More people (48 percent) who watched or followed President-elect Donald Trump’s first press conference after winning the election thought he did not set the right tone than those who believed he did (45 percent), according to a Rassmussen Reports survey.
This compares to 52 percent who thought President-elect Barack Obama set the right tone in his first press conference after winning the election in November 2009 and 53 percent who said Trump set the correct tone in his victory speech after he defeated Hillary Clinton in the November election.
More results from the poll indicate:
- Among unaffiliated voters overall, 48 percent said Trump did not set the right tone in his press conference last week, while only 34 percent said he did.
- Among Republicans, 63 percent said he set the right tone, while 72 percent of Democrats said he did not do so.
- Males and those over 65 were more likely to think that Trump set the correct tone.
- Only 35 percent of those with a college education thought he set the right tone, while 50 percent of those with only a high school degree said he did have the correct tone.
- Among government workers, only 28 percent said Trump had the right tone, while 50 percent of entrepreneurs thought he did have it.
- 54 percent said major legislation to improve the country is likely to be passed during Trump’s first 100 days in office.
Seventy-six percent of those surveyed said they either watched or followed reports of the news conference. The survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted on January 11-12. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.