Coronavirus: Most Americans think Trump doing a poor job, new poll finds

Federal government also polled negatively

A majority of Americans think the federal government and president Donald Trump are doing a poor job handling the coronavirus pandemic.

A new poll conducted by SSRS and commissioned by CNN shows that 55% of Americans believe the federal government has done a poor job preventing the spread of Covid-19.

The poll conducted between 3 April and 6 April showed that 41% felt the federal government has done a good job and 4% has no opinion on their performance.

Their last poll, conducted between 24 March and 29 March, showed that 48% thought the federal government had done a good job, 47% thought they had done a poor job and 5% didn’t have an opinion.

The only previous data on the federal government’s performance was from March 4 to March 7 and it showed 49% thought the federal government were doing a good job and 43% thought they were doing a poor job.

CNN have polled Americans twice on whether they approve or disapprove of Mr Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a poll conducted between 4 March to 7 March, they found that 41% approved, 48% disapproved and 11% had no opinion.

However, a month later in a poll conducted between 3 April to 6 April only 3% said they had no opinion, while 45% said they approved and 52% said they disapproved.

On Tuesday, Mr Trump threatened to pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) before rolling back the statement, saying that the idea is up for consideration.

“We’re going to put a hold on money spent for WHO,” he said, before adding that “they seem to be very China-centric. And we have to look into that so we’ll look into it we pay for a majority of the money that they get,” the president added.

According to a tracking project hosted by Johns Hopkins University, upwards of 399,029 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the US. The death toll has reached at least 12,911.