Turns Out, Most Americans Do Not Support Trump's Bigoted Policies
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Donald
Trump's response to the attack in Orlando—described as "horrifying,"
"ignorant," and "demagogic"—is not resonating with the majority
of Americans.
A
new CBS News survey released Wednesday found
that only 25 percent of Americans approve of the presumptive Republican
nominee's post-shooting speech, while 51 percent stated that they disapprove.
At
the same time, the New York billionaire's overall unfavorability ratings
continue to climb.
A full 70 percent of Americans perceive Trump unfavorably,
according to a new ABC News/ Washington Post poll (pdf)—ten
points higher than last month and just one point shy of his record negativity
rating. The presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton also reached a new
high for unfavorability, at 55 percent.
"Trump’s
result reverses a boost he received after securing the Republican presidential
nomination, from 37-60 percent favorable-unfavorable in mid-May to 29-70
percent now," the poll states, noting that the bump comes "after a
week in which he took sharp criticismfor suggesting that he was
being treated unfairly by a federal judge because of the judge’s Mexican
heritage."
Following
this weekend's mass shooting at a Florida gay
club, Trump reiterated his call for a ban on Muslims traveling from any nation
with ties to terrorism. According to the CBS poll, the majority of Americans do
not support that proposal.
Sixty-two
percent of voters think the U.S. should not temporarily ban Muslims from
entering the country, while 31 percent think the U.S. should do so.
However,
when broken down along party lines, it is apparent that the hypothetical
discriminatory ban continues to resonate with Republican voters.
While 79
percent of Democrats and 62 percent of independents oppose the ban, 56 percent
of Republicans favor the proposal. Those findings mirror the results of a December
poll (pdf).a December poll (pdf).