Your Daily Roundup for March 24th

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Good afternoon. Here are the latest news and updates that our team at Future Majority is tracking.

As Trump briefly took a more somber tone on coronavirus, his approval rating improved:

A new Monmouth poll shows President Trump’s approval rating at tie, a slight uptick over his consistent underwater approval:

  • Approve: 48%
  • Disapprove: 48%

The same poll finds, however, that a majority of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction:

  • Right direction: 39%
  • Wrong track: 55%

Like his overall approval, Trump’s handling of coronavirus is receiving higher marks than when Americans first began to tune in:

A Reuters/Ipsos poll out last week shows Trump’s approval of handling the crisis was up 8 points over the previous week and is now split:

  • Approve: 47%
  • Disapprove: 47%

The Monmouth poll shows an even improved picture for Trump, where 50% say he has done a good job handling the crisis and 45% say he has done a bad job. However, his approval is far worse than American’s view of their own Governors handling of the crisis: 72% approve of their Governor’s crisis management while only 18% disapprove. 

Pending any additional postponements, here’s a look at the rest of the Democratic Primary calendar: