Key Point: “Voters believe President Trump is overreaching with his aggressive efforts to expand executive power … The turbulent early months of Mr. Trump’s administration are seen as ‘chaotic’ and ‘scary’ by majorities of voters … Voters do not view him as understanding the problems in their daily lives and have soured on his leadership as he approaches his 100th day in office.”

New York Times: Voters See Trump’s Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds

By Shane Goldmacher, Ruth Igielnik, and Camille Baker

• Voters believe President Trump is overreaching with his aggressive efforts to expand executive power, and they have deep doubts about some of the signature pieces of his agenda, a New York Times/Siena College poll found.

• The turbulent early months of Mr. Trump’s administration are seen as “chaotic” and “scary” by majorities of voters … Voters do not view him as understanding the problems in their daily lives and have soured on his leadership as he approaches his 100th day in office.

• Mr. Trump’s approval rating sits at 42 percent. His standing is historically low for a president this early in a term… 

• Only 43 percent said they approved of how he has managed the economy this term, a serious erosion on an issue long seen as a strength. 

• The president’s pursuit of widespread tariffs — which has caused stock-market drops and gyrations — was opposed by 55 percent of voters, including 63 percent of independents.

• Voters said he had “gone too far” on issue after issue — his tariffs, his immigration enforcement, his cuts to the federal work force. Broad numbers of independent voters sided with Democrats in believing that he had overreached.

• Only 44 percent of voters — including a meager 31 percent of independents — said that he “understands the problems facing people like you.”

• Voters are more than twice as likely to say his policies have hurt them as they are to say his policies have helped them.

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