People disagree about President Donald Trump – a lot, and without ambiguity. If you like the president, you’re all in. If you don’t, you really, really don’t. “Somewhat,” the historically safe middle ground in polling, has been obliterated.
This is not really news: Pollsters, journalists and academics have been documenting America’s growing political polarization for decades. And this state of the nation seems to ring true in East Helena, according to a recent survey by The Monitor.
What’s telling, though, is how we disagree. Our survey indicates that, when assessing the president’s performance one year after the election, Trump supporters tend to focus on key issues such as tariffs, bureaucracy, and immigration. Critics are more likely to dwell on personality, democratic dysfunction, and the way power is being wielded in Washington.
