![]() People who watched this year’s State of the Union were 17 points likelier than the general public to identify as Republicans, and Republicans, of course, liked what Trump had to say.Įighty-seven percent of Republican viewers had a very positive reaction to Trump’s speech, as did 57 percent of independents 64 percent of Democrats, however, had a negative reaction. In fact, the speech had the “largest partisan tilt measured in any CNN instant poll following a presidential address to Congress back to 2001,” journalist Jennifer Agiesta wrote. In other words, of course Republican viewers thought Trump did a good job.Ī CNN poll conducted immediately after Trump’s speech found that 59 percent of viewers had a “very positive” reaction to the address, compared to 48 percent last year and 57 percent in 2017, when he delivered an address to a joint session of Congress, a sort of pseudo-State of the Union that typically takes place after the president is first sworn in.īut as CNN notes, Trump’s high approval ratings for his 2019 speech are due at least in part to the partisan nature of the audience. That makes sense, because generally, a greater proportion of people who watch the State of the Union address tend to be from the president’s party. ![]() ![]() Polls from CNN and CBS News conducted shortly after the big address found that viewers generally approved of what the president had to say. Most of the people who watched President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech liked it. ![]()
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