Nearly six in 10 Americans said President-elect Trump will do a “good” job in his second White House term, according to a new survey that was released on Thursday.
The new CNN poll found that 56 percent of Americans think that Trump will do a “fairly good” job as president during his second foray in the Oval Office. Some 43 percent said he will be a “fairly” or “very” poor president.
Over half of the respondents, 55 percent, approve of the president-elect’s handling of his transition while 45 percent disapprove. The figures are the same as in the December iteration of the survey.
Trump’s favorability is nearly equally divided with 46 percent saying they have a favorable view of the president-elect while another 48 percent said they had an unfavorable view, according to the poll.
Despite Republicans having the trifecta in Washington, over half of respondents, 53 percent, said having the House, Senate and the White House under GOP control is “bad” for the country.
Nearly six in 10 Americans, 56 percent, think, that a year from today, economic conditions will be either very or somewhat good, according to the poll.
The majority of U.S. adults, 80 percent, also think that it is at least likely that the president-elect will impose tariffs on goods coming from China, Canada and Mexico, the U.S.’s largest trading partners.
Back in November, Trump threatened the three countries with tariffs if they did not work on curbing the influx of fentanyl into the U.S. and securing their borders. Mexico and Canada would be hit with a 25 percent tariff while the one for China would be 10 percent.
Seventy-four percent said it is at least likely that the president-elect will be able to implement his plan for mass deportations of illegal immigrants, something he has repeatedly pledged on the campaign trail, according to the poll. Nearly six in 10, 58 percent, think it is at least likely that Trump will be able to seal the U.S. southern border.
The poll, which was done by SSRS, was conducted from Jan. 9-12 among 1,205 adults. It had a margin of error of 3.2 percentage points.
