Long Island opinion on the Trump presidency

What do Long Islanders think of Donald Trump more than nine months into his presidency? Here is a breakdown of answers to that question posed in a Newsday/Siena Poll. The survey, which has a margin of error of +/- 3.6 percentage points, involved 1,007 registered voters from Oct. 17-22. Mouse over the bars for details, and see the table below for all the categories on the first rating question. There is also a chart below showing responses to questions about how Trump is handling five situations. And you can read more about the Trump poll results here.

The ratings

  • Excellent
  • Good
  • Fair
  • Poor
  • No opinion

How would you rate the job that Donald Trump is doing as president?

By Ethnicity and Income

And how would you rate Trump on dealing with 5 challenges

Respondents were asked to rate the president on the following: handling natural disasters such as Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria; creating jobs; working collaboratively with Congress; keeping America safe from terrorism; and addressing the conflict between the United States and North Korea.

Here are breakdowns on the question “How would you rate the job that Donald Trump is doing as president? The “Don’t know/No opinion” data, which ranges from 1 percent to 3 percent, are not listed, and the percentages are rounded off.

ExcellentGoodFairPoor
TOTAL14%18%19%47%
  Nassau12%18%21%48%
  Suffolk16%18%18%47%
GENDER    
  Male16%19%20%45%
  Female13%16%19%50%
AGE    
  18-346%12%28%52%
  35-5413%22%20%45%
  55+19%19%14%49%
PARTY    
  Democrat3%6%13%77%
  Republican28%31%22%19%
  Independent/ Other13%18%23%43%
POLITICS    
  Liberal2%2%8%87%
  Moderate7%17%23%52%
  Conservative32%29%22%17%
ETHNICITY    
  White16%19%21%43%
  Black3%6%9%82%
  Latino6%18%17%57%
EDUCATION    
  No college17%20%19%43%
  College degree12%16%19%51%
RELIGION    
  Catholic19%22%21%37%
  Jewish7%10%15%68%
  Protestant11%23%23%40%
  Other8%11%15%65%
INCOME    
  <$50G16%23%19%40%
  $50G-$100G16%18%17%49%
  $100G+12%17%18%53%

Javascript charts via amCharts; table via Tableizer.