Most U.S. voters believe Trump is a racist

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A majority (51%) of U.S. voters believe that President Donald Trump is a racist, says a Quinnipiac University poll out this week. Forty-five percent say that he is not.

More voters believe Trump is racist than a segregationist running in September 1968 was–a Harris poll showed 41% believed former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, a segregationist running for president, was racist, basically even with the 40% who disagreed with the statement.

It could be generously said that the spread between racist and not a racist (5 points in Trump’s case and 1 point in Wallace’s case) is closer because more voters were undecided on Wallace. Even so, the net margin for Trump being a racist is wider than it was in Wallace’s case, according to a CNN analysis.

Trump’s approval rating is 43% among all voters in a national average. A month ago, before his tweets against the four progressive congresswomen, his approval rating among voters was the same 43%.

Unfortunately for Trump, numbers such as these a year from now would mean that he would be an underdog for reelection. The last time Trump had an approval rating like this heading into a national election, the Democrats gained 40 House seats and won the House popular vote by 9 points.