{"id":40802238119,"date":"2019-04-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/polling-institute\/?post_type=poll&p=40802238119"},"modified":"2019-06-05T15:39:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:39:24","slug":"monmouthpoll_us_041719","status":"publish","type":"poll","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/polling-institute\/reports\/monmouthpoll_us_041719\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Tax Time Troubles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

West Long Branch, NJ<\/em> \u2013\nPresident Donald Trump\u2019s job rating has taken a slight dip as the country\nawaits the release of the Mueller report according to the latest Monmouth\nUniversity Poll<\/em><\/strong>.  Most Americans\nwant Congress to see an unredacted copy of the report, but not pursue the\ninvestigation any further.  The poll also\nfinds that public opinion remains negative on the 2017 tax reform plan \u2013 a key\npart of Trump\u2019s legislative legacy.  The\npresident\u2019s unconventional style also continues to get more negative than\npositive reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s overall job rating stands at 40% approve and 54% disapprove. This result stands at the lower end of his typical job rating in Monmouth\u2019s polling.  Approval has tended to range from 39% to 44% and disapproval from 49% to 54% since he took office with a few exceptions \u2013 specifically, a more even 43% to 46% split in March 2017 and June 2018 and a low of 32% to 56% in December 2017. The president\u2019s job rating with different partisan groups currently stands at 83% approve and 13% disapprove among Republicans, 40% to 49% among independents, and 7% to 92% among Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe president\u2019s job rating doesn\u2019t see huge swings, so we tend to\nfocus on small movements. The current reading comes at the end of tax return\nseason and while official Washington eagerly awaits the Mueller report. Neither\nsubject is particularly good for Trump,\u201d said Patrick Murray, director of the\nindependent Monmouth University Polling Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public opinion continues to be upside down on tax reforms passed at the end of 2017.  Currently, 34% approve and 43% disapprove of the plan.  Opinion was more evenly split a year ago in March 2018 at 41% approve and 42% disapprove.  While the tax package involves a broad-base cut in income tax rates, 28% of Americans feel that their federal tax bill actually went up under the plan.  This is somewhat lower than expectations in March 2018 when 37% thought their taxes would go up.  However, the same decline in opinion is true for the percentage who thought their taxes would go down \u2013 which now stands at only 14% compared with 23% last year who expected to see a tax reduction.  Nearly half (46%) say that their federal tax burden remained the same under the new reforms, which is up from 31% who expected to see no change last year.  There are few differences in assessment of the tax plan\u2019s impact by income levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe perception may not match reality in terms of how many people actually got a tax reduction. While fears about a rising tax bill diminished after Americans filed their 2018 returns, very few report seeing any benefit from these reforms. This is not good news for a president who wanted to use this issue as a selling point for re-election,\u201d said Murray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another concern hanging over the president for the past two years has\nbeen special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s investigation. Fully 60% of the public\nsay that Congress should get a full copy of the Mueller report. Just 30% say\nthat the Justice Department should able to redact information it considers\nsensitive before delivering the report to Congress. Most Democrats (81% full to\n13% redacted) and independents (61% full to 28% redacted) say that Congress\nshould be able to see the full report while fewer Republicans feel the same\n(33% full to 55% redacted).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though a clear majority of the public wants Congress to have\naccess to the full report, just 39% say that Congress should continue looking\ninto remaining concerns related to the Mueller investigation. A majority of 54%\nfeel that Congress should move on to other issues.  While most Democrats (65%) want Congress to\ncontinue pursuing the investigation, most Republicans (79%) and independents\n(57%) say it is time to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Mueller report is a double-edged sword. Most of the public wants Congress to see everything he dug up, but not necessarily do anything about it. This seems to be tied to a pervading sense that they are unlikely to learn anything about the Trump circle that would be all that out of character with what we\u2019ve come to expect,\u201d said Murray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Americans continue to see the way Trump runs his administration as being less conventional than his predecessors (80%). Just 12% say he is about as conventional as other presidents in his approach to the job and 3% volunteer that he may be more conventional. These results are nearly identical to April 2018 (81% less conventional, 12% about as conventional, and 2% more conventional).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A plurality of 46% say that Trump\u2019s unconventional style is bad for the country and just 26% say it is good.  This is also largely unchanged from a year ago (46% bad and 27% good).  Nearly all Democrats (84%) say Trump\u2019s approach is bad for the country, with just 4% saying it is good and 10% saying he is not less conventional than other presidents. A majority of Republicans (55%), on the other hand, say Trump\u2019s administrative style is good for the country, 11% say it is bad and 29% do not feel it is less conventional at all.  Independents are divided between saying Trump\u2019s style is bad (38%) or good (25%) for the country, or that it is not necessarily less conventional than prior presidents (21%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Monmouth University Poll<\/em> also finds that 24% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing and 62% disapprove. A little over one-quarter (28%) say the country is headed in the right direction and 62% say things have gotten off on the wrong track.  These results are similar to Monmouth poll findings last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Monmouth University Poll<\/em>\nwas conducted by telephone from April 11 to 15, 2019 with 801 adults in the\nUnited States.  The question results in this release have a margin of error\nof +\/- 3.5 percentage points. The poll was conducted by the Monmouth University\nPolling Institute in West Long Branch, NJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUESTIONS\nAND RESULTS      <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(* Some columns may not add to 100% due to\nrounding.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/span> Do you approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as president?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n TREND:\n <\/td>\n April 2019<\/strong>\n <\/td> March 2019 <\/td> Jan. 2019 <\/td> Nov. 2018 <\/td> Aug. 2018 <\/td> June 2018 <\/td> April 2018 <\/td>March
2018 <\/td>		 Jan. 2018 <\/td> Dec. 2017 <\/td> Sept.
2017 <\/td>		 Aug. 2017 <\/td> July 2017 <\/td>May
2017<\/td>		March
2017 <\/td><\/tr>
\n Approve\n <\/td> 40%<\/strong> <\/td>\n 44%\n <\/td>\n 41%\n <\/td>\n 43%\n <\/td>\n 43%\n <\/td>\n 43%\n <\/td>\n 41%\n <\/td>\n 39%\n <\/td>\n 42%\n <\/td>\n 32%\n <\/td>\n 40%\n <\/td>\n 41%\n <\/td>\n 39%\n <\/td>\n 39%\n <\/td>\n 43%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Disapprove\n <\/td>\n 54%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 51%\n <\/td>\n 54%\n <\/td>\n 49%\n <\/td>\n 50%\n <\/td>\n 46%\n <\/td>\n 50%\n <\/td>\n 54%\n <\/td>\n 50%\n <\/td>\n 56%\n <\/td>\n 49%\n <\/td>\n 49%\n <\/td>\n 52%\n <\/td>\n 53%\n <\/td>\n 46%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL) No opinion\n <\/td>\n 6%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td>\n 8%\n <\/td>\n 7%\n <\/td> 11% <\/td>\n 9%\n <\/td>\n 8%\n <\/td>\n 8%\n <\/td> 12% <\/td>\n 11%\n <\/td> 10% <\/td>\n 9%\n <\/td>\n 8%\n <\/td>\n 11%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em><\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (802)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (805)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (802)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (805)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,009)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (805)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (800)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,002)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/span> Do you approve or disapprove of the job the U.S. Congress is doing?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n TREND:\n <\/td> April<\/strong>
2019<\/strong> <\/td>		\n March
\n 2019\n <\/td>		 Jan.
2019 <\/td>		 Nov.
2018 <\/td>		 Aug.
2018 <\/td>		 June 2018 <\/td> April 2018 <\/td>\n March
\n 2018\n <\/td>		 Jan.
2018 <\/td>		 Dec. 2017 <\/td> Sept.
2017 <\/td>		 Aug.
2017 <\/td>		 July
2017 <\/td>		 May
2017 <\/td>		\n March
\n 2017\n <\/td>		 Jan. 2017 <\/td><\/tr>
\n Approve\n <\/td>\n 24%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 23%\n <\/td>\n 18%\n <\/td>\n 23%\n <\/td>\n 17%\n <\/td>\n 19%\n <\/td>\n 17%\n <\/td>\n 18%\n <\/td>\n 21%\n <\/td>\n 16%\n <\/td>\n 17%\n <\/td>\n 18%\n <\/td>\n 19%\n <\/td>\n 19%\n <\/td>\n 25%\n <\/td>\n 23%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Disapprove\n <\/td>\n 62%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 68%\n <\/td>\n 72%\n <\/td>\n 63%\n <\/td>\n 69%\n <\/td>\n 67%\n <\/td>\n 71%\n <\/td>\n 72%\n <\/td>\n 68%\n <\/td>\n 65%\n <\/td>\n 69%\n <\/td>\n 69%\n <\/td>\n 70%\n <\/td>\n 68%\n <\/td>\n 59%\n <\/td>\n 66%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL) No opinion\n <\/td>\n 14%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 9%\n <\/td>\n 10%\n <\/td>\n 14%\n <\/td>\n 14%\n <\/td>\n 14%\n <\/td>\n 12%\n <\/td>\n 11%\n <\/td>\n 11%\n <\/td>\n 19%\n <\/td>\n 15%\n <\/td>\n 13%\n <\/td>\n 11%\n <\/td>\n 13%\n <\/td>\n 16%\n <\/td>\n 11%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em><\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (802)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (805)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (802)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (805)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,009)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (805)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (800)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,002)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n
\n TREND: Continued<\/em>\n <\/td> Sept. 2016* <\/td> Aug. 2016* <\/td> June 2016* <\/td>\n March
\n 2016\n <\/td>		\n Jan.
\n 2016\n <\/td>		\n Dec.
\n 2015\n <\/td>		\n Oct.
\n 2015\n <\/td>		\n Sept.
\n 2015\n <\/td>		\n Aug.
\n 2015\n <\/td>		\n July
\n 2015\n <\/td>		\n June
\n 2015\n <\/td>		 April
2015 <\/td>		\n Jan.
\n 2015\n <\/td>		\n Dec.
\n 2014\n <\/td>		\n July
\n 2013\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Approve\n <\/td>\n 15%\n <\/td>\n 14%\n <\/td>\n 17%\n <\/td>\n 22%\n <\/td>\n 17%\n <\/td>\n 16%\n <\/td>\n 17%\n <\/td>\n 19%\n <\/td>\n 18%\n <\/td>\n 18%\n <\/td>\n 19%\n <\/td>\n 21%\n <\/td>\n 18%\n <\/td>\n 17%\n <\/td>\n 14%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Disapprove\n <\/td>\n 77%\n <\/td>\n 78%\n <\/td>\n 76%\n <\/td>\n 68%\n <\/td>\n 73%\n <\/td>\n 73%\n <\/td>\n 71%\n <\/td>\n 71%\n <\/td>\n 72%\n <\/td>\n 69%\n <\/td>\n 71%\n <\/td>\n 67%\n <\/td>\n 70%\n <\/td>\n 73%\n <\/td>\n 76%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL) No opinion\n <\/td>\n 8%\n <\/td>\n 9%\n <\/td>\n 7%\n <\/td>\n 10%\n <\/td>\n 10%\n <\/td>\n 10%\n <\/td>\n 12%\n <\/td>\n 11%\n <\/td>\n 11%\n <\/td>\n 12%\n <\/td>\n 10%\n <\/td>\n 12%\n <\/td>\n 11%\n <\/td>\n 11%\n <\/td>\n 10%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (802)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,008)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,003)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,006)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,012)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,009)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,203)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,001)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,002)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,005)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,003)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,008)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,012)<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

*\nRegistered voters<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/span> Would you say things in the country are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n TREND:\n <\/td>\n April
\n 2019<\/strong>\n <\/td>		\n March
\n 2019\n <\/td>		\n Nov.
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n Aug.
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n June
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n April
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n March
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n Jan.
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n Dec.
\n 2017\n <\/td>		\n Aug.
\n 2017\n <\/td>		\n May
\n 2017\n <\/td>		\n March
\n 2017\n <\/td>		\n Jan.
\n 2017\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Right direction\n <\/td>\n 28%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 29%\n <\/td>\n 35%\n <\/td>\n 35%\n <\/td>\n 40%\n <\/td>\n 33%\n <\/td>\n 31%\n <\/td>\n 37%\n <\/td>\n 24%\n <\/td>\n 32%\n <\/td>\n 31%\n <\/td>\n 35%\n <\/td>\n 29%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Wrong track\n <\/td>\n 62%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 63%\n <\/td>\n 55%\n <\/td>\n 57%\n <\/td>\n 53%\n <\/td>\n 58%\n <\/td>\n 61%\n <\/td>\n 57%\n <\/td>\n 66%\n <\/td>\n 58%\n <\/td>\n 61%\n <\/td>\n 56%\n <\/td>\n 65%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL) Depends\n <\/td>\n 7%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 6%\n <\/td>\n 7%\n <\/td>\n 6%\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td>\n 6%\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 7%\n <\/td>\n 4%\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td>\n 4%\n <\/td>\n 4%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL) Don\u2019t know\n <\/td>\n 3%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 2%\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 4%\n <\/td>\n 1%\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td>\n 2%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em><\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (802)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (802)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (805)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (805)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,002)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n
\n TREND: Continued<\/em>\n <\/td>\n Aug.
\n 2016*\n <\/td>		\n Oct.
\n 2015\n <\/td>		\n July
\n 2015\n <\/td>		\n June
\n 2015\n <\/td>		\n April
\n 2015\n <\/td>		\n Dec.
\n 2014\n <\/td>		\n July
\n 2013\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Right direction\n <\/td>\n 30%\n <\/td>\n 24%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 28%\n <\/td>\n 23%\n <\/td>\n 27%\n <\/td>\n 23%\n <\/td>\n 28%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Wrong track\n <\/td>\n 65%\n <\/td>\n 66%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 63%\n <\/td>\n 68%\n <\/td>\n 66%\n <\/td>\n 69%\n <\/td>\n 63%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL) Depends\n <\/td>\n 2%\n <\/td>\n 6%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL) Don\u2019t know\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 4%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 2%\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td>\n 4%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,012)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,001)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,002)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,005)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,008)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (1,012)<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

        * Registered voters<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

4.<\/span> Would you say the way Trump runs his administration has been less conventional than prior presidents, or about as conventional as prior presidents?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n TREND:\n <\/td>\n April
\n 2019<\/strong>\n <\/td>		\n April
\n 2018\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Less conventional\n <\/td>\n 80%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 81%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n About as conventional\n <\/td>\n 12%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 12%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL)\n More conventional\n <\/td>\n 3%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 2%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL) Don\u2019t know\n <\/td>\n 5%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

5.<\/span> Is Trump being less conventional good or bad for the country?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n TREND:\n <\/td>\n April
\n 2019<\/strong>\n <\/td>		\n April
\n 2018\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Good\n <\/td>\n 26%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 27%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Bad\n <\/td>\n 46%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 46%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL)\n Both good and bad\n <\/td>\n 7%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 5%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL)\n Don\u2019t know\n <\/td>\n 2%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 3%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Not less\n conventional (from Q4)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n 20%<\/em><\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 19%<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

6.<\/span> Now that the Mueller investigation is over, should Congress move on to other issues or are there still concerns related to that investigation that Congress should continue to look into?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n  \n <\/td>\n April
\n 2019<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Congress should move on\n <\/td>\n 54%<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Congress should continue to look into\n <\/td>\n 39%<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL)\n Depends\n <\/td>\n 2%<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL)\n Don\u2019t know\n <\/td>\n 5%<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

7.<\/span> Should the Justice Department provide the full Mueller report to Congress or should it be able to redact or black out some information it considers sensitive?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n  \n <\/td>\n April
\n 2019<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Provide full Mueller report\n <\/td>\n 60%<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Redact or black out some information\n <\/td>\n 30%<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL)\n Depends\n <\/td>\n 5%<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL)\n Don\u2019t know\n <\/td>\n 5%<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

[Q8-22 held for future release.<\/em>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

23.<\/span> Do you approve or disapprove of the tax reform plan passed by Congress in 2017?\u00a0 [Do you (approve\/disapprove) strongly or somewhat?]<\/span><\/p>\n
\n TREND:\n <\/td>\n April
\n 2019<\/strong>\n <\/td>		\n Aug.
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n June
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n April
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n March
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n Jan.
\n 2018\n <\/td>		\n Dec.
\n 2017*\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Strongly approve\n <\/td>\n 12%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 18%\n <\/td>\n 18%\n <\/td>\n 18%\n <\/td>\n 20%\n <\/td>\n 24%\n <\/td>\n 13%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Somewhat\n approve\n <\/td>\n 22%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 19%\n <\/td>\n 16%\n <\/td>\n 22%\n <\/td>\n 21%\n <\/td>\n 20%\n <\/td>\n 13%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Somewhat disapprove\n <\/td>\n 15%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 16%\n <\/td>\n 14%\n <\/td>\n 15%\n <\/td>\n 16%\n <\/td>\n 13%\n <\/td>\n 12%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Strongly disapprove\n <\/td>\n 28%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 29%\n <\/td>\n 27%\n <\/td>\n 29%\n <\/td>\n 26%\n <\/td>\n 31%\n <\/td>\n 35%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL) Don\u2019t know\n <\/td>\n 23%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 18%\n <\/td>\n 24%\n <\/td>\n 16%\n <\/td>\n 17%\n <\/td>\n 13%\n <\/td>\n 27%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (805)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[*\nQuestion wording, in December 2017, was \u201cHave you heard that the Senate and the\nHouse have passed tax reform bills and are now working on a final version, or\nhaven\u2019t you heard about this? If HEARD: Do you approve or disapprove of this\ntax reform plan?\u201d<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

24.<\/span> Under this new tax plan, have the federal taxes you pay gone up, gone down, or stayed about the same?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n TREND:\n <\/td>\n April
\n 2019<\/strong>\n <\/td>		\n March
\n 2018**\n <\/td>		\n Jan.
\n 2018**\n <\/td>		\n Dec.
\n 2017*\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Gone up\n <\/td>\n 28%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 37%\n <\/td>\n 36%\n <\/td>\n 50%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Gone down\n <\/td>\n 14%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 23%\n <\/td>\n 24%\n <\/td>\n 14%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Stayed about the\n same\n <\/td>\n 46%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 31%\n <\/td>\n 32%\n <\/td>\n 25%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (VOL) Don\u2019t know\n <\/td>\n 13%<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n 9%\n <\/td>\n 7%\n <\/td>\n 12%\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (n)<\/em><\/em>\n <\/td>\n (801)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (803)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td>\n (806)<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

** Question wording, in\n2018, was \u201cdo you think the <\/em>federal\ntaxes you pay will go up<\/em> \u2026\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Question wording, in\n2017, was \u201cIf this new plan becomes law\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

[Q25-31 held for future release.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

METHODOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Monmouth\nUniversity Poll<\/em> was sponsored and conducted by the Monmouth University\nPolling Institute from April 11 to 15, 2019 with a national random sample of 801\nadults age 18 and older, in English. This includes 320 contacted by a live\ninterviewer on a landline telephone and 481 contacted by a live interviewer on\na cell phone. Telephone numbers were selected through random digit dialing\nand landline respondents were selected with a modified Troldahl-Carter youngest\nadult household screen. Monmouth is responsible for all aspects of the survey\ndesign, data weighting and analysis. Final sample is weighted for region, age,\neducation, gender and race based on US Census information. Data collection\nsupport provided by Braun Research (field) and Dynata (RDD sample). For\nresults based on this sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error\nattributable to sampling has a maximum margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage\npoints (unadjusted for sample design). Sampling error can be larger for\nsub-groups (see table below). In addition to sampling error, one should\nbear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting\nsurveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n DEMOGRAPHICS (weighted)<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Self-Reported<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 25%\n Republican<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 44% Independent<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 31% Democrat<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  <\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 48% Male<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 52% Female<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  <\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 30% 18-34<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 33% 35-54<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 37% 55+<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  <\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 64% White<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 12% Black<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 16%\n Hispanic<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n   8% Asian\/Other<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  <\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 69% No\n degree<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 31% 4 year\n degree<\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  <\/em> <\/em>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Click on pdf file link below for full methodology and crosstabs by key demographic groups.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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