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Trump Approval Hits New High

July 7, 2019 · 7:20 am ET · Leave a Comment

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds 44% of Americans approve of President Trump’s overall job performance, up a slight 5 percentage points from April and 2 points better than his peak early in his presidency.

Still, 53% disapprove, keeping him at majority disapproval continuously for his first two and a half years in office, a record for any president in modern polling.

In general election matchups among all adults Joe Biden leads Trump by 14 points. But that narrows among the other four Democrats tested against Trump in this poll – an 8-point lead for Kamala Harris, a slight 7 points for Elizabeth Warren, 6 for Bernie Sanders and 4 for Pete Buttigieg.

Among registered voters, however, Biden still leads, by 10 points, but the other races all tighten to virtual or actual dead heats.

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