Only 46 per cent of Americans who identify as Republicans say the country is on the right track, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted last week. As recently as early March, before the novel coronavirus forced widespread shutdowns across the country, about 70 per cent of Republicans said they were optimistic about the country's direction. Trump's approval rating remains resilient at around 40 per cent, with a large majority of Republicans still approving of his overall performance. Pollsters were very wrong in 2016 and underestimate voters' enthusiasm for President Trump every time." 0:48Reuters conducted interviews and email exchanges with more than a dozen Republicans who said the country was headed in the wrong direction, yielding a mix of responses.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2020 11:17 UTC