HILL STAFF VIEWS: How Congressional Aides View Trump (You May Be Surprised!)
(QUICK READ) — Okay, it’s true asking a bunch of self-identified Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill how they view President Donald Trump’s first six months in office probably seems like a “dog bites man” story.
It just ain’t news, right?
Well, check out the following results from the recent CNCT Capitol Pulse poll that asked that very question to a whole bunch of aides working on both sides of the Hill and representing both major political parties. The results just be contain a surprise or three!
Asked if they would give Trump an A, B, C or F for his first half-year in the Oval Office, 39 percent of the responding Republicans said they would give Trump an A, compared to just three percent of Democrats.
But check this out: Among Republican staff operations types, Trump got the A from 47 percent and from 10 percent of the Democrats! Yes, one of every 10 Hill Democratic aides said Trump is doing A work.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, 94 percent of the Democrats under 30 gave Trump a fat, stinking F, while 14 percent of the GOP Senate aides did the same. Yes, a little more than one of every 10 Senate Republican staffers view Trump as a failure.
In the middle, only 40 percent of the GOP aides under 30 gave Trump a B, as did 35 percent of the GOP senior policy types. On the Democrat side, 14 percent of the Senior policy Democrat aides rated Trump a complete failure.
Here’s the whole tally:
How would you rate Trump’s first six months? 43 percent of staffers who voted said “F.”
Who said “A” 23 percent overall
- 47 percent GOP Ops / 42 percent GOP House
- 39 percent GOP / 3 percent DEM
- 10% percent DEM Ops / 8 percent DEM Men
Who said “B” 19 percent overall
- 40 percent GOP Under 30 / 35 percent GOP Sr. Policy
- 33 percent GOP / 3 percent DEM
- 14 percent DEM Sr. Policy / 6 percent DEM Women
Who said “C” 15 percent overall
- 29 percent GOP Senate / 26 percent GOP Ops
- 21 percent GOP / 5 percent DEM
- 11 percent DEM Over 30 / 8 percent DEM Men
Who said “F” 43 percent overall
- 94 percent DEM Under 30 / 94 percent DEM Senate
- 89 percent DEM / 7 percent GOP
- 14 percent GOP Senate / 13 percent GOP Jr. Policy