Half of registered voters say they think history will show President Trump
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When asked how they think history will judge Trump’s tenure, just over 50 percent of those polled say he will be considered a “failed” president. About 30 percent say he will be judged as a “good” or “great” president, and 16 percent say he will be considered an “honest” president. Just over 4 percent of those surveyed are undecided.
The results are sharply divided along party lines, with 87 percent of Democrats saying he will be judged as a “failed” president and 67 percent of Republicans saying he will be considered “good” or “great.”
“For the past four years, there has been a lack of compassion and empathy, anything other than advancing the personal interests of President Trump and his friends and allies and family,” said Babette Salus, 60, a retired lawyer from Springfield, Illinois. for elected president Joe Biden
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“Let me tell you something, 50 years from now, Trump will be considered much better than he is today,” added David Cheff, 73, a Trump voter from Jacksonville, Florida.
The poll results are in stark contrast to the same survey conducted in the closing days of former President Obama’s second term in office. At the time, 50 percent said he would be rated “good” or “great,” and 23 percent said he would be seen as a “failed” president.
The poll’s publication comes as Trump continues to protest the results of last month’s election, even as the Electoral College confirmed Biden’s victory earlier this month. The president and his allies have launched a legal campaign to try to reverse the election, claiming that widespread fraud has cost him a second term, even though virtually all of their lawsuits have been dismissed for lack of evidence or prestige.
About 70 percent of Americans in the new poll said Trump had to admit the race to Biden, which he has so far declined, while 26 percent say he shouldn’t. Fifty-seven percent of Republicans said not to give in.
The USA Today / Suffolk University poll of 1,000 registered voters from Dec. 16-20 has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.