More than half of Americans say Trump tweets too much but they love his job-saving Carrier deal
- A new Morning Consult/Politico poll found that nearly half the country sees President-elect Donald Trump's use of Twitter as a 'bad thing'
- More than half of the registered voters surveyed also agreed that the president-elect tweets 'too much'
- Voters, however, were enthusiastic about the Carrier deal and Trump's numbers, across all demographic groups, improved
President-elect Donald Trump's continued use of Twitter is not impressing voters with 49 percent considering it a 'bad thing,' according to a brand new Morning Consult/Politico poll.
On the flip side of the equation, just 23 percent of registered voters believed Trump's tweeting to be a 'good thing' the survey found.
The president-elect received much higher marks for intervening in air conditioning company Carrier's plans to send jobs to Mexico, with 60 percent of voters saying the move made them view the Republican in a more positive light.
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Donald Trump is getting not great marks on his Twitter usage, but Americans loved his Carrier deal, a new survey shows
A new poll suggests that a majority of Americans are not enthusiastic about President-elect Donald Trump's use of Twitter
The new national survey was taken December 1-2 among 1,401 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3 percent.
Beyond being asked if Trump's use of Twitter was a good or bad thing, respondents were probed about how much The Donald uses the medium.
Fifty-six percent complained that Trump uses Twitter 'too much.'
While 16 percent said he uses it 'about the right amount' and 5 percent said he doesn't use it enough.
Trump voters, however, gave the president-elect more wiggle room on the subject, with 37 percent saying he tweets 'too much,' 29 percent saying 'about the right amount' and 6 percent saying 'not enough.'
While Hillary Clinton voters had no tolerance for it.
Only 39 percent of registered voters said the president-elect should use Twitter 'because it is an important means for communicating with constituents and friends'
Seventy-nine percent said Trump was tweeting 'too much,' while 4 percent said he was both tweeting 'the right amount' and ' not enough.'
Among all respondents, 42 percent said the president should be able to have a personal Twitter account, while 39 percent argued that he shouldn't have one.
That's a smaller percentage than the number of people who believed the president should be able to have a personal email account – 52 percent – and that comes after months of the Clinton personal email scandal.
Thirty-one percent of the poll's respondents said presidents shouldn't be able to use personal email.
As for why the president-elect should be able to use Twitter, 39 percent agreed it was 'because it is an important means for communicating with constituents and friends.'
Another 40 percent agreed that the president shouldn't have a Twitter account because it could be hacked.
Donald Trump's deal with Carrie to keep jobs in the United States improved his standing among all demographic groups - including Hillary Clinton voters
Breaking down those Carrier numbers, of the 60 percent who said they saw Trump in a more positive light, 32 percent said it was a 'much more favorable' light, while another 28 percent said they saw Trump somewhat more favorably.
'The Carrier announcement was big for Trump,' said Kyle Dropp, Morning Consult's co-founder and chief research office, according to the release. 'Rarely do we see numbers that high when looking at how specific messages and events shape public opinion.'
Trump's reputation rose across party lines too.
Forty percent of Democrats – split 16 percent 'much more' favorably and 24 percent 'somewhat more' favorably – felt better about Trump.
Fifty-four percent of independents said they liked Trump better.
Clinton voters gave the president-elect a slight upgrade too, with 32 percent saying the Carrier deal improved their view of the Republican president-to-be.
A majority of voters, 56 percent, said it was appropriate for a president to directly negotiate with companies and another 62 percent said they would approve of the president using tax breaks to keep companies, and jobs, in the United States.
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