Polling Results on Trump and Obama

Public Ignorance of Government Spending
Polls of the general public have found that people believe that 25 percent of the federal budget goes to foreign aid (it's less than one percent); that 10 percent goes to pensions and benefits (today, it's 3.2 percent); and that 5 percent goes to PBS and NPR (it's 0.01 percent). The median guess about how much food and housing assistance cost was three to four times as much as the true figure.

GenForward Survey
Regard Trump as legitimate president: 25 percent of Latinos; 28 percent of African Americans; 53 percent of young whites --- Disapproval of Trump's record in office:  71 percent of A-A; 72 percent of Latinos; 69 percent of Asian Americans; and 55 percent of young white adults. The report on the poll came out on March 21.

McClatchy-Marist Poll
Approve of his performance: 38 percent of registered voters approve and 51 percent disapprove. Grade: "A" - 15 percent; "D" - 15 percent; "F" - 32 percent. At the same point in his residency, Obama got 58 percent "A's" and "B's". He got 11 percent "F's".

ADDENDUMS:
*The New York Times has reported that bills to restrict free speech have been introduced in 16 states.

*A three-judge panel in San Antonio ruled 2-1 that Republicans in Texas gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities. Republicans hold two of the three districts ruled newly invalid.

*Medicaid recipients break down into 41 percent white; 25 percent Latino; and 22 percent African American.

*Texas is the only state in the nation with a Landowner's Bill of Rights, that makes seizing property via eminent domain a costly and time-consuming prospect. There is much private land in Texas that runs to the border with Mexico.

*Not a single person at a town hall meeting in Rep. Mike Coffman's Colorado district thanked him for his vote in favor of the GOP replacement for the ACA but dozens condemned him for it.

*Rep. Joe Wilson, who hollered "You lie!" at an Obama State of the Union speech, was met with constituents chanting "You lie! You lie! You lie!"