Quinnipiac University Poll reports:

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops to Washington D.C. in an effort to reduce crime, voters 56 – 41 percent oppose the move, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of registered voters released today.

There are wide partisan and gender differences.

Republicans (86 – 12 percent) support the president’s decision to deploy the National Guard to the nation’s capital to reduce crime, while Democrats (93 – 5 percent) and independents (61 – 34 percent) oppose it.

Men are split about the president’s decision, with 50 percent supporting it and 47 percent opposing it, while women (63 – 33 percent) oppose it.

Thirty-seven percent of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, while 55 percent disapprove. In Quinnipiac University’s July 16 poll, 40 percent of voters approved and 54 percent disapproved.

In today’s poll, Republicans (84 – 9 percent) approve, while Democrats (98 – 1 percent) and independents (58 – 31 percent) disapprove.

Voters were asked about Trump’s handling of six issues…

• crime: 42 percent approve, while 54 percent disapprove, with 4 percent not offering an opinion;
• talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine: 40 percent approve, while 52 percent disapprove, with 7 percent not offering an opinion;
• foreign policy: 40 percent approve, while 56 percent disapprove, with 5 percent not offering an opinion;
• the economy: 39 percent approve, while 57 percent disapprove, with 4 percent not offering an opinion;
• trade: 38 percent approve, while 56 percent disapprove, with 5 percent not offering an opinion;
• the Israel – Hamas conflict: 34 percent approve, while 53 percent disapprove, with 12 percent not offering an opinion.

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