President Donald Trump’s approval rating is still below 50% in Utah according to a new UtahPolicy.com survey. Stretching back to the 2016 election, the president has never enjoyed majority support in the Beehive state.
The new survey shows Trump with 51% disapproval and 48% approval, which is where his numbers have hovered since the 2016 election when he carried Utah with 45.5% of the vote. 40% of Utahns say they “strongly disapprove” of Trump’s job performance, while 11% “somewhat disapprove.” The survey was taken in the middle of the partial government shutdown that just ended.
Trump’s current 48% approval rating matches his high-water mark from nearly a year ago.
There is a significant gender gap in Trump’s approval numbers. 55% of men in Utah approve of Trump’s job performance while 57% of women say they disapprove.
There is also a big partisan gap in the president’s job approval rating, with Republicans mostly saying they approve of Trump, while Democrats and independent voters disapprove. 74% of Republicans approve of Trump’s job performance, while 93% of Democrats and 71% of independent voters say they disapprove.
|
Republicans |
Democrats |
Unaffiliated |
|
|
Strongly approve |
36% |
2% |
9% |
|
Somewhat approve |
38% |
4% |
18% |
|
Somewhat disapprove |
12% |
2% |
13% |
|
Strongly disapprove |
13% |
91% |
58% |
|
Don’t know |
1% |
1% |
2% |
By Congressional district, Trump’s approval rating is highest in UT-02 and UT-04, held by Republican Chris Stewart and Democrat Ben McAdams respectively.
|
UT – 01 |
UT – 02 |
UT – 03 |
UT – 04 |
|
|
Strongly approve |
23% |
23% |
21% |
20% |
|
Somewhat approve |
27% |
23% |
28% |
25% |
|
Somewhat disapprove |
12% |
10% |
9% |
13% |
|
Strongly disapprove |
37% |
43% |
42% |
38% |
|
Don’t know |
2% |
1% |
0% |
3% |
There’s a distinct pattern in Trump’s approval rating by education level, with less-educated Utahns more likely to give high marks for his job performance, while those with higher levels of education more likely to disapprove.
- 56% of Utahns with less than a high school diploma say they approve of Trump.
- 57% of those who are high school graduates give Trump’s performance favorable ratings.
- Utahns with a two-year college degree disapprove of Trump’s performance by a 51-48% margin.
- 51% of bachelor’s degree holders say they do not like Trump’s performance, while 46% say they do.
- Postgraduate degree holders do not approve of Trump’s job performance 57-43%.
Survey Methodology:
Poll by conducted by Dan Jones & Associates from January 3 – 15, 2019. 822 Registered voters were interviewed. Data collection was conducted by live call center agents (42 percent landline telephone, 32 percent cellphone), and a portion of the survey was conducted via email invite from an online panel (26 percent). The margin of error for the statewide questions is +/- 3.4 percent, with each congressional district having a margin of error of +/-6.9 percent. Data were weighted by age, political affiliation, religious preference, and congressional district.
