In Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, President Donald Trump's disapproval ratings exceed 50 percent. The three states provided Trump 46 electoral votes in the 2016 election, arguably his margin of victory. | Ron Sach-Pool/Getty Images Polls: Trump slumping in Midwest

President Donald Trump’s job approval ratings are sagging in three crucial states that helped him secure the presidency last year, according to NBC News/Marist polls released Sunday.

Trump’s approval is below 40 percent in Michigan (36 percent), Pennsylvania (35 percent) and Wisconsin (34 percent), according to the surveys, conducted in the four days after a violent white supremacist march last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. That time span includes Trump’s alternating responses to the episode, which drew widespread criticism from elected officials in Washington.


In all three states, Trump's disapproval ratings exceed 50 percent. The three states provided Trump 46 electoral votes in the 2016 election, arguably his margin of victory.

Voters in the three states — by margins ranging from 8 to 13 percentage points — told pollsters they would prefer that Democrats control Congress after the 2018 elections. Nearly two-thirds of those polled in each state say they’ve been embarrassed by Trump’s performance as president. Though they rate him about even on his handling of the economy, more than half say he’s weakened the country’s standing in the world.

In Michigan, about the same number of voters say they have a favorable view of Trump (34 percent) as they do about Kid Rock, a prospective Republican Senate candidate (36 percent) in the 2018 midterms.

Each of the three polls relied on a sample of about 800 registered voters, and each carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.



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