The SSRS Opinion Panel survey of 1,209 adults from across the U.S. was conducted between January 9-12. Trump's approval rating landed at a soft 39%, with 61% of respondents disapproving. The result, however, was an improvement from the last survey in late October, which had a 37% to 63% approval-to-disapproval split. The October result was his highest disapproval in the history of the poll, dating back to January 2017 just surpassing the post-January 6, 2021, number of 62%.
In the wake of the broad-daylight murder of Renee Good by a deputized federal officer in Minneapolis, there have been some increasingly loud cries to eliminate ICE, both from elected officials and from the public at large. From Forbes: The poll published January 13 from The Economist and YouGov found 46 percent of people support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, compared to 43 percent who are in opposition of the movement; 12 percent were unsure.
The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted after Democrats' recent victories in off-year elections but before Congress took major steps to try to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history. It shows that only 33% of U.S. adults approve of the way the Republican president is managing the government, down from 43% in an AP-NORC poll from March.
A large majority of Germans are keen to see their country host the Olympic Games again, according to a survey published on Tuesday. The polling was conducted as the German Olympic Sports Confederation seeks to whittle down four candidates to be the venue for Germany's first Summer Olympics in more than five decades. How much does Germany want the Olympics? In a Forsa poll for the news magazine "Stern," 72% said they would welcome a Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Germany for either 2036, 2040 or 2044. Only 22% opposed the idea, while 6% gave no opinion.
"Democrats are taking on water. And we have a higher pain tolerance," a senior administration official told Axios. In his first term, President Trump was highly sensitive to being blamed for a shutdown, and there has been an undercurrent of bipartisan belief that he will try to get a deal from Democrats this time. But so far, Trump has displayed none of the concerns or worry he had in 2018-2019, during the longest shutdown of 35 days.
This continues despite non-stop nonsensical attacks from elected officials in the Trump Administration and here in California that have somehow escalated in the past six months. 62% of California voters, including 80% of Democrats, support building the project. The poll also breaks down approval by age, showing that as voters get younger they are more likely to support the project. 79% of Gen Zers, 72% of Millennials, 56% of Gen Xers, and 48% of Baby Boomers want to see the rail line built.
