President Donald Trump is losing some support among his Republican base, according to a new poll.
The latest Pew Research Center survey, released Thursday, found that fewer Americans said they support “all or most” of Trump’s policies compared to the start of his term. Overall, just 27% of Americans support all or most of Trump’s policies, down from the 35% who said the same when he returned to office.
Pew Research Center noted that the drop is attributed to a shift in Republicans’ attitudes toward Trump. The center explained that at the start of Trump’s term, 67% of Republicans said they supported all or most of Trump’s policies. Now, just 56% said they do.
Overall, just 37% of Americans said they approved of how Trump is handling his job as president. This is a slight drop from the 40% who approved in September’s survey, according to Pew Research Center. Another 61% disapproved of Trump in the latest poll.
There was also a drop in Trump’s overall approval rating among Republicans in the latest survey. According to the poll, 73% of Republicans approved of Trump’s handling of the job while 25% disapproved. This is a slight shift from September, when 78% approved of him.
The poll also showed that Republicans are less confident that Trump has the mental fitness required to do the job than they were at the start of his term. Three-quarters of Republicans said they were confident in Trump’s mental fitness at the start of his term, but that number has dropped to 66% nearly one year later.
Republicans also were less confident Trump will respect the country’s democratic values and act ethically in office than they were last year.
Just 52% of Republicans said they are confident Trump will respect democratic values, down from 60% who said the same at the start of his term. Similarly, just 42% of Republicans were very confident Trump will act ethically in office, down from the 55% who said the same nearly one year ago.
The poll was conducted from Jan. 20 to Jan. 26. The results are based on responses from 8,512 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.
