Trump's approval rating hits its lowest level of 2019 after report release.
The poll, conducted between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, is the first nationwide survey to measure the response of the American public after the U.S. Department of Justice released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page report, which details numerous instances in which Trump may have interfered with the investigation.
Reuters - The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump fell 3 percentage points to their lowest level of the year after the release of a special counsel's report detailing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The poll, conducted between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, is the first nationwide survey to measure the response of the American public after the U.S. Department of Justice released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page report, which details numerous instances in which Trump may have interfered with the investigation.
According to the survey, 37 percent of adults in the United States approved of Trump's performance in office, compared to 40 percent in a similar survey conducted on April 15, representing the lowest level for the year. The number is also below the 43 percent approval rating in a survey conducted shortly after Attorney General William Barr released a summary of the report in March.
In his report, Mueller said his investigation did not establish that the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russians. However, investigators found "multiple acts by the president that were capable of exerting undue influence on investigations."
While Mueller decided not to charge Trump with any crime, he also said the investigation does not exonerate the president.
The research showed that 50 percent of Americans agree that “Trump or someone from his campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 election,” and 58 percent agree that the president “tried to stop investigations into Russian influence in his administration.”
40 percent believe Trump should be impeached, while 42 percent believe he should not.
The Mueller investigation previously indicted 34 individuals and three Russian entities, securing convictions or guilty pleas from numerous Trump associates, including former campaign manager Paul Manafort, former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn, and the president's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English across the United States. The survey gathered responses from 1.005 adults, including 924 who were familiar with the Mueller report. The poll has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 4 percentage points.