This statistic presents information on the U.S. adult opinion on President Donald Trump's Twitter usage as of October 2017. During the most recent survey period, 61 percent of respondents thought that Trump's Twitter usage was a bad thing
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Share of adults in the United States who think President Donald Trump's Twitter usage is a bad thing as of October 2017
This statistic presents information on the U.S. adult opinion on President Donald Trump's Twitter usage as of October 2017. During the most recent survey period, 61 percent of respondents thought that Trump's Twitter usage was a bad thing
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| A bad thing | 61% |
| Don't know | 18% |
| A good thing | 21% |
| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| A bad thing | 61% |
| Don't know | 18% |
| A good thing | 21% |
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This statistic presents information on the U.S. adult opinion on President Donald Trump's Twitter usage as of October 2017. During the most recent survey period, 61 percent of respondents thought that Trump's Twitter usage was a bad thing
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- June 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- October 5 to 9, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 2,201 respondents
- Supplementary notes
- Original question: "Do you think President Donald Trump's use of Twitter is.. "
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- October 5 to 9, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 2,201 respondents
- Supplementary notes
- Original question: "Do you think President Donald Trump's use of Twitter is.. "
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