The majority of Americans who tuned in or followed news coverage of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night thought that the president hit the right notes, according to the results of an NBC News/Survey Monkey poll released Thursday. CONT. Dartunorro Clark & Stephanie Perry, NBC News Read more »
Americans’ Take on 8 Themes in Trump’s State of the Union
President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address Tuesday night. Here is a look at the public opinion context for eight themes that Trump emphasized in his speech: CONT. Megan Brenan, Frank Newport & Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
#SOTU 2018: Outside the DC Twitter Bubble, Bipartisanship Eludes, Immigration Dominates
Using GSG’s social media listening platform Viewfinder, we looked at the Twitter conversation around President Trump’s first State of the Union address. … Our top takeaways: President Trump’s speech was touted as a call for bipartisanship. But if he called, no one listened. President Trump’s focus on immigration drowned out […] Read more »
Swing voters rate Trump’s State of Union speech ‘on the plus side of mediocre’
President Trump’s first State of the Union address did little to change the hearts and minds of a group of swing voters who liked his call for more vocational education and paid family leave but rated the speech overall as not terribly convincing. “He looked presidential, he said all the […] Read more »
The state of Trump and the Union
President Trump and Co. are hoping to “reset” his beleaguered presidency with this week’s State of the Union address. History suggests it won’t happen. Rarely have State of the Union speeches had significant or lasting impact on presidents’ approval rating. Moreover, President Trump faces obstacles other presidents have not. CONT. […] Read more »
CNN Instant poll: Trump gets least positive reaction in at least 20 years
Almost half of Americans who watched President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address — 48% — say they had a “very positive” impression of the speech, down from 57% of speech-watchers after his first address to match Barack Obama’s rating after his first State of the Union address, […] Read more »