Trump’s approval falls on recession fears: Poll

Bloomberg

President Donald Trump’s economic approval rating has dipped to 46 percent from 51 percent in July, as the majority of Americans fear a recession in the next year, a new Washington Post-ABC News polll finds.
The survey shows some vulnerability in one of the Trump camp’s main arguments for re-election — that the US economy is strong — as respondents expressed widespread concern about how the trade war with China will end up raising prices for American consumers.
Trump’s overall approval ratings among voting-age Americans also dropped to 38 percent from 44 percent in the same time frame, according to the survey of 1,003 US adults.
Poll has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
Six in 10 Americans say they worry a recession is “very likely” or “somewhat likely” in the coming year, though 56 percent still deem the economy “excellent” or “goo.” Last November, 65 percent of those polled described the US economy in those terms.
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