Disapproval of Donald Trump is
at a new high, support for the Mueller investigation is broad and half of
Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll favor Congress initiating
impeachment proceedings against the president.
Sixty percent in the national survey disapprove of Trump’s
performance in office, numerically the highest of his presidency, albeit by a
single point; that includes 53 percent who disapprove strongly, more than half
for the first time. Thirty-six percent approve, matching his low.
The results come a week after Trump’s former campaign chairman,
Paul Manafort, was convicted of fraud, and his former longtime personal lawyer,
Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight felonies, including illegal campaign
finance actions that he said Trump directed.
Trump’s
average approval rating since taking office is the lowest for any president in
modern polling since the 1940s. One factor: Contrary to his “drain the swamp”
rhetoric, 45 percent say corruption in Washington has increased under Trump,
while just 13 percent say it’s declined.
Suspicions of the president relating to the Mueller investigation
are substantial. Sixty-one percent say that if assertions by Cohen are true,
Trump broke the law. Fifty-three percent also think Trump obstructed special
counsel Robert Mueller’s work.
The
national survey, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates,
finds that half the public supports Congress initiating impeachment proceedings
against Trump, 49-46 percent; support rises to 57 percent among women. And
support for the investigation running its course is broader: Americans overall
back Mueller’s probe by 63-29 percent. Fifty-two percent support it strongly, a
high level of strong sentiment.
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