The Update Desk: It's Bad Out There

When I did the Poll Watch post the other day, there were some questions that were 'embargoed' until further notice.

Fox News has now released the additional details from the poll, including several questions asking how well particular words describe president Trump.  Let's take a look at the questions and some of the more interesting demographics.

• Presidential: 13% extremely well; 56% not at all. Only 29% of Republicans, 24% of conservatives, 29% of white evangelicals, and 30% of Trump voters think this is an apt description.

On specific leadership qualities, the results weren't really all that much better.

• Strong leader: 21% extremely well; 48% not at all. For Republicans (R), conservatives (C), white evangelicals (WE), and Trump voters (TV), the 'extremely well' percentages are 43%, 36%, 43%, and 30%, respectively.

• Moral leader:  14% extremely well, 55% not at all;  30% (R),  24% (C), 30% (WE,) and 31% (TV) think this describes him extremely well.

• Steady leader: 16% extremely well; 53% not at all. 34% (R),  28% (C), 34% (WE), and 35% (TV) put themselves in the 'extremely well' bucket.

Wow. Strong, moral, and steady, and never more than 35% of his voters think those are fitting descriptions? I thought his fans would rate him higher on these.

• Competent: 21% extremely well, 45% not at all. Here he does better: for his R, C, WE, and TV, the 'extremely well' percentages are 42%, 38%, 40%, and 44%, respectively.

• Knowledgeable: 16% extremely well, 43% not at all. 31% (R), 27% (C), 34% (WE) and 35% (TV).

• Problem solver: 19% extremely well, 47% not at all. 40% of (R), (WE), and (TV) said 'extremely well' while (C) came in at 35%.

• Everyone thinks 'outsider' is an extremely good description; similarly, everyone agrees 'he says what he thinks.

Not a lot of surprises in that second grouping. He did well with his natural constituencies on both competence and problem-solving, even though he's yet to solve any significant problems legislatively.

The last couple of questions is where things got interesting. The first question asked how well the word 'unstable' described Trump. Surprisingly, 60% of survey takers think the president is unstable to some degree.  

• Fully a third of respondents, 33%, thought it described him extremely well; 11% thought it fit him very well, and another 16% thought it described him somewhat. 

• This crosses all demographics: men (57%), women (65%), whites (57%), nonwhites (72%), under 45 years old (56%), 45 and older (56%), incomes less than $50K (62%) and $50K and over (61%). Those are pretty astonishing numbers, don't you think?

• Even Republicans (30%), Conservatives (39%), and White Evangelicals (41%) fell in line when all categories - extremely well, very well, and somewhat well - were combined; only Trump voters thought this was less true, with a 23% combined score. 

And the last question? How well does the word 'bully' describe Trump?

•  39% thought this fit him extremely well; 14% thought it fit him very well, and 20% thought it fit him somewhat well. That's right -- 73% of those surveyed in a Fox News poll think the president is a bully. 

• That includes a majority of Republicans (51%), conservatives (56%), and white evangelicals (59%) who believe this is true. 

• Even 44% of Trump voters find this to be true. 

So, let's recap: the president is an unstable, mildly competent, somewhat knowledgeable iffy problem-solving bully, whose leadership style is not strong, steady, moral, or presidential.

Yay, us, or something. #MAGA #Winning #WhatTheSniff