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2,000 Americans were asked their thoughts on President Trump's use of Twitter. Each month, Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shares findings from the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, which is released by the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard and The Harris Poll. To sign up for regular updates and to learn more about poll results and coverage, visit harvardharrispoll.com and follow @Mark_Penn_Polls on Twitter. TRANSCRIPT: Now, one of the big issues I think the people have talked about since the beginning of the Trump presidency is the president's use of Twitter. And it's pretty clear that a lot of the declines that you see here in the recent poll are partially some of the fights that the president in has participated in in Twitter. And so, we asked, I think for the first time that I've seen anywhere, a very simple question: Should President Trump stop using Twitter or keep using it? 71% said stop using Twitter, 29% keep using it. That is a pretty clear message from the American public that they think his use of Twitter is divisive, and that they'd rather see him tone it down. We're going to follow it up next month with some more specific questions, do they want him to use Twitter sometimes, or use it in certain ways, or do they really believe hard and fast that the only thing for him to do is to stop using it altogether?
It's fascinating because obviously the president sees it as a major element of his communication. But only 29% see that as something that he should continue to do.
And talking about Twitter and the stock market, because of the Twitter announcements, 35% say the recent stock market jitters are the result of Trump's announcement. 30% due the trade tensions. 21%, the economic troubles of large global companies. The Federal Reserve is not really blamed for the stock market variation. And 54% disapprove of Trump's criticism of the Federal Reserve. Again, not an overwhelming majority, but a majority. And most people want the Federal Reserve on both economic growth and monetary policy.
And who would you blame more if the US economy enters a recession this year? President Trump, 57. The Fed, 33. Other, 10. If this economy goes into a recession, as many economists are saying, but they've been saying it for about a year and a half now, then President Trump would take a significant hit. And he knows that, which is why he's pushing so hard on trying to keep interest rates low, and presumably get a deal in China and resolve some of the trade uncertainty.
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By Presidential Pollster Mark Penn2,000 Americans were asked their thoughts on President Trump's use of Twitter. Each month, Presidential Pollster Mark Penn shares findings from the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, which is released by the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard and The Harris Poll. To sign up for regular updates and to learn more about poll results and coverage, visit harvardharrispoll.com and follow @Mark_Penn_Polls on Twitter. TRANSCRIPT: Now, one of the big issues I think the people have talked about since the beginning of the Trump presidency is the president's use of Twitter. And it's pretty clear that a lot of the declines that you see here in the recent poll are partially some of the fights that the president in has participated in in Twitter. And so, we asked, I think for the first time that I've seen anywhere, a very simple question: Should President Trump stop using Twitter or keep using it? 71% said stop using Twitter, 29% keep using it. That is a pretty clear message from the American public that they think his use of Twitter is divisive, and that they'd rather see him tone it down. We're going to follow it up next month with some more specific questions, do they want him to use Twitter sometimes, or use it in certain ways, or do they really believe hard and fast that the only thing for him to do is to stop using it altogether?
It's fascinating because obviously the president sees it as a major element of his communication. But only 29% see that as something that he should continue to do.
And talking about Twitter and the stock market, because of the Twitter announcements, 35% say the recent stock market jitters are the result of Trump's announcement. 30% due the trade tensions. 21%, the economic troubles of large global companies. The Federal Reserve is not really blamed for the stock market variation. And 54% disapprove of Trump's criticism of the Federal Reserve. Again, not an overwhelming majority, but a majority. And most people want the Federal Reserve on both economic growth and monetary policy.
And who would you blame more if the US economy enters a recession this year? President Trump, 57. The Fed, 33. Other, 10. If this economy goes into a recession, as many economists are saying, but they've been saying it for about a year and a half now, then President Trump would take a significant hit. And he knows that, which is why he's pushing so hard on trying to keep interest rates low, and presumably get a deal in China and resolve some of the trade uncertainty.