Republican voters remain solidly behind Trump in the first post-Helsinki polls
Those polled responded along strong partisan lines
Anybody expecting that President Trump’s widely criticised approach at the Helsinki summit with Putin would hurt him amongst his base is going to be disappointed. The first polls are now out and they show the same picture – very solid support from Republican Party voters for the Presidents handling of Russian leader, Putin
Axios/SurveyMonkey has 79% of Republicans approved of Trump’s handling. This compares with 91% of Democrats and 62% of independents who disagreed. The overall splits was 58% disapprove to 40% approve.
A CBS News survey found 68% of Republicans saying Trump did a good job in Helsinki, with 83% of Democrats and 53% of independents said he did a bad job.
No doubt we’ll see a lot of other surveys in the next day or two and I’d be surprised if there is much deviation from this picture.
The big question will be how it impacts on the midterm elections at the start of November.