Most Americans don't think "draining the swamp" is going too well

A majority of the public isn’t impressed with President Donald Trump’s progress toward his oft-repeated promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov survey.

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Fifty-two percent say that Trump has done “not very well” or “not at all well” at upholding his promise to “drain the swamp of government corruption,” with only 30 percent saying he’s done even somewhat well. Just 6 percent think he’s done “very well” at fulfilling that pledge.

Unsurprisingly, views are deeply polarized, although Trump’s opponents are quicker to condemn his performance than his supporters are to laud him for it.

More than 90 percent of Americans who supported Hillary Clinton in last year’s election say that Trump hasn’t done well at fulfilling his promise, with 80 percent saying he’s done “not at all well,” the lowest category. By contrast, while 70 percent of Trump voters say he’s done at least “somewhat well,” just 15 percent credit him with doing “very well” at keeping his campaign pledge to drain the swamp.

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