The respondents remained evenly split when it came to President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. | Getty Poll: 36 percent say Trump will be 'poor' president

A CBS News poll out Thursday shows just 34 percent of Americans believe Donald Trump will be a “good” or “very good” president, a much lower rating than either President Barack Obama or former President George W. Bush received as incoming presidents.

A full 36 percent of respondents say the president-elect will be a “poor president,” though those results are largely split along party lines, with 60 percent of Democrats, 35 percent of independents and 8 percent Republicans giving that assessment.


In December 2008, Obama came into office with 63 percent of Americans saying he’d make a good or very good president. At about the same time in 2000, less than half of respondents said Bush would be a good or very good president.

The respondents remained evenly split when it came to Trump’s Cabinet picks — 41 percent said they approve and 41 percent disapprove of Trump’s picks so far. But potential conflicts of interest with Trump’s businesses continue to plague him. Fifty-nine percent said the president-elect’s vast business relationships create a conflict of interest and likely will affect his decision-making as president.

There is another area where a majority of respondents agree: Trump’s tweeting. Sixty percent say Trump tweets too much, including 41 percent of Republicans, 78 percent of Democrats and 58 percent of independents.

The poll was conducted via landlines and cellphones on Dec. 9–13 and including 1,259 adults, of which 1,117 were registered voters.

