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Pre-Trump vs post-Trump: How Americans feel now

Trump's unpopularity is now dominating the political scene

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David Leonhardt and Stuart A Thompson | NYT
In the 365 days since Donald Trump was elected president, the national mood has changed in some important ways. The most important of those changes is simply this: Trump has become less popular, and his political opponents have become more popular.
 

His unpopularity is now dominating the political scene. Democrats won a wave of victories on Tuesday, many in conservative areas. Congressional Republicans, for their part, are announcing retirements at an unusually rapid clip, fearful that Trump’s standing will drag them down in 2018.

Trump’s approval rating has fallen among supporters of each party. Overall, it fell