Presidential Approval

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April 17, 2017

Presidential Approval

					(VOL.)				(VOL.)	(VOL.)
		Approve	Approve strongly	Approve not strongly	DK on strength	Disapprove	Disapprove strongly	Disapprove not so strongly	DK on strength	Don’t know/refused	(N)
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	Unweighted count
TOTAL		39	30	8	1	54	44	10	1	6	1,501
GENDER	Men	46	35	9	2	48	36	11	1	6	827
	Women	33	25	7	1	60	51	9	1	6	674
AGE	18-49	33	23	10	0	60	47	12	1	7	686
	50+	47	39	6	3	47	40	7	1	5	794
DETAILED AGE	18-29	30	20	11	0	63	49	12	1	7	264
	30-49	35	25	10	1	58	45	12	0	7	422
	50-64	48	40	5	2	45	39	6	0	6	437
	65+	46	36	7	3	50	42	7	2	4	357
SEX BY AGE	Men 18-49	39	27	12	1	53	38	14	0	8	400
	Men 50+	54	46	5	3	41	34	7	1	5	417
	Women 18-49	27	19	8	0	66	55	10	1	7	286
	Women 50+	41	32	7	3	53	46	6	1	6	377
RACE	White, non-Hispanic	50	40	8	2	44	37	6	1	6	1,023
	Black, non-Hispanic	14	8	5	0	81	71	9	2	5	164
	Hispanic	17	9	8	0	78	54	22	1	5	152
EDUCATION	Postgrad	26	21	5	0	71	62	7	1	3	280
	College grad	39	30	8	1	57	48	8	1	4	415
	Some college	39	30	7	2	55	45	9	1	7	387
	HS or less	44	32	10	2	48	35	12	1	8	412
EDUCATION BY SEX	College grad+ men	39	32	6	0	57	48	8	1	4	386
	College grad+ women	29	22	7	0	68	59	8	1	3	309
	Some college or less men	49	37	10	2	44	32	12	0	7	437
	Some college or less women	35	26	8	1	57	47	9	1	8	362
INCOME	$75,000+	46	39	6	1	50	42	8	1	5	579
	$30,000-$74,999	42	31	10	2	51	42	9	0	6	436
	<$30,000	31	20	9	1	62	47	13	2	7	380
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE	Total Protestant	51	39	9	2	43	36	7	1	6	684
	White NH evangelical Prot.	78	63	13	3	15	11	4	1	7	247
	White NH mainline Prot.	51	39	8	4	44	39	5	1	5	244
	Black Protestant	13	7	6	0	83	72	9	2	4	110
	Total Catholic	42	33	7	1	54	41	12	1	5	302
	White NH Cath.	55	47	5	3	41	34	7	0	4	194
	Unaffiliated	23	16	7	0	69	56	13	1	8	366
RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE	Weekly or more	52	40	10	2	44	34	8	1	4	501
	Less than weekly	34	25	7	1	59	48	10	1	7	987
REGION	Northeast	37	27	10	0	59	46	12	1	4	246
	Midwest	45	32	10	2	48	39	8	1	7	349
	South	43	33	8	1	51	41	10	1	7	562
	West	31	25	5	1	61	51	9	1	8	344
REGISTERED VOTERS	Registered voters	42	34	7	1	52	44	7	1	6	1,243
	Non-registered	29	16	12	1	62	41	20	1	8	258
PARTY ID	Republican	88	73	10	4	8	5	3	1	4	375
	Democrat	8	4	4	0	87	74	12	1	5	466
	Independent	35	24	11	1	58	44	12	1	7	616
PARTY WITH LEANERS	Rep/Lean Rep	82	65	14	3	13	7	5	1	5	630
	Dem/Lean Dem	7	4	3	0	87	73	13	1	5	771
PARTY WITH LEANERS AND IDEOLOGY	Conservative Rep	90	73	13	4	7	4	2	0	3	421
	Mod/Lib Rep	68	50	16	2	23	12	10	2	8	209
	Cons/Mod Dem	3	2	1	0	95	85	8	2	2	358
	Liberal Dem	11	7	4	0	81	64	17	1	8	413
GENERATIONS	Millennial (18-36)	33	21	12	0	59	47	12	1	8	430
	Generation X (37-52)	36	28	6	2	57	46	11	0	7	352
	Baby Boomer (53-71)	48	40	6	1	48	40	8	1	4	504
	Silent (72-89)	48	38	7	3	46	38	5	2	6	191

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