This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone January 12-15, 2017, among a random national sample of 1,005 adults, including landline and cell phone respondents. Results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by Abt-SRBI of New York. *= less than 0.5 percent (Full methodological details and sampling error margins for subgroups appended at the end.) 1. Do you think things in this country (are generally going in the right direction) or do you feel things (have gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track)? 1/15/17 7/14/16 1/24/16 7/19/15 1/15/15 10/26/14 10/12/14 9/7/14 4/27/14 1/23/14 11/17/13 10/20/13 7/21/13 5/19/13 1/13/13 10/31/12 10/13/12 9/29/12 8/25/12 7/8/12 4/8/12 1/15/12 11/3/11 9/1/11 6/5/11 1/16/11 12/12/10 10/28/10 6/6/10 3/26/10 1/15/10 11/15/09 10/18/09 8/17/09 6/21/09 4/24/09 3/29/09 2/22/09 1/16/09 12/14/08 10/25/08 10/11/08 9/22/08 8/22/08 6/15/08 5/11/08 1/12/08 LV RV RV RV RV LV RV RV Right direction 29 28 36 31 39 28 29 31 30 35 27 28 36 39 39 43 42 38 29 33 33 30 22 20 32 38 31 27 37 38 37 44 44 44 47 50 42 31 19 15 13 8 14 19 14 16 21 Wrong track 63 68 60 65 56 68 66 65 66 62 70 68 60 57 57 55 56 60 69 63 64 68 74 77 66 60 67 71 60 60 62 55 54 55 50 48 57 67 78 82 85 90 83 78 84 82 77 No opinion 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 2 3 4 4 4 5 2 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 11/1/07 6/1/07 1/19/07 11/4/06 10/22/06 10/8/06 5/15/06 11/2/05 10/24/04 4/18/04 4/30/03 9/26/02 2/21/02 2/14/99 11/1/98 9/13/98* 8/21/98 7/12/98 4/4/98 1/31/98 1/30/98 1/19/98 8/27/97 6/8/97 3/9/97 10/17/96 10/16/96 10/15/96 10/14/96 10/13/96 9/04/96 8/21/96 6/30/96 3/17/96 1/21/96 1/3/96 4/5/95 1/4/95 10/31/94 7/20/94 3/27/94 1/23/94 11/14/93 8/8/93 6/20/93 4/26/93 3/11/93 2/28/93 1/17/93 12/14/92 10/27/92 10/4/92 6/7/92 4/9/92 3/11/92 1/15/92 11/10/91 10/29/91 8/27/91 7/28/91 6/2/91 4/9/91 2/26/91 RV LV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 25 26 39 30 32 29 30 41 42 52 43 54 55 55 51 57 50 55 61 61 44 39 37 34 40 42 43 44 44 40 28 26 27 27 21 23 27 27 26 28 31 25 26 26 27 36 37 31 35 22 18 14 16 18 19 24 26 31 30 39 42 58 74 73 71 59 68 66 69 68 55 57 46 53 42 41 43 45 40 45 41 34 34 50 57 60 62 55 53 52 51 51 54 67 70 70 66 77 73 68 69 70 69 60 69 71 71 71 57 59 63 60 76 78 83 81 79 78 72 71 60 67 57 51 39 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 4 4 4 2 3 4 6 4 5 5 6 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 6 3 3 6 4 4 3 10 6 3 3 2 7 4 6 5 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 9 3 4 7 3 1/27/91 49 10/14/90 19 9/9/90 36 8/20/90 35 7/24/90 37 5/21/90 39 3/26/90 44 2/4/90 49 1/16/90 48 5/23/89 42 3/16/89 46 1/16/89 LV 51 10/25/88 LV 49 9/27/88 48 7/11/88 40 5/25/88 35 3/21/88 40 1/23/88 39 12/13/87 49 12/2/87 35 9/23/87 43 6/29/87 35 4/13/87 37 3/9/87 38 1/18/87 39 9/8/86 50 1/26/86 45 7/29/85 52 1/16/85 59 5/22/84 47 12/13/83 43 11/7/83 51 4/12/83 41 3/2/83 43 10/11/82 35 1/30/82 39 2/80** 20 2/78 34 2/77 41 10/75 19 10/74 15 10/73 16 *Washington Post **2/80 and previous: Roper 48 79 60 60 60 60 53 48 49 55 52 46 46 44 56 59 56 59 47 61 54 62 60 58 56 48 47 43 36 48 51 44 54 53 57 56 70 53 44 71 75 74 4 2 4 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 6 8 4 6 4 2 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 2 8 6 4 5 6 5 4 3 8 5 10 13 14 9 11 10 2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama has handled his job as president? 1/15/17 11/14/16* 9/22/16 9/8/16 8/4/16 7/14/16 6/23/16 5/19/16 3/6/16 1/24/16 12/13/15 11/19/15 -------- Approve -------NET Strongly Somewhat 60 42 19 56 37 19 55 34 21 58 34 24 55 34 22 56 33 24 56 34 21 51 30 21 51 31 20 50 31 18 45 24 22 46 24 22 ------- Disapprove -----NET Somewhat Strongly 38 11 27 40 12 28 41 9 32 40 9 30 42 10 32 42 9 33 41 8 33 46 11 35 43 11 33 46 11 36 51 12 39 50 10 40 No opinion 2 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 6 4 3 4 10/18/15 9/10/15 7/19/15 5/31/15 3/29/15 1/15/15 12/14/14 10/26/14 10/12/14 9/7/14 6/1/14 4/27/14 3/2/14 1/23/14 12/15/13 11/17/13 10/20/13 9/15/13 7/21/13 5/19/13 4/14/13 3/10/13 1/13/13 12/16/12 11/4/12 11/3/12 11/2/12 11/1/12 10/31/12 10/30/12 10/29/12 10/28/12 10/27/12 10/26/12 10/25/12 10/24/12 10/23/12 10/22/12 10/21/12 10/13/12 9/29/12 9/9/12 8/25/12 7/8/12 5/20/12 4/8/12 3/10/12 2/4/12 1/15/12 12/18/11 11/3/11 10/2/11 9/1/11 8/9/11* 7/17/11 6/5/11 5/2/11** 4/17/11 3/13/11 1/16/11 12/12/10 10/28/10 10/3/10 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 51 49 45 45 47 50 41 43 40 42 46 41 46 46 43 42 48 47 49 51 50 50 55 54 52 51 51 50 50 50 50 51 50 51 50 50 50 50 51 50 50 49 50 47 47 50 46 50 48 49 44 42 43 44 47 47 56 47 51 54 49 50 50 28 27 26 22 26 24 21 21 20 24 23 23 25 23 23 22 28 25 25 32 27 29 32 33 33 33 32 31 30 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 30 31 30 26 29 27 24 26 30 28 29 25 25 22 21 21 18 25 27 29 27 27 30 24 27 26 23 22 20 23 21 26 20 22 20 18 23 19 22 23 20 21 20 22 24 20 23 21 23 21 10 10 11 11 11 12 11 11 11 10 9 10 21 20 20 21 24 20 23 24 21 20 18 22 23 24 22 21 22 26 22 20 27 21 24 23 25 23 24 45 46 50 49 47 44 54 51 51 51 51 52 50 50 55 55 49 47 44 44 45 46 41 42 46 47 47 48 48 48 48 46 46 46 47 48 47 47 47 44 46 45 46 49 49 45 50 46 48 47 53 54 53 46 48 49 38 50 45 43 47 45 47 10 9 13 11 11 9 13 12 12 12 14 12 12 9 14 11 10 11 12 10 10 11 8 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 11 11 11 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 12 11 13 15 13 10 11 11 11 13 15 14 16 9 14 13 14 12 12 15 15 11 13 35 37 37 38 36 35 41 39 39 39 37 40 38 41 41 44 39 37 32 33 35 36 33 32 36 37 36 37 37 37 36 36 36 36 37 38 37 38 37 34 34 35 33 34 36 35 39 36 37 34 37 40 38 37 35 37 24 37 33 28 32 34 34 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 8 6 3 6 3 4 3 3 3 6 7 5 5 4 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 6 4 6 4 4 3 6 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 10 5 4 6 3 4 3 4 5 3 9/2/10 46 24 22 52 14 38 3 7/11/10 50 28 22 47 12 35 3 6/6/10 52 30 22 45 12 33 4 4/25/10 54 31 23 44 11 33 3 3/26/10 53 34 20 43 8 35 3 2/8/10 51 29 22 46 12 33 3 1/15/10 53 30 24 44 13 32 2 12/13/09 50 31 18 46 13 33 4 11/15/09 56 32 23 42 13 29 2 10/18/09 57 33 23 40 11 29 3 9/12/09 54 35 19 43 12 31 3 8/17/09 57 35 21 40 11 29 3 7/18/09 59 38 22 37 9 28 4 6/21/09 65 36 29 31 10 22 4 4/24/09 69 42 27 26 8 18 4 3/29/09 66 40 26 29 9 20 5 2/22/09 68 43 25 25 8 17 7 *Washington Post; 11/14/16 and previous: “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job as president?” **Washington Post/Pew Research Center 3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Obama has handled [ITEM]? 1/15/17 – Summary Table a. The economy b. The threat of terrorism c. Health care ------- Approve -----NET Strongly Smwht 61 41 20 53 31 22 52 35 17 ----- Disapprove ----NET Smwht Strongly 38 13 25 42 10 31 45 9 36 Trend: a. The economy 1/15/17 6/23/16* 1/24/16 12/13/15 11/19/15 9/10/15 7/19/15 5/31/15 3/29/15 1/15/15 12/14/14 10/26/14 10/12/14 9/7/14 6/1/14 4/27/14 3/2/14 1/23/14 12/15/13 11/17/13 10/20/13 9/15/13 7/21/13 5/19/13 4/14/13 -------- Approve -------NET Strongly Somewhat 61 41 20 55 34 21 50 32 17 48 26 22 48 24 24 49 26 22 47 25 22 47 25 23 49 29 20 48 26 21 44 24 20 42 21 20 44 25 19 42 22 19 43 21 21 42 20 21 43 23 20 43 22 21 42 24 18 41 22 20 44 23 20 45 25 20 45 22 22 48 26 22 44 22 22 ------- Disapprove -----NET Somewhat Strongly 38 13 25 42 10 32 46 13 33 48 14 34 48 14 34 47 11 36 48 13 35 48 14 34 46 12 34 48 10 38 52 14 38 52 14 38 51 12 39 54 15 39 53 15 38 54 13 41 54 14 41 55 13 42 55 14 40 57 14 42 54 12 42 51 14 37 49 14 35 48 10 37 53 12 41 No opinion 1 2 4 3 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 7 4 5 4 4 2 3 4 2 2 4 6 4 3 No op. 1 5 3 3/10/13 44 24 20 1/13/13 50 24 25 12/16/12 50 27 23 10/13/12 RV 47 26 21 9/29/12 RV 47 23 25 9/9/12 RV 45 24 21 8/25/12 44 20 23 7/8/12 44 21 23 5/20/12 42 20 22 4/8/12 44 23 21 3/10/12 38 20 18 2/4/12 44 23 22 1/15/12 41 19 22 12/18/11 41 17 24 11/3/11 38 18 20 10/2/11 35 17 19 9/1/11 36 15 21 7/17/11 39 18 22 6/5/11 40 20 20 5/2/11** 40 18 22 4/17/11 42 23 19 3/13/11 43 22 21 1/16/11 46 22 24 12/12/10 43 21 22 10/28/10 RV 44 21 23 10/3/10 45 22 23 9/2/10 41 20 21 7/11/10 43 20 23 6/6/10 50 26 24 4/25/10 49 24 25 3/26/10 45 23 22 2/8/10 45 22 23 1/15/10 47 22 24 12/13/09 46 23 24 11/15/09 51 26 25 10/18/09 50 29 22 9/12/09 51 28 24 8/17/09 52 27 25 7/18/09 52 29 23 6/21/09 56 28 28 4/24/09 58 31 28 3/29/09 60 34 25 2/22/09 60 NA NA *6/23/16 and previous: “Do you approve or economy?” **Washington Post/Pew Research Center 52 10 42 47 10 37 48 10 38 51 10 41 52 10 41 53 8 45 54 12 42 54 13 41 55 11 44 54 12 42 59 9 50 53 11 41 57 11 46 56 13 43 61 13 48 61 13 48 62 15 47 57 15 43 59 10 49 55 16 39 57 11 46 55 13 41 51 13 38 54 15 39 54 15 39 53 13 41 57 13 44 54 13 41 49 12 37 49 10 39 52 12 40 53 15 38 52 13 39 52 12 40 47 12 36 48 13 35 46 13 33 46 13 33 46 10 35 41 13 27 38 13 25 38 12 26 34 NA NA disapprove of the way Obama is 4 3 3 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 6 handling the b. The threat of terrorism 1/15/17 6/23/16* 1/24/16 12/13/15 11/19/15 1/15/15 12/14/14 10/12/14 1/23/14 1/15/12 11/3/11 9/1/11 -------- Approve -------NET Strongly Somewhat 53 31 22 50 27 23 45 23 22 43 19 23 40 21 19 47 22 25 43 21 22 42 21 21 50 29 21 56 36 20 60 37 23 62 33 29 ------- Disapprove -----NET Somewhat Strongly 42 10 31 45 9 36 48 10 38 53 9 44 54 11 43 45 14 31 48 14 34 50 15 35 42 14 28 38 10 28 34 12 22 32 12 21 No opinion 5 5 7 4 6 8 9 8 8 6 6 6 6/5/11 60 35 25 34 13 21 5/2/11** 69 42 27 21 9 12 2/8/10 56 28 28 39 14 25 1/15/10 55 31 23 42 14 28 11/15/09 53 31 22 41 14 27 9/12/09 55 31 24 34 12 23 6/21/09 57 NA NA 36 NA NA 4/21/09*** 57 " " 26 " " *6/23 and previous: “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Obama is threat of terrorism?” **Washington Post-Pew Research Center ***Pew Research Center 6 10 5 4 6 11 7 17 handling the c. Health care -------- Approve -------------- Disapprove -----No NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opinion 1/15/17 52 35 17 45 9 36 3 7/8/12* 41 25 16 52 11 41 7 1/16/11 43 26 18 52 11 41 5 7/11/10 45 27 19 50 10 40 5 4/25/10 49 29 20 49 9 40 1 3/26/10 48 33 15 49 6 43 3 2/8/10 43 24 19 53 11 43 3 1/15/10 44 24 21 52 9 43 4 12/13/09 44 27 18 53 10 43 3 11/15/09 47 28 19 49 8 41 3 10/18/09 48 30 18 48 10 38 4 9/12/09 48 32 15 48 10 38 4 8/17/09 46 27 19 50 8 42 5 7/18/09 49 25 24 44 11 33 7 6/21/09 53 27 26 39 10 29 9 4/24/09 57 NA NA 29 NA NA 13 *7/8/12 and previous: “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Obama is handling health care?” 4. How do you think Barack Obama will go down in history - as an outstanding president, above average, average, below average, or poor? 1/15/17 --- Above average ----NET Outstanding Above 51 26 25 G.W. Bush: 1/16/09 16 Avg. 25 --- Below average -NET Below Poor 24 10 14 No opinion 1 4 11 26 58 22 36 * 47 15 32 30 22 11 11 1 G.H.W. Bush: 1/11/93* 36 *Gallup. 6 30 51 12 8 4 1 Clinton: 1/7/01 Compare to (4-point scale with “average” volunteered): --- Above average ----NET Outstanding Above G.H.W. Bush: 1/17/93 43 12/14/92 41 5 6 38 35 Avg. (vol.) 33 27 --- Below average -NET Below Poor 22 30 17 19 5 11 No opinion 1 2 Reagan:* 1/16/89 63 18 45 21 16 10 6 1 Carter:* 12/80 14 3 11 37 46 31 15 3 Ford:* 12/76 25 5 20 50 20 15 5 3 5. Would you describe the state of the nation's economy these days as excellent, good, not so good or poor? 1/15/17 3/29/15 1/15/15 10/26/14 9/7/14 4/27/14 3/2/14 10/20/13 9/29/12 RV 8/25/12 8/5/12* 5/20/12 2/4/12 11/3/11 7/17/11 6/5/11 1/16/11 10/28/10 10/3/10 9/2/10 7/11/10 6/6/10 1/16/09 9/22/08 4/13/08 2/1/08 12/9/07 11/1/07 4/15/07 12/11/06 10/22/06 10/8/06 3/5/06 1/26/06 12/18/05 11/2/05 9/11/05 6/5/05 4/24/05 9/26/04 RV 8/29/04 RV 7/25/04 6/20/04 4/18/04 3/7/04 1/18/04 12/21/03 10/29/03 ------ Positive -----NET Excellent Good 51 6 45 40 2 38 41 3 39 27 1 26 30 1 29 29 1 27 27 2 26 24 2 23 18 2 16 15 1 14 13 1 12 17 1 16 11 * 11 10 1 9 10 1 9 11 1 10 13 1 12 9 * 9 9 1 8 8 * 7 10 1 9 12 * 11 5 1 5 9 * 9 10 1 9 19 1 18 28 3 25 35 3 32 42 5 37 50 7 42 55 10 45 47 7 40 43 5 38 40 5 35 45 5 39 35 3 32 40 3 37 44 3 40 37 2 35 46 3 43 45 3 41 46 4 42 45 4 41 43 4 39 39 2 37 42 3 39 42 4 39 33 1 32 ------- Negative ------NET Not so good Poor 48 35 14 59 40 19 58 40 18 72 44 28 69 42 27 71 40 31 72 44 28 75 45 30 81 42 39 84 39 45 87 42 44 83 47 36 89 46 42 89 43 47 90 40 50 89 46 44 87 45 41 90 41 49 90 40 50 92 40 53 90 44 46 88 43 45 94 32 62 91 34 57 90 39 51 81 43 38 72 40 32 64 39 26 57 37 20 50 36 14 45 28 17 53 37 16 57 37 19 60 37 23 55 38 17 65 36 29 59 37 22 56 38 19 63 44 20 53 38 15 55 37 18 53 39 14 55 38 17 57 39 18 60 38 22 58 42 16 57 41 16 67 45 23 No opinion 1 1 1 1 1 1 * 1 * 1 * * * * * * * 1 * 0 0 0 * * * 0 * * * * * * * * * * 1 * * 1 * * * * 1 0 1 * 9/13/03 30 2 27 70 8/11/03 32 2 30 68 4/30/03 35 1 34 64 2/9/03 28 1 27 72 1/20/03 25 1 25 74 12/15/02 35 1 33 65 11/4/02 LV 28 1 27 72 11/3/02 LV 27 1 26 72 11/2/02 LV 29 1 28 71 9/26/02 31 2 28 69 7/15/02 39 3 36 61 2/21/02 30 1 29 69 1/27/02 31 1 29 69 9/20/01 38 3 35 60 9/9/01 33 1 32 66 7/30/01 50 3 46 50 4/22/01 50 3 47 50 1/15/01 70 10 59 29 10/27/00 LV 86 24 61 14 10/26/00 LV 86 24 61 14 6/11/00 74 17 57 26 2/27/00 80 25 55 20 10/31/99 74 18 56 26 9/2/99 76 19 57 23 3/14/99 80 22 58 19 11/1/98 73 12 61 26 11/1/98 LV 78 13 65 22 10/13/97 61 12 49 39 *Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation 45 43 46 49 48 44 55 56 54 50 44 51 50 47 47 39 40 24 11 11 19 14 18 16 15 21 19 27 25 25 19 23 26 21 17 17 17 19 17 18 19 14 19 12 9 6 3 3 6 5 7 6 4 5 3 11 * * * * 1 1 1 1 * * 1 * * 2 * * * 1 * * * * 1 1 1 1 * * 6. Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of [ITEM]? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat? 1/15/17 - Summary Table a. Barack Obama b. Donald Trump ------- Favorable ------NET Strongly Somewhat 61 43 18 40 19 21 ------ Unfavorable -----NET Somewhat Strongly 36 12 24 54 14 41 Trend: a. Barack Obama 1/15/17 10/26/14 1/23/14 11/17/13 10/20/13 6/23/13 3/24/13 1/27/13 11/2/12 LV 10/21/12 LV 10/7/12 9/9/12 9/2/12 8/26/12 8/5/12 5/27/12 ------- Favorable ------NET Strongly Somewhat 61 43 18 44 24 20 49 29 20 46 30 16 50 31 19 53 31 22 57 34 23 60 39 21 54 38 16 52 37 15 56 32 24 54 34 21 51 29 22 50 27 24 53 29 24 52 29 23 ------ Unfavorable -----NET Somewhat Strongly 36 12 24 50 14 36 50 13 37 52 11 41 48 11 37 44 11 33 41 11 30 37 11 26 45 11 34 46 10 36 42 11 31 42 13 29 45 14 31 44 14 29 43 12 31 45 14 31 No opinion 4 6 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 4 4 6 4 3 No opinion 3 6 4/15/12 3/25/12 2/26/12 1/22/12 12/11/11 9/18/11 4/17/11 4/25/10 1/15/10 11/15/09 9/12/09 4/24/09 1/16/09 11/2/08 10/23/08 10/11/08 9/7/08 8/22/08 6/15/08 4/13/08 1/10/08 11/1/07 2/25/07 1/19/07 12/11/06 LV LV RV RV RV 56 53 51 53 48 47 52 57 58 61 63 72 79 63 63 64 58 62 63 56 63 51 53 45 44 30 31 26 27 23 22 33 37 38 39 40 46 50 47 47 44 35 37 35 28 31 21 21 NA 21 26 23 25 25 25 25 20 21 20 21 23 26 29 16 16 20 23 25 28 28 32 30 33 NA 22 40 43 45 43 49 46 45 41 40 38 35 26 18 33 34 33 36 34 33 39 30 36 30 29 23 14 15 13 14 16 15 13 12 13 11 12 11 9 7 7 12 12 13 12 14 14 16 16 NA 17 26 28 32 29 33 31 32 29 27 27 24 15 9 26 27 21 24 21 21 25 16 20 14 NA 6 5 3 3 4 3 7 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 7 4 4 5 7 13 16 25 33 b. Donald Trump ------- Favorable ------------ Unfavorable -----No NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opinion 1/15/17 40 19 21 54 14 41 6 11/5/16 LV 38 21 17 60 10 50 3 10/29/16 RV 37 19 18 59 11 47 4 10/13/16 31 17 14 66 11 54 4 9/30/16 34 18 17 64 13 51 2 9/22/16 35 18 17 59 14 45 6 8/28/16 35 16 18 63 16 47 3 8/4/16 34 16 18 63 11 52 3 7/14/16 31 15 16 64 13 52 4 6/12/16 29 15 14 70 14 56 1 5/19/16 37 18 19 60 11 49 3 4/10/16 31 14 17 67 14 53 2 3/6/16 30 15 14 67 11 56 3 1/10/16 35 17 18 62 14 48 3 11/8/15 38 16 23 59 13 46 3 9/27/15 35 14 21 60 19 41 5 8/30/15 37 16 21 59 16 43 4 7/12/15 33 14 19 61 16 45 6 5/31/15 16 7 9 71 16 55 13 12/18/11 40 12 29 48 21 27 12 1/16/00* 20 NA NA 70 NA NA 11 10/31/99* 18 " " 70 " " 12 *"Regardless of how you might vote, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Donald Trump, or perhaps you don't know enough to say." Thinking about the 2016 presidential election… 7. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Trump has handled the presidential transition? Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat? 1/15/17 -------- Approve -------NET Strongly Somewhat 40 20 20 ------- Disapprove -----NET Somewhat Strongly 54 13 41 No opinion 6 Compare to: Obama: 1/16/09 12/14/08* 11/23/08 80 76 67 46 46 41 34 30 26 15 15 18 7 5 8 8 9 10 5 9 15 W. Bush: 1/15/01* 72 NA NA 21 NA NA 6 Clinton: 1/17/93 12/14/92* 11/20/92** 81 72 62 13 13 14 H.W. Bush: 1/16/89*** 82 " " 12 *"is handling" **Newsweek ***”has handled himself since the election” 6 15 24 " " 6 8. Do you think Donald Trump is qualified to serve as president, or not? ------- Qualified ----------NET Strongly Somewhat NET 1/15/17 44 NA NA 52 10/13/16 RV 39 58 9/22/16 41 57 9/8/16 36 " " 62 8/4/16 38 20 18 61 7/14/16 37 18 19 60 6/23/16 34 18 16 64 5/19/16 39 NA NA 58 9/10/15 37 NA NA 60 *8/4/16 and previous: “Regardless of whether or Donald Trump is or is not qualified to serve as strongly or somewhat?” Not qualified ----Somewhat Strongly NA NA No opinion 4 3 3 " " 2 8 52 2 9 51 3 8 56 2 NA NA 3 NA NA 2 not you’d vote for him, do you think president? Do you feel that way Compare to: Regardless of who you support, please tell me if you think Bill Clinton/George Bush is basically qualified or not qualified to be president, or if, perhaps you don’t know enough about him to say. Qualified Not qualified No opinion 7/8/92 Bill Clinton 55 27 18 6/7/92 Bill Clinton 47 31 22 7/8/92 George H.W. Bush 74 22 3 6/7/92 George H.W. Bush 72 25 3 3/21/88*** George H.W. Bush 80 14 5 9/23/87 George H.W. Bush 80 12 8 6/1/87 George H.W. Bush 71 21 8 ** 3/21/88 and prior: “Please tell me if you think George Bush is basically qualified or not qualified to be president of the United States, or if, perhaps you don’t know enough about that person to say.” 9. Compared with the usual amount of stress in your life, would you say Trump’s election as president has (increased) your usual stress, (decreased) it, or made no difference? (IF INCREASED) Would you say it has increased your usual amount of stress a great deal or somewhat? ------ Increased ----- 1/15/17 NET 35 Great deal 20 Somewhat 15 No difference 52 Decreased 12 No usual stress (vol.) * No opinion * 10. How much confidence do you have in Trump to make the right decisions for the country's future – a great deal of confidence, a good amount, just some or none at all? 1/15/17 -- More confident -Great Good NET deal amount 38 15 23 -- Less confident Just None NET some at all 61 27 34 No opinion 1 -- Less confident Just None NET some at all 63 28 35 57 28 29 53 26 27 50 27 24 50 26 24 40 25 15 37 28 9 No opinion * * * * * 1 2 Compare to: Obama 1/23/14 7/11/10 1/15/10 10/18/09 8/17/09 4/24/09 1/16/09 -- More confident -Great Good NET deal amount 37 17 19 43 24 19 47 24 23 49 29 20 49 28 21 60 31 28 61 31 30 11. What kind of job do you expect Trump to do on [ITEM] – excellent, good, not so good or poor? How about [NEXT ITEM]? 1/15/17 - Summary Table a. handling the economy b. dealing with race relations c. creating jobs d. helping the middle class e. handling the federal budget deficit f. improving the health care system g. dealing with the threat of terrorism h. handling international crises i. handling issues of special concern to women j. making appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court *Full sample asked items g-j. ------ Positive -----NET Excellent Good ------- Negative ------NET Not so good Poor No opinion 61 25 36 37 17 21 2 40 59 12 24 28 35 57 38 23 20 35 18 2 4 50 17 32 47 21 26 4 50 18 32 47 23 23 3 44 14 30 51 24 27 5 56 23 33 42 19 23 2 44 14 30 53 23 29 4 37 11 26 61 24 36 2 49 17 32 46 19 26 5 a and b; half sample asked items c-f; other half asked items 12. Do you approve or disapprove of most of the choices Trump has made for his cabinet and other top positions in his administration? 1/15/17 Approve 40 Disapprove 48 Approve Disapprove Approve some disapprove others (vol.) 5 No opinion 7 Approve some disapprove others (vol.) No opinion Compare to: Obama: 2/22/09* 64 30 NA 7 W. Bush: 1/15/01 66 22 4 8 Clinton: 1/15/97 1/17/93 12/14/92 58 60 61 30 17 13 6 6 5 6 17 21 H.W. Bush: 2/27/89** 75 20 NA 5 2/14/89 73 18 10 2/9/89 71 20 9 1/16/89*** 59 15 " 26 *”is handling appointments to his cabinet and other top positions in his administration?” ** 2/27/89 and previous: “Do you approve or disapprove of most of the choices Bush has made for his Cabinet?” ***”so far?” 13. Trump has announced that he will continue owning his businesses while putting them in a trust run by two of his children and another executive. Do you think this is enough to separate Trump’s business interests from his obligations as president, or do you think he should sell his businesses? 1/15/17 Is enough 52 Should sell his businesses 42 No opinion 6 14. Given what you’ve heard or read, do you think Trump, his family and his advisers are or are not complying with federal ethics laws? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat? 1/15/17 ----- Are complying ----NET Strongly Somewhat 43 22 21 ----- Not complying ----NET Somewhat Strongly 44 12 32 No opinion 13 15. Do you think Trump should or should not release his tax returns? (IF SHOULD RELEASE) How much do you care about that – a lot, or not so much? 1/15/17 ----------- Should release ---------NET Care, a lot Care, not so much 74 41 33 Compare to: Should not release 18 No opinion 8 Trump has not released his tax returns, while Clinton has released hers. Do you think Trump is justified in not releasing his tax returns, or not? 9/22/16 Justified 31 Not justified 63 No opinion 6 All major presidential candidates in the last 40 years have publicly released their tax returns before the election. Trump has said he may not do this. Do you think Trump should release his tax returns before the November election, or is it OK if he does not release his tax returns? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat? 5/19/16 ----- Should release ---NET Strongly Somewhat 64 54 9 --- OK if he does not --NET Somewhat Strongly 31 11 20 No opinion 5 16. Please tell me if you support or oppose each item I name. First is… [ITEM]. How about [NEXT ITEM]? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat? 1/15/17 - Summary Table ------ Support ----NET Strg. Smwht. ------ Oppose ----NET Smwht Strg. No op. a. repealing the major federal health care law passed in 2010 46 35 12 47 12 36 6 b. building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico 37 25 12 60 13 47 3 c. deporting about two million undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of a crime 72 52 20 25 14 11 2 d. withdrawing from the main international treaty that tries to address climate change 31 16 16 56 17 39 13 e. withdrawing from the nuclear agreement with Iran 37 23 14 46 16 30 17 f. banning most Muslims who are not U.S. citizens from entering the United States 32 20 12 63 22 41 5 g. renegotiating the NAFTA trade agreement with Mexico and Canada 57 31 26 26 16 10 17 h. punishing companies that move jobs from the U.S. to other countries 53 32 21 43 20 23 4 *Full sample asked items a and b; half sample asked items c-e; other half asked items f-h. Trend where available: a. No trend. b. Building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico -------- Support --------------- Oppose --------No NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opinion 1/15/17 37 25 12 60 13 47 3 9/8/16* 34 24 10 63 11 52 3 *Do you support or oppose building a wall across the entire U.S. border with Mexico? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat? c-e. No trend. f. Banning most Muslims who are not U.S. citizens from entering the United States 1/15/17 -------- Support -------NET Strongly Somewhat 32 20 12 -------- Oppose --------NET Somewhat Strongly 63 22 41 No opinion 5 Compare to: A temporary ban on Muslims who are not U.S. citizens from entering the United States? 8/4/16 6/23/16 5/19/16 -------- Support -------NET Strongly Somewhat 40 23 18 43 29 14 43 30 12 -------- Oppose --------NET Somewhat Strongly 51 18 34 52 13 38 50 14 36 No opinion 8 6 7 g-h. No trend. 17. (AMONG THOSE WHO SUPPORT REPEALING HEALTH CARE LAW) You mentioned that you support repealing the federal health care law. Should the health care law be repealed (before) a law replacing it is created, or (at the same time that) a law replacing it is created? 1/15/17 Before a law replacing it is created 27 At the same time a law replacing it is created 66 No opinion 6 16a/17 NET: 1/15/17 ----------------- Support repeal --------------NET Before new law At the same time No op. 46 13 31 3 Oppose 47 No op. 6 18. There is a proposal to offer nearly 140 billion dollars in tax cuts for private companies if they pay to build new roads, bridges and transportation projects. The companies then could charge tolls for people to use these roads, bridges and transportation. Do you support or oppose this proposal? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat? 1/15/17 -------- Support -------NET Strongly Somewhat 29 11 18 --------- Oppose –------NET Somewhat Strongly 66 22 44 No opinion 6 19. Do you support or oppose reducing income taxes paid by [ITEM]? How about income taxes paid by [NEXT ITEM]? 1/15/17 - Summary Table a. businesses b. middle and lower-income people c. higher-income people Support 48 75 36 Oppose 45 22 61 No opinion 7 3 3 On another subject… 20. Do you think Trump is being too (friendly) towards Russia, too (confrontational) toward them, or is taking about the right approach? 1/15/17 Too friendly 43 Too confrontational 5 Right approach 40 No opinion 11 21. Given what you’ve heard or read, do you think the Russian government did or did not hack into and leak Clinton campaign e-mails during the presidential campaign? 1/15/17 Yes did 64 No did not 20 No opinion 15 21a. (AMONG THOSE WHO SAY RUSSIA DID HACK INTO AND LEAK CLINTON EMAILS) Do you think Russia leaked this material with the goal of helping Trump win the election, or not? 1/15/17 Yes 71 No 24 No opinion 5 21/21a NET: 1/15/17 ------------------- Did hack ------------------With goal of Not with goal of No NET helping Trump helping Trump opinion 64 45 16 3 Did not hack 20 No opinion 15 22. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Trump has responded to the issue of Russian hacking? Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat? 1/15/17 -------- Approve -------NET Strongly Somewhat 35 16 20 ------- Disapprove -----NET Somewhat Strongly 54 14 40 No opinion 10 23. All in all, do you think [ITEM] fairly, or unfairly? 1/15/17 - Summary Table a. the news media are treating Trump b. Trump is treating the news media Treating fairly 49 38 Treating unfairly 47 57 No opinion 4 5 Party ID. Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as (a Democrat), (a Republican), an independent or what? Democrat 1/15/17 31 10/13/16 33 9/22/16 33 9/8/16 34 8/4/16 33 7/14/16 33 6/23/16 36 5/19/16 33 3/6/16 34 1/24/16 34 *Washington Post Republican 23 25 23 24 23 23 24 25 25 23 *** END*** METHODOLOGICAL DETAILS Independent 37 33 36 33 36 35 33 35 32 34 Other (vol.) 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 No opinion 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 5 4 This poll was jointly sponsored and funded by The Washington Post and ABC News. The poll is a random sample of the continental United States, not including Alaska and Hawaii, with interviews in English and Spanish. This questionnaire was administered with the exact questions in the exact order as they appear in this document. Demographic questions are not shown. If a question was asked of a reduced base of the sample, a parenthetical preceding the question identifies the group asked. Phrases surrounded by parentheticals within questions indicate clauses that were randomly rotated for respondents. 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Results are also weighted match the demographic makeup of the population by sex, region, age, education and race/ethnicity according to the latest Current Population Survey Social and Economic Supplement by age, race/ethnicity, sex and education. All error margins have been adjusted to account for the survey’s design effect, which is 1.3 for this survey. The design effect is a factor representing the survey’s deviation from a simple random sample, and takes into account decreases in precision due to sample design and weighting procedures. Surveys that do not incorporate a design effect overstate their precision. Group All adults Half sample Unweighted sample size 1,005 469-536 Error margin +/- 3.5 points 5 The Washington Post is a charter member of AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative, which recognizes organizations that disclose key methodological details on the research they produce. Contact polls@washpost.com for further information about how The Washington Post conducts polls.