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    Poll: Americans Not Sold On Trump — Or Democrats

    President Trump has his highest approval rating yet, even though his reelection prospects continue to be lackluster. But voters aren't yet buying what Democrats are selling.
    by Domenico Montanaro Jul 22, 2019 4 minutes
    President Trump has his highest approval rating yet, even though his reelection prospects continue to be lackluster.

    Democrats fighting out their presidential primary face landmines over policies popular with their base but not with the general election electorate, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

    And overall, independent voters said they were not impressed with the direction either President Trump or Democrats want to take the country at this point ahead of the 2020 election, the findings show.

    "Independents are on the fence overall," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion at Marist College, which conducted the poll. "They're not willing to grant President Trump reelection, and yet they're not persuaded by Democrats at this point."

    While independents give President Trump lackluster scores in terms of his approval rating

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