Democratic lawmakers may have bristled at President Donald Trump\u2019s triumphant return to the Capitol, but polling suggests their constituents felt differently.<\/p>\n
A CBS News\/YouGov survey, conducted immediately after Trump\u2019s joint address to Congress, polled a nationally representative sample of speech watchers\u2014and the results are likely to delight the poll-conscious president.<\/span><\/p>\n The poll shows an overwhelming 76 percent of Americans viewing the speech approved of Trump\u2019s remarks, with only 23 percent \u2014 less than a quarter \u2014 disapproving.<\/p>\n Sixty-eight percent of viewers described Trump\u2019s speech as \u201chopeful,\u201d with a majority also describing it as \u201cpresidential,\u201d \u201cinspiring,\u201d \u201cunifying,\u201d and \u201centertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n A clear majority of Americans who watched President Trump\u2019s address felt he focused on issues that mattered to them, according to the CBS News\/YouGov survey.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n