links and tweets on the poll
Trump’s popularity has increased
Democrats have a 10% point edge in the generic congress question
New NBC/WSJ poll out this morning:
Democrats lead Republicans in congressional preference by 10 pts among reg voters, 50%-40%
Was D+7 in April, 47%-40% https://t.co/auHM1HWSuV
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) June 7, 2018
NBC/WSJ poll: where does 10-point D lead for Congress come from? independents (+7), under 35 (+20), white college grads and Latinos (+24), blacks (+81). R assets: whites (+3), non-college white men (+37) https://t.co/493qx2CnZl
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 7, 2018
NBC/WSJ poll: "Men without college degrees have become more GOP – from R+26 in 2017 to R+37 now" https://t.co/jrPPSyCHQ8
— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 7, 2018
NBC/WSJ poll on how voters view Trump’s performance as president:
white men without college degrees – 68% approve, 29% disapprove
everyone else – 38% approve, 60% disapprovehttps://t.co/493qx2CnZl
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 7, 2018
President Trump's approval rating climbs to 44% in new NBC/WSJ poll released this morning, matching his best ever in that survey.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 7, 2018
Here's Trump's job rating in the NBC/WSJ poll compared to other presidents at about 18 months into office pic.twitter.com/C34RJKzstD
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) June 7, 2018
NBC/WSJ poll: in swing House districts, knowing that a candidate supports Trump tax-cut bill makes voters LESS likely to back the candidate by a margin of 12 percentage points https://t.co/493qx2CnZl
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 7, 2018
Being a check on Trump is the most popular candidate quality in the NBC/WSJ poll.
The most unpopular is supporting Trump’s agenda and Nancy Pelosi pic.twitter.com/IYsJC7Ctfk
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) June 7, 2018
Why so many Republicans don't want to break with Trump:
Are you more of a supporter of Donald Trump or the Republican Party?
Donald Trump 57%
Republican Party 39%(NBC/WSJ poll, among Trump-voting leaned Republicans)
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 7, 2018
67% of Americans in new NBC/WSJ poll say the U.S. would be better off if the country had more women in political office.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 7, 2018
More from the NBC/WSJ Poll: Where health care, jobs and gun issue voters stand on the midtermshttps://t.co/bw1OoLct1s pic.twitter.com/Ewy4M8R1Ug
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) June 7, 2018
NEGATIVE POLARIZATION: NBC/WSJ poll shows majority of Rs and Ds say they're voting that way not primarily because they agree with their party's policies — but because they disagree with the opposition more.
Big jump from 10/14 in the same poll…
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) June 7, 2018
Sad! 