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Just a week away from Donald Trumps inauguration, Americans are still expressing historically low approval for the president-elects handling of the transition.

According to a Gallup poll released Friday, more than half of people (51 percent of those surveyed) said they disapprove of Mr. Trumps transition performance. Just 44 percent expressed approval of the president-elect, who has faced a number of controversies in the weeks following his Nov. 8 win. Thats a drop of four percentage points from the 48 percent of people that approved of the president-elect in early December. Four percent of those polled say they have no opinion on the issue.

Those numbers are substantially lower than the ratings of other presidents-elect before him: In 2009, 83 percent of Americans approved of Mr. Obama in the days leading up to his inauguration. In 2001, 61 percent said the same of George W. Bush, while Bill Clinton had a 68 percent approval rate in 1993.

Republicans and Democrats had differing views of how Mr. Trump has handled the transition, with 87 percent of Republicans saying they approved. Only 13 percent of Democrats said the same.

Mr. Trumps Cabinet nominations -- several of whom have already weathered Senate confirmation hearings -- are also facing low approval ratings. In sum, Americans rate Mr. Trumps Cabinet as worse than those chosen by Presidents-elect Obama, Bush, and Clinton. Fifty-two percent of people believe the president-elects Cabinet nominees are average or better -- a low number compared to 83 percent that believed that of Mr. Obamas and Clintons, and 81 percent that thought that of Bushs picks.

Forty-four percent viewed Mr. Trumps Cabinet nominees as below average or poor. Just 13 percent of people believed that Bushs Cabinet was staffed with below average or poor picks. Twelve percent believed that of Clintons and ten percent of Obamas.

The Gallup poll was conducted from Jan. 4-8, 2017, with a random sample of 1,032 adults, The margin of error is four percentage points.

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