Poll: Trump's popularity slipping in rural America

A new Reuters-Ipsos poll of more than 15,000 rural Americans says President Trump's popularity is dipping in rural areas. In non-metropolitan areas of the U.S., his approval rating dropped to 47 percent in September, down from 55 percent during the first weeks of his presidency. His disapproval rating, also at 47 percent in September, is up from 39 percent in his first month in office. "The poll found that Trump has lost support in rural areas among men, whites and people who never went to college. He lost support with rural Republicans and rural voters who supported him on Election Day," Chris Kahn and Tim Reid report for Reuters.

Trump's waning support in rural America is significant because he won a bigger share of the rural vote of any modern president, 62 percent. "Respondents interviewed by Reuters said they were frustrated that Trump had not yet gotten his border wall, and others said they were uncomfortable with the administration’s travel restrictions, like the since-expired ban on refugees and on travelers from six majority-Muslim countries," Jacqueline Thomsen reports for The Hill.