Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, March 21, 2019
TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43%
Same as yesterday
RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 39% (Reuters) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without these two extremes, it would be 42%…. President Trump’s disapproval rating averages 53% today (+1 from yesterday), which is 10 points higher than his approval rating.
NATIONAL: PRESIDENT
Among voters nationwide
3-Way General Election Trial Heats
Joe Biden (D): 52%
Donald Trump (R): 44%
Howard Schultz (Ind): 4%
RON’S COMMENT: Biden beats Trump by 8 points, even with Schultz in the race as an independent.
Donald Trump (R): 46%
Beto O’Rourke (D): 44%
Howard Schultz (Ind): 10%
RON’S COMMENT: Trump wins a trial heat against O’Rourke and Schultz. He gets the same percentage of the vote (46%) that he received in 2016 against Hillary Clinton. Note that Schultz does much better when the Democratic nominee is O’Rourke as opposed to Biden.
GUNS
Among voters nationwide
Guns at home: Do you or does anyone in your household own a gun?
Personally own a gun: 26%
Don’t personally own a gun, but someone in household does: 15%
No one in the household owns a gun: 52%
Not sure: 9%
RON’S COMMENT: 41% of voters nationwide report having a gun in their home. That includes 50% of Republicans and 26% of Democrats.
More or less strict: In general, do you feel the laws covering the sale of handguns should be made more strict than they are now?
Make gun laws more strict: 57%
No change: 28%
Make gun laws less strict: 9%
Not sure: 6%
RON’S COMMENT: 26% of Republicans and 81% of Democrats want to make gun laws more strict.
Suspend access: Do you support or oppose a law that allows families and law enforcement to petition a court to temporarily suspend a person’s access to firearms if there is documented evidence that an individual is threatening harm to themselves or others?
Support: 81%
Oppose: 11%
Not sure: 7%
RON’S COMMENT: 74% of Republicans and 84% of Democrats support a law that allows families and law enforcement to petition a court to temporarily suspend a person’s access to firearms.
Teachers with guns: Do you support or oppose giving teachers and school administrators permission to carry firearms on school property?
Support: 43%
Oppose: 48%
Not sure: 10%
RON’S COMMENT: 70% of Republicans and 18% of Democrats support giving teachers and school administrators permission to carry firearms on school property.
Minimum age: Do you support or oppose a law that would raise the minimum age for buying any type of gun or ammunition to 21?
Support: 68%
Oppose: 26%
Not sure: 7%
RON’S COMMENT: 54% of Republicans and 79% of Democrats support a law that would raise the minimum age for buying any type of gun or ammunition to 21.
Number of guns: Do you support or oppose a law that would restrict the number of guns a person could buy at one time?
Support: 66%
Oppose: 27%
Not sure: 7%
RON’S COMMENT: 44% of Republicans and 82% of Democrats support a law that would restrict the number of guns a person could buy at one time.
Printing guns: Do you support or oppose allowing people to make their own guns on a 3D printer?
Support: 15%
Oppose: 70%
Not sure: 15%
RON’S COMMENT: 23% of Republicans and 9% of Democrats support allowing people to make their own guns on a 3D printer.
SOURCES
Presidential job rating average based on recent nationwide polls.
PRESIDENT: Emerson College, March 17-18
GUNS: The Economist/YouGov, March 17-19
When poll results add up to more than 100%, it is usually due to rounding.
L = Libertarian candidate
G = Green Party candidate
Ind = independent candidate
O = Other candidate(s)
D poll = conducted by or for organizations generally associated with Democrats.
R poll = conducted by or for organizations generally associated with Republicans.
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