Presidential Approval, Among Whites

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April 17, 2017

Presidential Approval, Among Whites

					(VOL.)				(VOL.)	(VOL.)
		Approve	Approve strongly	Approve not strongly	DK on strength	Disapprove	Disapprove strongly	Disapprove not so strongly	DK on strength	Don’t know/refused	(N)
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	Unweighted count
TOTAL		50	40	8	2	44	37	6	1	6	1,023
GENDER	Men	56	46	8	2	39	32	7	1	5	570
	Women	45	34	9	2	49	42	6	1	7	453
AGE	18-49	45	33	11	1	49	41	7	1	6	408
	50+	55	47	5	3	39	33	6	1	5	602
DETAILED AGE	18-29	42	30	12	0	51	41	9	1	7	149
	30-49	47	35	11	1	47	41	6	1	6	259
	50-64	58	49	5	4	35	29	6	0	6	313
	65+	51	43	5	3	45	39	5	1	4	289
SEX BY AGE	Men 18-49	50	36	12	1	44	36	7	0	6	243
	Men 50+	62	55	4	3	34	27	6	1	4	322
	Women 18-49	40	30	10	0	54	46	7	1	6	165
	Women 50+	49	38	7	4	44	39	5	0	7	280
EDUCATION	Postgrad	33	26	7	0	64	58	5	1	3	213
	College grad	45	35	8	1	52	45	6	1	4	302
	Some college	47	38	6	2	48	37	10	1	5	263
	High school or less	63	49	11	3	28	24	4	0	9	243
EDUCATION BY SEX	College grad+ men	44	36	7	1	53	45	7	1	4	292
	College grad+ women	36	27	8	1	61	56	5	0	3	223
	Some college or less men	62	51	8	3	32	26	6	0	6	277
	Some college or less women	49	37	9	2	43	36	7	1	8	229
INCOME	$75,000+	51	44	6	1	46	38	7	0	3	449
	$30,000-$74,999	52	41	9	2	42	35	7	0	6	312
	Less than $30,000	47	33	11	3	44	38	4	2	9	189
REGION	Northeast	46	36	9	1	49	40	9	1	4	172
	Midwest	50	38	9	3	42	34	7	1	7	273
	South	59	48	9	2	36	31	6	0	4	349
	West	38	32	4	2	54	49	5	1	7	229
REGISTERED VOTERS	Registered voters	51	42	7	2	45	38	6	1	5	911
	Non-registered	48	28	16	4	39	29	9	1	14	112
PARTY ID	Republican	92	78	9	4	5	3	2	0	3	323
	Democrat	10	6	4	0	86	78	7	1	4	261
	Independent	40	29	10	1	52	42	9	1	8	413
PARTY WITH LEANERS	Rep/Lean Rep	88	72	13	4	8	4	3	0	4	506
	Dem/Lean Dem	8	6	3	0	86	76	9	1	5	460
PARTY WITH LEANERS AND IDEOLOGY	Conservative Rep/Lean Rep	93	79	10	4	4	2	2	0	3	355
	Mod/Lib Rep/Lean Rep	78	58	18	3	17	10	6	1	5	151
	Cons/Mod Dem/Lean Dem	3	2	0	0	95	88	6	1	2	236
	Liberal Dem/Lean Dem	14	9	6	0	77	63	13	2	8	224

GENERATIONS	Millennial (18-36)	44	31	13	0	49	41	7	1	6	254
	Generation X (37-52)	48	38	7	4	45	38	6	0	8	218
	Baby Boomer (53-71)	57	49	6	2	39	32	6	0	4	379
	Silent (72-89)	52	44	4	4	41	36	4	1	6	158

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