Reality Check

YouGov has a few charts that could qualify:

Assessments of both the economy and of the President continue to have a partisan basis. Republican approval of the way the President is handling his job barely reaches double digits (12% this week), although in many recent Economist/YouGov Polls, is was below 10%. And only 35% of independents approve. But 80% of Democrats do, one of the President’s highest ratings in recent months from his own party’s identifiers.

A similar pattern holds when assessing the state of the economy. Although 44% of Republicans believe the economy is getting worse, that is much lower than most previous numbers. A majority of Democrats are optimistic. Independents are divided.

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