Gallup: 55% disapprove of Muslim ban, Plurality says Trump is "moving too fast"

[Middle-aged Europe]

"Do you think Donald Trump is moving too fast, doing about right or not moving fast enough in addressing the major problems facing the country today?"

Too fast 47%
About right 35%
Not fast enough 10%


Comparison: Obama, 2009

About right 63%
Too fast 22%
Not fast enough 10%



Ordering temporary ban on entry into U.S. for most people from seven predominantly Muslim countries

Approve 42%
Disapprove 55%


Ordering construction of a wall along the southern border with Mexico

Approve 38%
Disapprove 60%


Indefinitely suspending the United States' Syrian refugee program

Approve 36%
Disapprove 58%


Overall job approval

Approve 43%
Disapprove 52%


http://www.gallup.com/poll/203264/half-americans-say-trump-moving-fast.aspx?g_source=Politics&g_medium=newsfeed&g_campaign=tiles

[Hindsight was 2020]

The "too fast" part is what should scare the GOP. Whenever a president losses in the midterm be it Obama, Bill, or Reagan it generally goes back to the general public feeling said administration swung too hard to the right or left

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

Put me on "not moving fast enough". Because he isn't moving anywhere near fast enough. He's gotta end DACA; the GOP's gotta repeal and replace Obamacare, a recession has to happen soon (I'd do it now if I were Trump), and the welfare-state wall executive order's gotta be signed.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Ordering temporary ban on entry into U.S. for most people from seven predominantly Muslim countries

Approve 42%
Disapprove 55%

Considering that the Muslim ban had plurality support in theory before it was actually implemented, and seemed to retain most of that support when it was first rolled out, it looks like the cruel and arbitrary nature of the ban is diminishing support, and that protests are having an effect. Let's keep it up!

[Illiniwek]

Put me on "not moving fast enough". Because he isn't moving anywhere near fast enough. He's gotta end DACA; the GOP's gotta repeal and replace Obamacare, a recession has to happen soon (I'd do it now if I were Trump), and the welfare-state wall executive order's gotta be signed.

It's been a week and a half dude. JFC...

[Mr. Morden]

Other new polls on this:

Yougov:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/poll-travel-ban_us_58929262e4b0bf5206e62d1c



PPP:

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/02/after-2-weeks-voters-yearn-for-obama.html

“Do you support or oppose Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees and citizens of certain countries from entering the USA?”
support 47%
oppose 49%

“Do you support or oppose the US barring people from certain countries from entering the USA, even when those people have already secured a visa?”
support 39%
oppose 53%

“Do you support or oppose the US indefinitely suspending accepting Syrian refugees?”
support 43%
oppose 48%

[Mr. Morden]

Gallup was conducted Jan. 30-31.
PPP was conducted Jan. 30-31.
Yougov was conducted Jan. 31 - Feb. 1.

approval - disapproval of travel ban in the Yougov poll by income level:
under $50k: +10
$50-100k: +4
over $100k: -2

approval - disapproval of travel ban in the Yougov poll by region:
Midwest: +11
South: +10
Northeast: 0
West: -8

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

Put me on "not moving fast enough". Because he isn't moving anywhere near fast enough. He's gotta end DACA; the GOP's gotta repeal and replace Obamacare, a recession has to happen soon (I'd do it now if I were Trump), and the welfare-state wall executive order's gotta be signed.

It's been a week and a half dude. JFC...

-Get the chores done first, then play. I'd much rather have Trump sign all the executive orders he promised on his first day, force the Fed to do a recession a couple weeks after inauguration, and get Obamacare repeal done in three months after inauguration.

[emailking]

Why do you want a recession?

[The_Doctor]

I'd like to see more polling indicating the Muslim ban is becoming more unpopular.

He wants a recession now, I assume, to get the effects out of the way so they don't hit the GOP in 2018 or worse (for him), 2020. We're overdue for a recession given where we are in the business cycle.

[GlobeSoc]

We're close to recession. It's probably going to start in September 2017- early 2018. I don't think that one can just artificially start a recession.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

We're close to recession. It's probably going to start in September 2017- early 2018. I don't think that one can just artificially start a recession.

-Ask Volcker.

Really, the independence of the central bank should be abolished. Independence is merely a code word for unaccountability. Power over the monetary base should be placed directly into the hands of the President.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

I'd like to see more polling indicating the Muslim ban is becoming more unpopular.

He wants a recession now, I assume, to get the effects out of the way so they don't hit the GOP in 2018 or worse (for him), 2020. We're overdue for a recession given where we are in the business cycle.

-Exactly. The GOP will still hold on to Congress in 2018, even in a modestly bad economy. 2020 is the real prize.

[Hindsight was 2020]

I'd love to know how in a bad economy they keep the house

[BlueSwan]

This "recession is overdue" talk is nonsense. The strength of slow but steady growth is that it can continue for a very long time. Unemployment is low, but there is still untapped potential out there. Inflation is still low. Interest rates are still super low. If sensible economic policies are pursued, there's no real reason to think that a recession is just around the corner. Of course, with Trump as president, the chances that sensible economic policies will actually be pursued are close to zero, which is why the recession will probably happen.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

This "recession is overdue" talk is nonsense. The strength of slow but steady growth is that it can continue for a very long time. Unemployment is low, but there is still untapped potential out there. Inflation is still low. Interest rates are still super low. If sensible economic policies are pursued, there's no real reason to think that a recession is just around the corner. Of course, with Trump as president, the chances that sensible economic policies will actually be pursued are close to zero, which is why the recession will probably happen.

-Wrong. Trump does not control monetary policy, which tends to be run by incompetents. He should take control.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

I'd love to know how in a bad economy they keep the house

Gerrymandering and even more voter suppression.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

I'd love to know how in a bad economy they keep the house

-Big advantage in the House relative to the popular vote, almost as big as the Dems had pre-1994. Mostly due to disproportionate GOP gerrymanders.

[Hindsight was 2020]

I'm sorry but it's been covered in the congressional thread but there is a very easy path to the house for the dems if Trump is unpopular as he is now regardless of gerrymandering

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

We're close to recession. It's probably going to start in September 2017- early 2018. I don't think that one can just artificially start a recession.

-Ask Volcker.

Really, the independence of the central bank should be abolished. Independence is merely a code word for unaccountability. Power over the monetary base should be placed directly into the hands of the President.

You realize that Volcker was dealing with stagflation, right? He had to deepen the recession to stop inflation, there's no other way to get out of that mess. I don't think that really applies in this era where inflation is pretty tightly controlled.

-Trump could give the excuse interest rates have been too low for too long.

[The_Doctor]

1. The Republican gerrymandering is overrated. A bigger problem us the fact that geographic location is doing more to hurt the Dems. Remember, the Republican Party won the popular vote for the House in 2016.

2. A bad economy probably makes Pelosi speaker again.

[ApatheticAustrian]

. Remember, the Republican Party won the popular vote for the House in 2016.

doesn't matter if they won....it's a question of margin.

[The_Doctor]

. Remember, the Republican Party won the popular vote for the House in 2016.

doesn't matter if they won....it's a question of margin.

Point being the Democrats have structural issues beyond gerrymandering. Sean Trende has covered this. 

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

. Remember, the Republican Party won the popular vote for the House in 2016.

doesn't matter if they won....it's a question of margin.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

. Remember, the Republican Party won the popular vote for the House in 2016.

doesn't matter if they won....it's a question of margin.

Point being the Democrats have structural issues beyond gerrymandering. Sean Trende has covered this. 

-It's not hard to draw ten suburban districts with little dips into the inner city to keep them Dem.