Polls

Newsweek -  [A]  poll of 2,040 18- to 29-year-olds conducted on November 3-7 found that only 13 percent believe that the U.S. is generally headed in the right direction. “Financial fears, political polarization, and concerns over an uncertain future have shattered young Americans’ trust in the world around them,” Jordan Schwartz, student chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project, said.

Forty-three percent of the younger set say they are struggling or getting by with limited financial security and only 30 percent believe they will be better off financially than their parents.

Young Americans rate President Donald Trump and both major political parties poorly, offering overwhelmingly negative descriptions of Democrats and Republicans alike, the poll found.

Trump has a 29 percent overall approval rating, with just 26 percent on the economy, 25 percent on health care, 32 percent on immigration and 35 percent on illegal immigration.

Congressional Democrats fare no better, with a 27 percent approval rating, while congressional Republicans are at 26 percent. “A generation facing economic and technological uncertainty does not see national leaders as responsive or capable. These numbers reflect a deeper lack of trust in institutions during a moment of widespread anxiety about affordability, opportunity, and the future of work,” the Institute of Politics said in its report on the poll.

NY Times -  Much of the drop in support for Mr. Trump’s job performance has come among voters who describe themselves as political independents; just 31 percent said they approved of his job as president in a November Marquette University Law School poll, down from 41 percent in July.

The president has also lost support among men, particularly white, college-educated men. Among them, his approval rating has dropped to 40 percent, down from 47 percent in June, according polling from Fox News. Exit polls suggest Mr. Trump won 50 percent of college-educated white men in November last year.