For the first time in his presidency, President Trump’s approval rating is higher than his disapproval rating in the ABC News-Washington Post poll. The news outlet’s poll, released Friday morning, has Trump at 48 percent approval and 46 percent disapproval.

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In the past month, as Trump has led the fight against the coronavirus, his approval number has risen five points and his disapproval dropped seven points.

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Trump also has a slightly higher approval for his handling of the COVID-19 Chinese coronavirus crisis than his predecessor President Barack Obama for his handling of the Ebola virus six years ago, 51 to 49.

(ABC/Washington Post poll) Americans give Trump a higher grade for how he's tackling the #coronavirus than they gave President Obama for handling the Ebola outbreak Trump: 51% approve, 45% disapprove

Obama: 49% approve, 43% disapprove — Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) March 27, 2020

A breakdown of the poll results show Trump’s strongest support comes from men and people over forty.

(ABC/Washington Post poll) Trump's approve/disapproval rating: Overall: 48/46

Voters: 49/47

Dems: 17/78

GOP: 86/12

Indie: 49/45

Men: 53/41

Women: 43/50

18-29 yrs: 39/53

30-39 yrs: 42/50

40-49 yrs: 56/40

50-64 yrs: 57/39

65 yrs+: 49/48 — Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) March 27, 2020

ABC notes 66 percent of Americans have confidence in the federal government’s ability to handle the coronavirus.

66% of Americans express confidence in the federal government’s ability to handle the coronavirus outbreak, per new @ABC News/WaPo poll. https://t.co/lKOeucQM0W — ABC News (@ABC) March 27, 2020

Liberals and media figures have called for news outlets to stop live broadcasting Trump’s daily White House coronavirus task force briefings that have given the American people an unfiltered view of the President and his team.

One recent example:

https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/1243288673728319488

Link to poll results.