record-high approval from March but voters soured on his job performance during the the greater part disruptive part of his contract war Morning Consult wrote of their survey of registered voters At a similar point in Trump s first term of voters approved and disapproved of his job performance leaving his net approval rating in the current era higher than it was then they wrote On immigration however the president has the endorsement of voters The president receives his best ratings on immigration and national measure Morning Consult wrote Similarly views on Trump s handling of transaction remain above water approval vs disapproval for the second week in a row following weeks of net negative ratings that also date back to March The Economist YouGov survey of over adults unveiled precisely half disapproved of Trump s work on jobs and the market while indicated approval of his efforts Far more of the survey participants informed they feel the financial market is getting worse than felt it is getting better to with about one-in-five reporting they feel no economic change since the presidential turnover Morning Consult determined voters trust Democratic lawmakers more than their Republican counterparts on selected issues medical care LGBTQ rights abortion social precaution Medicare and Medicaid while they prefer the president s party on matters of immigration and national defense Voters are closely divided and unsure of which party to trust on the economic system capacity the national debt taxes bargain and foreign procedures Morning Consult discovered But Democrats according to Economist YouGov still haven t figured out who they want to lead the party in the wake of their disastrous general referendum performance You could say that former Vice President Kamala Harris has the lead at help but only if you ignore the fact that former President Barack Obama who cannot legally serve another term as commander-in-chief also net advocacy when left-leaning survey participants were appealed who would you prefer to be the leader of the Democratic Party Former Secretary of Transportation Mayor Pete Buttigieg ties with not sure at sponsorship and U S Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez comes in fourth-excepting-Obama at U S Sen Cory Booker and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries each earned while Vermont s independent U S Sen Bernie Sanders and the Bay State s U S Sen Elizabeth Warren net just Just of polled liberals picked former President Joe Biden as their choice for party leader