MELANIA/POLLS: “Melania Trump has suffered a double-digit blow to her approval rating, according to a CNN poll released Thursday [12-13-18], with only 43 percent of those polled viewing her favorably. The number of respondents who said they hold a favorable view of the first lady dropped 11 points relative to October, when 54 percent of those polled said they viewed her favorably. Trump’s approval rating hit an all-time high last May, shortly after she hosted her first state dinner, when it reached 57 percent in a CNN poll. The first lady’s approval rating has fluctuated far more than her husband’s, whose poll numbers have been mostly mired well below 50 percent throughout his two years in office. According to the news analysis and statistics site FiveThirtyEight, President Donald Trump currently has an approval rating of 42.4 percent, and a disapproval rating of 51.6 percent.”
–Matthew Choi, “Melania Trump’s approval rating drops 11 points in CNN poll,” Politico, December 13, 2018 2:42 pm