Melania Trump has making more public appearances of late, with and without her husband. Regardless, her approval rating has fallen by double digits. CNN is out with a new poll that shows:
The first lady, whose favorability stood at 54% in October, has slipped to 43% in just two months.
Additionally, 36% of those polled found her unfavorable, a 6-point increase since October.The 11-point drop-off is notable for Trump, who has for most of 2018 maintained positive polling numbers, staying in the high-40s to high-50s. However, unlike the numbers of her husband, who has steadily maintained a favorable rating of about 40%, public opinion of the first lady has varied.
Melania Trump maintains her strongest support from older, white, male Republicans and conservatives, while her biggest detractors are women, mainly younger and those who are college-educated. https://t.co/p9OXwrZkh2
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) December 13, 2018
This poll was released just a short time after the first lady sat down with Fox’s Sean Hannity for a softball interview where she said she wants her husband to run for a second term because “the country does best ever.” She also addressed whether she ever tells Trump to tone it down:
“I don’t agree with him sometimes and I told him that. So as I said before sometimes he says like you was gonna say something and you said I said I said to him you know I don’t think you need to read that out. But on the end it’s his decision. He knows the consequences. He’s an adult and you know but he’s a fighter. He’s the fighter.”
Watch above.