Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points, including the design effect. 18-21, 2017, in English and Spanish, among a random national sample of 1,002 adults. This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by landline and cellular telephone Sept. I think we've seen signs that maybe Trump saw this word cloud about a week ago because he sat down with old Nancy and Chuck ,” Castellanos said. You're being hammered for being a Republican as well as unpredictable. “People don't see you as tied to an ideology but you're paying the price for that ideology anyway. You don't know whether the plutonium will heat your home or blow up your town,” Castellanos said, “People see him as personally dangerous.”Ĭastellanos also said he’d advise the president to embrace his unpredictability. “Unpredictable strength, that's plutonium. Here are some of the takeaways from the 384 unique responses we got to that question.Ĭastellanos also zeroed in on the concept of strength, saying that while many people describing the president as strong, taken as a whole, the descriptions paint a broader picture.
It would seem that just as President Trump is not afraid to weigh in on just about any political or cultural issue, respondents were similarly unafraid to weigh in on how they feel about President Trump. Of the 1,002 total respondents to the poll, 942 (94 percent) were willing to provide an answer to the open-ended question of what word best describes their impression of President Trump. To understand the nature of those emotions a bit better and give Americans the chance to describe the President in their own words, the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll asked respondents the following question: “What ONE WORD best describes your impression of Trump? Just the one word that best describes him.”
Hard measures of favorability and job approval reveal a polarizing president who elicits intense emotions and reactions from Americans across the political spectrum. - Attitudes toward President Donald Trump have been carefully tracked since he first announced his candidacy and during his first eight months in office.