… Halfway through his first term, Trump has engraved extraordinarily deep — and stable — lines of division in the public about his priorities, policies and personality. Though cheered by a passionate and seemingly immovable base of supporters, he has become the first president in the history of modern polling never to attract positive job approval ratings from at least half the country during his first two years. Rather than seeking to expand his support, Trump has focused almost all of his agenda and messaging on reinforcing and energizing the minority of voters deeply attached to him — a priority evident in his unrelenting focus on a border wall that most Americans consistently oppose in polls.
The result is a political landscape that looks as frozen as Lake Michigan during last week’s arctic blast. CONT.
Ronald Brownstein, CNN
Recent polls: President Trump