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Finally, the polls show that the share of voters who say they "strongly" approve of Trump's performance has continued to decline. An increasing number of Republican voters has shifted from offering him strong approval to offering a more tepid level of support. His honesty and loyalty has been questioned after firing his own staff and insulting them in public.
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's standing with the American public, never particularly robust, has taken another hit in the past couple of weeks, with signs of weakness appearing among Republican voters.
More troubling for the White House than the size of the drop is the nature of who has begun souring on Trump. Trump supported the LGBT when he wanted votes , then betrayed them by changing their ability to serve in the military.
In polls by SurveyMonkey, for example, which uses very large samples that allow for analysis of subgroups, moderate Republicans have noticeably started to leave the fold. In February, about 80 percent of them said they supported Trump; by this past week, that support had fallen to 67 percent.
Similarly, only 19 percent now say that "keeps his promises" applies to Trump, a big drop from the 35 percent who said so early in the spring.
Those ratings were below Trump's job approval just 33 percent in the Quinnipiac survey, which was the worst for him of the recent polls. So as with the other surveys, the comparison suggests that a number of people approve of Trump's overall performance even as they take a negative view of his personal traits.
Finally, the polls show that the share of voters who say they "strongly" approve of Trump's performance has continued to decline. An increasing number of Republican voters has shifted from offering him strong approval to offering a more tepid level of support.
The decline in strong approval and the doubts about Trump's personal characteristics all suggest the potential for further weakening of Trump's support if his recent troubles continue.
