According to the latest POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, President Donald Trump faces a credibility gap: Only 35 percent say he’s “honest,” and 34 percent say he’s “trustworthy.” | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Poll: Trump should talk about health care, economy in SOTU speech

Voters want to hear President Donald Trump talk about health care and the economy at this week’s State of the Union address.

When asked which issues they want Trump to address in Tuesday’s speech, the largest percentages of voters surveyed say it’s “very important” for Trump to discuss improving the health care system (59 percent) and improving the economy and creating jobs (58 percent), according to a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.


Combining those who say it’s very and "somewhat important," more than 4 in 5 voters want to hear Trump’s plans for health care on Tuesday.

The poll, taken at the one-year mark of Trump’s term, also found voters want to hear about fighting terrorism — 54 percent say it's very important for the president to discuss the issue in his speech.

“Our polling reveals fixing health care reform has become even more of a priority for voters since President [Barack] Obama’s final State of The Union address,” said Morning Consult co-founder and Chief Research Officer Kyle Dropp. “Notably, 76 percent of voters said it was important for President Obama to discuss improving the health care system during his final State of the Union address in 2016, compared with 82 percent who say the same about President Trump’s address today.”

Least important to voters? Only 27 percent say it’s very important for Trump to discuss global poverty — though a 51 percent majority want him to talk about poverty domestically. Just 3 in 10 respondents, 30 percent, think it’s very important to hear from Trump on combating climate change — a phenomenon he’s often mocked and dismissed.

Four in 10 voters think it’s very important for Trump to talk about reducing illegal immigration — with far more Republicans (63 percent) saying it’s very important than Democrats (27 percent) or independents (32 percent).

Immigration has dominated much of the debate on Capitol Hill in recent weeks — with some Democrats voting against government funding in an effort to secure protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, an exercise that resulted in a three-day government shutdown. The poll was conducted in the immediate run-up to the shutdown: Jan. 18-20.

A slight majority of voters, 52 percent, say it’s at least somewhat likely they will watch Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. But Trump may be speaking to the converted: GOP voters (76 percent) are far more likely to say they’ll watch the speech than Democrats (37 percent) or independents (45 percent).

The survey also tested 15 separate Trump attributes, with the results underscoring voters’ low opinions of certain parts of the president’s personality and character. Majorities think he is "reckless" (57 percent), "profane" (54 percent) and "sexist" (51 percent). Another 46 percent say he is “racist.” (The poll was conducted after the president was accused of using profane, racially charged language to refer to some developing countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa.)

Trump labeled himself a “very stable genius” earlier this month. But only 43 percent say he’s knowledgeable — 44 percent say he isn’t — and just 36 percent say he’s stable.

Trump also faces a credibility gap: Only 35 percent say he’s “honest,” and 34 percent say he’s “trustworthy.”

Only about a third, 33 percent, say Trump is compassionate, and 53 percent say he isn’t. Just 34 percent say Trump cares about people like them, while 51 percent think he doesn’t.

The POLITICO/Morning Consult poll surveyed 1,994 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

Morning Consult is a nonpartisan media and technology company that provides data-driven research and insights on politics, policy and business strategy.

More details on the poll and its methodology can be found in these two documents — Toplines: http://politi.co/2GkJSDC | Crosstabs: http://politi.co/2DKkXvq