在本周早些时候唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)被判无罪后的首次民意调查中,总统的支持率持续上升,此前他的支持率达到了自2017年弹劾审判期间就任以来的最高点。
最新的希尔/哈里克斯投票周五下午发布的数据显示,特朗普的支持率从47%小幅上升2个百分点,至49%。
尽管这一差异在调查的正负3.1个百分点的误差范围之内,但这并不奇怪,因为总统的支持率几个月来一直在稳步上升。该调查于2月6日至7日在网上调查了1000名注册选民。
新闻周刊联系特朗普2020年的连任竞选和白宫征求意见。
在参议院投票宣布特朗普无罪的前一天,盖洛普公布了在弹劾审判期间进行的一项民意调查,调查发现49%的登记选民支持他在白宫的工作,这是总统上任以来的最高支持率。
在那次调查中,50%的人不赞成他的表现,1%的人表示他们不确定。相比之下,特朗普本周之前的最高支持率是在2019年4月,当时他的支持率为49%。
2020年2月7日,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在DC华盛顿白宫南草坪着陆后,从海军陆战队一号上下来
最新的盖洛普民意测验显示,尽管民主党人对特朗普的支持率比1月初公布的结果下降了3个百分点——从10%降至7%,但他在无党派人士和共和党人中的支持率继续上升。总统在共和党中获得了94%的支持,增加了6%,而独立人士对他的支持率为42%,增加了5%。
周三,参议院投票反对解除特朗普的职务——以48票对52票反对滥用权力,47票对53票反对阻挠国会的指控——这使他成为历史上第三位在众议院批准的弹劾条款中被判无罪的美国总统。众议院需要67票(三分之二)才能判定特朗普有罪,鉴于该机构成员的政治构成,这是一个漫长的结果。
共和党人米特·罗姆尼(Mitt Romney)是唯一一位在投票中脱离党派的议员。这位犹他州参议员投票判定总统犯有一项滥用职权罪。他是唯一一个背叛共和党的人,他的决定让他成为第一个投票罢免自己党派总统的美国参议员。
罗姆尼对定罪的支持拒绝了特朗普所希望的来自他所在政党的一致支持,并很快招致了总统核心圈子及其盟友的强烈批评。
DONALD TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATING CONTINUES TO RISE IN POST-IMPEACHMENT ACQUITTAL POLL
In the first poll since Donald Trump's Senate acquittal earlier this week, the president's approval rating has continued to rise after it hit the highest point since he was inaugurated in 2017 during the impeachment trial.
The latest Hill/HarrisX poll, released on Friday afternoon, showed Trump's approval rating slightly rising by two points to 49 percent from 47 percent.
Although the difference falls within the survey's margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, it's unsurprising as the president's approval rating has been steadily increasing for months. The poll surveyed 1,000 registered voters online between February 6-7.
Newsweek reached out to Trump's 2020 reelection campaign and the White House for comment.
One day before the Senate voted to acquit Trump, Gallup released a poll conducted amid the impeachment trial, that found that 49 percent of registered voters approved of the job he is doing in the White House, the president's highest-ever since entering office.
In that poll, 50 percent disapproved of his performance and 1 percent indicated they were unsure. By comparison, the highest approval rating that Trump had hit prior to this week was in April 2019, when he was at 49 percent of support.
U.S. President Donald Trump gets off from the Marine One after he landed at the South Lawn of the White House February 7, 2020 in Washington, DC
The latest Gallup poll showed that while support for Trump among Democrats fell three percentage points—10 percent to 7 percent—from results released early January, his approval among independents and Republicans have continued to rise. The president garnered 94 percent of support among Republicans, a 6 percent increase, while Independents gave him a 42 percent approval rating, a 5 percent increase.
The Senate on Wednesday voted against removing Trump from office—48-52 on abuse of power and 47-53 on the obstruction of Congress charge—making him the third U.S. president in history to be acquitted from impeachment articles approved by the House. The chamber needed 67 votes, two-thirds, to convict Trump, a longshot outcome given the political makeup of the body's members.
Republican Mitt Romney was the only lawmaker that broke from party ranks in the vote. The Utah senator voted to convict the president on one abuse of power charge. He was the only GOP defection and his decision made him the first U.S. senator to vote to remove a president from his own party.
Romney's support for a conviction refused Trump the unanimous support from his party that he had hoped for and quickly drew intense criticism from the president's inner circle and his allies.