EVEN REPUBLICANS

Majority of Americans Now Believe Trump Is a ‘Dangerous Dictator’

Even Republicans are starting to think the president poses a threat to democracy.

A majority of Americans view President Donald Trump as a “dangerous dictator” who poses a threat to democracy, new polling data has revealed—including nearly a fifth of Republicans. A wide-ranging poll released on Tuesday to mark the president’s 100th day in office found 52 percent of voters agreed he was “a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy.” But while the statement understandably garnered a lot of support from Democrats, 17 percent of Republicans and 56 percent of Independent voters also agreed with the question, suggesting the floating voters who helped put Trump in the White House have already begun to desert him in droves. “Most Americans view Trump in dictatorial terms, and I think most Americans are concerned that American democracy is on the line,” said PRRI CEO Melissa Deckman, whose company conducted the poll. “It’s only been 100 days into the Trump administration, yet we’ve really seen a pushback among most Americans to the Trump agenda,” she told Axios. However, despite the setback the president still enjoys overwhelming support from Republicans, with 81 percent agreeing with the statement “Trump is a strong leader who should be given the power he needs to restore America’s greatness.”