Poll: Majority of voters want Donald Trump to ditch his Twitter account
President-elect Donald Trump has continued his Twitter antics after Election Day -- but most voters think he should shut his account down as president, according to a new poll.
The survey, from Quinnipiac, found that 59 percent of U.S. voters say Trump should shut down his personal Twitter account. Just 35 percent said he should keep the account open.
Despite their concerns over his social media use, 59 percent of Americans say they are “optimistic” about the next four years with Mr. Trump as president, compared with 37 percent who are not.
Mr. Trump’s Twitter account has made news throughout his campaign, most notably with his early-morning tweet-storms complaining about coverage or attacking his opponents.
And this last weekend, Mr. Trump made headlines with his series of tweets against the hit musical “Hamilton,” after Vice President-elect Mike Pence attended a performance last Friday and cast members addressed him directly from the stage after the show. In the tweets, Mr. Trump called on cast members to apologize and said the show is “highly overrated.”
Mr. Trump told CBS’ “60 Minutes” in an interview earlier this month that he would be “very restrained” in his use of Twitter as president.
According to the Quinnipiac poll, 17 percent of voters say Mr. Trump will be a “great” president; 32 percent say he will be a “good” president; 17 percent say he will be “not so good” and 26 percent say he will be a “bad” president.
The Quinnipiac poll surveyed 1,071 voters nationwide from Nov. 17-20, and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.
