Six weeks after President Joe Biden scored the lowest marks of his presidency, his job approval rating has jumped to a level not seen since September 2021. Americans give President Biden a negative 40 - 52 percent job approval rating compared to the negative 31 - 60 percent job approval rating he received in July, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of adults released today.
The second one suurprised me. The numbers are in Watergate territory as far as people paying attention...also that so many independents are in favor of prosecution...
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More than three-quarters of Americans (76 percent) say they are following the news about the removal of classified documents from former President Donald Trump's Florida home either very closely (38 percent) or somewhat closely (38 percent), while 24 percent say they are either following it not so closely (11 percent) or not closely at all (13 percent).
Americans 59 - 26 percent think former President Trump acted inappropriately in the way he handled classified documents after leaving the White House.
Sixty-four percent of Americans think the allegations involving former President Trump and his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House are either very serious (49 percent) or somewhat serious (15 percent), while 32 percent think they are either not too serious (13 percent) or not serious at all (19 percent).
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Americans 50 - 41 percent think former President Trump should be prosecuted on criminal charges over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House.
Democrats (86 - 5 percent) and independents (52 - 39 percent) think former President Trump should be prosecuted on criminal charges, while Republicans (83 - 9 percent) think he should not be prosecuted on criminal charges.
Consumer sentiment rose by 13% in August, lifting off of the all-time low reading for the survey reached in June but remaining 17% below a year ago, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.
The gains in sentiment were seen across age, education, income, region and political affiliation, and can be attributed to the recent deceleration in inflation. Most of this increase was concentrated in expectations, led by a 59% surge in the year-ahead outlook for the economy following two months at its lowest reading since the Great Recession, said U-M economist Joanne Hsu, director of the surveys.
