Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, February 4, 2019
TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 41%
Up 1 from Friday
RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on seven polls, ranging from 37% (Gallup) to 45% (Rasmussen). Without these two extremes, it would still be 41%…. President Trump’s disapproval rating averages 56% today, which is 15 points higher than his approval rating.
IOWA: PRESIDENT
Among voters statewide
General Election (among all voters)
Joe Biden over Donald Trump (R): +2 (51-49)
Donald Trump (R) over Elizabeth Warren (D): +4 (52-48)
Donald Trump (R) over Bernie Sanders (I/D): +1 (51-50)
Donald Trump (R) over Kamala Harris (D): +6 (53-47)
3-way: Donald Trump (R) over Elizabeth Warren (D): +9 (49-40-Howard Schultz 11)
RON’S COMMENT: The only Democrat leading Trump in Iowa is Biden. The president tops all other rivals, although he barely edges Sanders by 1 point (note: the 51-50 margin is due to rounding). While Iowa has often been a swing state in presidential elections, Trump carried it by a substantial margin of nearly 10 points in 2016…. Note that Trump beats Warren by 4 points in a two-way race, but expands his lead to 9 points when Howard Schultz is in the mix as an independent.
Democratic Caucus (among Democratic voters)
Joe Biden: 29%
Kamala Harris: 18%
Bernie Sanders: 15%
Elizabeth Warren: 11%
Beto O’Rourke: 6%
Cory Booker: 4%
Sherrod Brown: 4%
Amy Klobuchar: 3%
Julian Castro: 2%
John Delaney: 1%
Kirsten Gillibrand: 1%
RON’S COMMENT: Biden leads this poll of Iowa Democrats. But, what’s most interesting is Harris moving up to second place. She’s gotten a bigger bounce from her announcement than any other candidate. Also worth noting is that O’Rourke’s standing has slipped in recent polling. The following are excerpts from Emerson’s poll report:
- Only 20% of Democratic caucus-goers support an increase funding for border security. 44% are less likely to vote for a candidate who supports border funding.
- 73% of Democrats are more likely to support candidates that support Medicare for All, 8% are less likely.
- 73% of Democrats are more likely to support a candidate who supports an assault weapons ban.
- 73% of Democratic voters also are more likely to favor a candidate supportive of increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
U.S. TAX SYSTEM
Among voters nationwide
Do you think the tax system in the United States favors the wealthy?
Yes: 73%
No: 14%
Do you think the tax system in the United States has too many loopholes?
Yes: 77%
No: 8%
Do you think the tax system in the United States is too complex?
Yes: 72%
No: 14%
RON’S COMMENT: 87% of Democrats, 74% of independents and 55% of Republicans say the tax system favors the wealthy.
SOURCES
Presidential job rating average based on recent nationwide polls.
IOWA: Emerson, Jan. 30-Feb. 2
U.S. TAX SYSTEM: Politico/Morning Consult, Feb. 1-2
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