Slides assembled for a facebook live interview with Minnesota Public Radio News on this topic 10/4/2018 (the day President Trump was holding a rally in Rochester, MN).

1. WHAT DO
MINNESOTANS
THINK ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
Created for Facebook live with MPR News October 4, 2018 @APMResearch

2. NOVEMBER 2016
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE:
TRUMP = 44.9%
CLINTON = 46.4%
Source: https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/2016-general-election-results/ @APMResearch

3. MN’s 7th
district
Trump
won by
31 points
MN’s 5th
district
Clinton
won by
55 points
Source: https://www.apmresearchlab.org/stories/2018/06/26/representing-us @APMResearch

4. Source: bit.ly/PollWatchMN @APMResearch

5. 36%approval as of September, 2017
38% nationally (via fivethirtyeight.com)
Source: bit.ly/PollWatchMN @APMResearch

6. TRUMP: MOST
POLARIZING
Source: http://www.americanpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gl-survey-politics-white-paper-12-13-2017R.pdf @APMResearch

7. WHY (DIS)APPROVE?
Reasons for
approving
Reasons for
disapproving
REPUBLICANS
 Follow-through
 Different/non-traditional
 Economy
 Communication style
 Giving effort
 Communication style
DEMOCRATS  Economy
 Lack of competence
 Lack of tolerance
 Self-centered
 Dishonest
 Communication style
Source: http://www.americanpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gl-survey-politics-white-paper-12-13-2017R.pdf @APMResearch

8. TRUMP: LOW APPROVAL IN
ROCHESTER
Source: http://www.americanpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gl-survey-politics-white-paper-12-13-2017R.pdf @APMResearch

9. 39%approval as of Sept 12, 2018
40% nationally (via fivethirtyeight.com)
Source: bit.ly/PollWatchMN @APMResearch

10. Source: https://www.apmresearchlab.org/stories/2018/08/29/minnesota-polls-election-midterms-congress-trump-governor @APMResearch

11. Find out more:
bit.ly/PollWatchMN