Since January, public’s confidence in Trump to handle international crisis, and economy ticks up

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Trump Viewed Less Negatively on Issues, but Most Americans Are Critical of His Conduct

Since January, public’s confidence in Trump to handle international crisis, and economy ticks up

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Trump Viewed Less Negatively on Issues, but Most Americans Are Critical of His Conduct
Public views of Trump’s issue positions improve; critiques of conduct remain
Most rate top Trump administration officials’ ethics as ‘not good’ or ‘poor’
Public’s confidence in Trump to handle several policy areas mixed
More Republicans agree with Trump on many or all issues than did so last year
Many in GOP have ‘mixed feelings’ about Trump’s conduct as president
Ratings for Trump officials’ ethical standards trail past administrations
On ethics, most rate top administration officials as ‘poor’ or ‘not good’
Wide gender gap in approval of Trump
More view GOP as ‘too extreme’ than say this about Democratic Party
Nearly a third of college graduates say neither party has ‘high ethical standards’
Young people far less likely than older adults to follow news about midterms
Divisions in congressional vote preferences by gender, race, education

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