Trump approval at 50% among Likely Voters as of Oct. 4, 2018-Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll of Likely Voters; Also, 67% of all Likely Voters think voters should be required to show photo ID

10/4/18, “Daily Presidential Tracking Poll,“ Rasmussen Reports 

“The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove.

The latest figures include 37% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 40% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -3. (see trends)…

Both parties hope the Kavanaugh hearings will find some resonance among voters in next month’s midterm elections….

“This confirmation process has become a national disgrace,” an angry Kavanaugh told the Senate Judiciary Committee late last week. “The Constitution gives the Senate an important role in the confirmation process, but you have replaced advise and consent with search and destroy.” Most voters think he’s right. Even Democrats are conflicted.

As Missouri and other states are attempting to enact voter identification laws prior to November’s elections, 67% of Likely U.S. Voters think voters should be required to show photo identification such as a driver’s license before being allowed to vote….

Consumer confidence also remains at record highs….

Americans also look for fairness in social media, with 70% of adults thinking social media and news sites should clearly separate news pieces from opinion, editorial and commentary.

Some readers wonder how we come up with our job approval ratings for the president since they often don’t show as dramatic a change as some other pollsters do….To get a sense of longer-term job approval trends for the president, Rasmussen Reports compiles our tracking data on a full month-by-month basis.

Rasmussen Reports has been a pioneer in the use of automated telephone polling techniques, but many other firms still utilize their own operator-assisted technology (see methodology).

Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 500 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. To reach those who have abandoned traditional landline telephones, Rasmussen Reports uses an online survey tool to interview randomly selected participants from a demographically diverse panel. The margin of sampling error for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters is +/- 2.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for full-week results are available for Platinum Members.”





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