The 7 most important polling trends of 2017

2017 is almost in the books — and so are another 12 months of public opinion polling.

The calendar year that President Donald Trump spent settling into the White House has been marked by consistently low ratings from a majority of the American public.

But this year also has seen new highs for the economy, growing popularity for Obamacare and widening public opinion gaps ahead of the 2018 midterm elections next year.

Here are the seven most important polling trends from 2017: CONT.

Ryan Struyk, CNN