Poll: 75% Approve of Trump’s State of the Union Address
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An “instant” poll of viewers who watched President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night found that 75% approved of the speech, while only 25% disapproved — a 50-point margin in the president’s favor.
CBS News remarked: “Eight in 10 Americans who watched tonight felt that the president was trying to unite the country, rather than divide it.”
The CBS News / YouGov poll may have been skewed somewhat by the fact that more Republicans watched the speech than Democrats.
But note: #SOTU viewers were more Republican than Dem— typical of a President’s speeches, their partisans watch more
However, Trump showed unusually high approval numbers even among Democrats who watched:
SOTU got nearly full approval from Reps and mixed from Dems in our instant poll
Many pundits who are normally critical of the president were singing his praises. Frank Luntz, for example, was deeply moved — and mocked the Democratic response delivered by Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA):
Tonight, I owe Donald Trump an apology. Tonight, I was moved and inspired. Tonight, I have hope and faith in America again.
It may go away tomorrow…
But tonight, America is great again. #SOTU
Marco Rubio had dry-mouth during his #SOTU response in 2013.
Joe Kennedy has drool-mouth.
The poll was based on interviews with 1,178 respondents and had a 3.1% margin of error.
Update: A CNN poll showed a similar result, with 70% of viewers expressing a “positive” or “very positive” reaction to Trump’s speech.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He was named to Forward’s 50 “most influential” Jews in 2017. He is the co-author of How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
