Just 1 in 4 approve of Trump handling of economy: Survey

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHere is the one-sentence version: a new poll says only about one Eastern in four Americans approve of how President Trump is handling the economy.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOne in four. So what exactly did people say, and who asked them?

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Financial Times and the polling firm Focaldata surveyed two thousand two hundred seventy-five people.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwenty-eight percent approved of his handling of jobs and the economy.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwenty-eight percent. That's a lot of people who love a challenge.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHis overall approval in the same poll was thirty-four percent.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe numbers also show a larger share disapproving, though the summary we have is cut off.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThirty-four! Chip, that's a third of a country. I'd take a third of a country.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNearly a third, Vera, and I'd say the other two thirds are just pre-delighted.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPre-delighted. I'm stealing that.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNow, why does this poll matter today? Early voting for the midterm elections is already underway in some states.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo how did we get here? Is there a reason people feel this way about the economy?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe data we have doesn't say why.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPolls like this measure feelings about jobs and prices, but this summary gives no reasons, so it's not clear yet.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo who does this affect? Is this just the White House, or is it all of us?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEverybody who votes, everybody running, and anybody who has opinions about groceries, so that's the whole group chat.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCandidates in both parties read numbers like these closely.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBoth parties. Fair. What are the arguments on each side?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSupporters of the president will say one poll is a snapshot and the economy is bigger than a survey.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCritics will say a number this low is a warning.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd both sides will say it on every channel by noon.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBy ten-thirty Eastern, Vera. We are very efficient.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEfficient and delighted. What do we watch next?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhether other polls land in the same place, and how early voting turns out as more states open up.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo a poll, a midterm, and zero explanations yet.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's the one-sentence version again: one survey, twenty-eight percent approving on the economy, and voters already casting ballots.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorChat, rate this poll one to ten for participation. I'm giving it a ten, two thousand two hundred seventy-five people showed up.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's the exact size of my nephew's recital, and he got a standing ovation.