Americans divided over Trump's first three weeks in White House: poll

US voters are almost evenly split over President Donald Trump's job performance in his first three weeks in the White House, according to a poll released on Tuesday.


When asked if the Trump administration is working on things that will help their family, 47 percent of voters say yes, while 48 percent say no, according to the Fox News Poll.

Moreover, most voters feel strongly one way or the other, as 35 percent "strongly" approve and 41 percent "strongly" disapprove.

The split is heavily based on partisan lines. As many as 87 percent of Republicans give the thumbs up to Trump's performance, as do just 52 percent of independents and 10 percent among Democrats.

In February 2009, after Barack Obama's first month in the White House, 60 percent of voters approved his performance, including 90 percent of Democrats, 62 percent of independents, and 29 percent of Republicans.

As for Trump's first 100 days in office, twice as many voters say it's extremely or very important for him to work on cutting taxes (52 percent) and repealing Obamacare (49 percent), than building a border wall (26 percent), the poll shows.

The poll also finds 50 percent feel confident in Trump's judgment in a crisis, up from 43 percent in October 2016.

The Fox News poll is based on landline and cellphone interviews with 1,013 randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted from Feb. 11 to Feb. 13. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points for all registered voters.
 [Xinhua/China]
15/2/17