Nearly half of Americans in a new poll think President Trump deserves a failing grade for the first 100 days of his second term in office, as the White House celebrates the benchmark this week.
An NPR/PBS News/Marist poll published Tuesday found 45 percent gave Trump an F grade, more than double the 23 percent who gave him an A.
Those giving Trump a failing grade included a plurality of independents, the pollster notes. Another 17 percent, 8 percent and 7 percent gave Trump B, C and D ratings, respectively.
And Trump’s approval rating is down a few points to 42 percent, 11 points underwater. Less than a third, or 30 percent, say they strongly approve of Trump’s job performance, while 45 percent strongly disapprove.
Slight majorities in the poll perceive Trump as putting the country on the wrong path and moving too quickly — and nearly half of Americans reported that Trump’s policies have had a mostly negative impact on them.
The numbers add to growing signs of trouble for Trump in the polls even as he touts his administration’s lightning pace of executive action and change in the first 100 days.
A CNN poll over the weekend found Trump’s approval, 41 percent, at the lowest for any president at this point of the term dating back to at least Dwight Eisenhower.
ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos polling found a similar result this week, putting Trump with the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years.
Trump is embarking this week on a media blitz to tout his early accomplishments. He’s set to deliver remarks on Tuesday in Michigan, the battleground state he flipped red in November, to herald the 100-day marker.
Conducted April 21-23, the NPR/PBS News/Marist poll surveyed 1,439 U.S. adults and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
