Oct 25, 2017

Trump's approval dips among base voters

Erica Pandey, author of @Work

Trump at a campaign rally in Penascola, Florida in 2016. Photo: Michael Snyder / AP

A new Fox News poll finds that President Trump's approval rating is falling in groups of voters that overwhelmingly supported him in the 2016 election.

  • Among white evangelical Christians surveyed, 66% say they support Trump, down from 74% a month ago.
  • The president's approval also dropped from 68% to 56% among white men without college degrees over the past month.

One more thing: Fox's poll reports that 51% of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling tax reform.

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