summary of poll @ TampaBay.com, Aug. 31 

Trump’s numbers take a dive. Is the GOP worried yet?

The Washington Post-ABC News poll taken Aug. 26-29 might send some tremors through the GOP. President Donald Trump’s approval rating is down to 36 percent, matching his all-time low, and his 60 percent disapproval rating is at an all-time high. (Among registered voters, his approval rating is a smidgen higher at 38 percent.)

Worse still, his approval rating among Republicans is now below 80 percent, and his support among white voters is down to 45 percent, with 51 percent who disapprove. His gender gap is enormous: 54 percent of men disapprove of his performance, while 66 percent of women do. Among independents, 59 percent disapprove of his performance.

Even on the economy, he is slightly underwater (45 percent approve, 47 percent disapprove). Certainly, the upcoming midterms have excited voters, with 65 percent saying they think it’s more important than usual to vote, 31 percent saying they feel about the same, and a mere 3 percent who say it is less important. That might be a bad thing indeed for Trump, if voters are itching to express their displeasure with him.

Voters seem foursquare behind the Russia investigation (63 percent approve, while only 29 percent disapprove); 53 percent say that he has interfered with the investigation to such an extent that it amounts to obstruction of justice, while only 35 percent do not. A majority of Republicans still oppose the investigation and insist that Trump hasn’t interfered with the special counsel’s work [.....]

Finally, a slim plurality (49 percent to 46 percent) already think Congress should commence impeachment hearings.

Newsweek writer looks at it and points out

ONLY HALF OF DONALD TRUMP’S BASE SUPPORTS A PAUL MANAFORT PARDON, NEW POLL INDICATES

BY GREG PRICE ON 8/31/18 AT 9:44 AM

A mere half of President Donald Trump’s core base believes he should pardon his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to a poll released Friday amid the fallout from Manafort’s conviction earlier this month and a guilty plea by Trump's former fixer and lawyer, Michel Cohen.

Trump earned one of his lowest approval ratings—36 percent, compared to a disapproval rating of 60 percent—in The Washington Post /ABC News poll. Only 18 percent of respondents signaled they were in favor of a Manafort pardon.

The poll indicated two-thirds of respondents were against a Manafort pardon, including 53 percent who were “strongly” against it [....]