This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone August 16-20, 2017 among a random national sample of 1,014 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by SSRS of Glen Mills, Pa. (Full methodological details appended at the end.) *= less than 0.5 percent 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president? Do you approve/disapprove strongly, or somewhat? 8/20/17 7/13/17 4/20/17 -------- Approve -------NET Strongly Somewhat 37 22 15 36 25 11 42 27 15 ------- Disapprove -----NET Somewhat Strongly 58 13 45 58 10 48 53 10 43 No opinion 5 6 5 2. Have you heard, read or seen anything about the protest in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend in which there were street fights and a woman was killed? (IF YES) Have you seen, heard or read a great deal about it, or just some? 8/20/17 -------- Heard about protest -------NET Great deal Just some No op. 89 43 45 1 Did not hear 11 No opinion * 3. Given what you know about it, do you approve or disapprove of Trump’s response to these events? Do you approve/disapprove strongly, or somewhat? 8/20/17 -------- Approve -------NET Strongly Somewhat 28 18 10 ------- Disapprove -----NET Somewhat Strongly 56 14 42 No opinion 16 4. In his comments on these events, do you think Trump has been putting neo-Nazis and white supremacists on equal standing with those who oppose them or has he not been doing that? 8/20/17 Has been putting them on equal standing 42 Has not been doing that 35 No opinion 23 5. Thinking now about the movement known as the alt-right, or alternative right. Would you describe yourself as a (supporter) or as an (opponent) of the alt-right movement? Do you support/oppose it strongly, or somewhat? 8/20/17 ------- Supporter ------NET Strongly Somewhat 10 4 6 -------- Opponent ------NET Somewhat Strongly 50 10 40 No opinion 41 6. As far as you know, do you think the alt-right does or does not hold neo-Nazi or white supremacist views? 8/20/17 Does 39 Does not 21 No opinion 39 7. Do you yourself think it’s acceptable or unacceptable to hold neo-Nazi or white supremacist views? Do you feel that way strongly, or somewhat? 8/20/17 ------ Acceptable ------NET Strongly Somewhat 9 3 5 ------ Unacceptable ----NET Somewhat Strongly 83 11 72 No opinion 8 PARTYID Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as... 8/20/17 A Democrat 33 A Republican 22 An independent 42 Other 1 No opinion 2 *** END *** METHODOLOGICAL DETAILS This poll was sponsored and funded by The Washington Post and ABC News and is a random sample adults of the United States, including interviews in English and Spanish. This questionnaire was administered with the exact questions in the exact order as appears in this document unless otherwise noted. These questions were part of an “omnibus” survey in which other questions were asked before or after these questions. A dual frame landline and cellular phone telephone sample was generated by Marketing Systems Group (MSG) using Random Digit Dialing procedures. Interviewers called landlines cellular phone numbers, first requesting to speak with the youngest adult male or female at home. The final sample included 410 interviews completed on landlines and 604 interviews completed via cellular phones, including 345 interviews with adults in cell phone-only households. This survey uses statistical weighting procedures to account for differential chances of being selected due to landline and cellular phone access and household size. Weighting also corrects for deviations in the survey sample from known population characteristics, which helps correct for differential survey participation and random variation in samples. The overall adult sample is weighted using a raking procedure to match the demographic makeup of the population by sex, region, age, education, race/ethnicity, marital status, and population density according to Census Bureau estimates. The sample is also weighted to match phone estimates of the share of the population who are cell phone-only, landline-only and mixed user populations according to the National Health Interview Survey. All error margins have been adjusted to account for the survey’s design effect, which is 1.5 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. 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