More Americans have confidence in congressional Democrats than in President Donald Trump on the major issues facing the country today: 48% say they have more faith in the Democrats, 39% in Trump. Another 9% say they don't trust either. Among political independents, there's a near even split on this question; 40% say they have more confidence in Trump, 37% the Democrats in Congress, with a sizable 15% saying they don't have confidence in either side to handle the nation's most pressing problems. That finding comes as neither Congress nor the president earns the approval of a majority of the public. Just 21% in the new poll approve of the way the current Congress is doing its job, while findings released earlier this week from the same poll showed that 39% approve of Trump's job performance.

Source: CNN December 13, 2018 16:52 UTC