outside morgan county fair mcconnelsville rural swath ohio fervently back u.s. president donald trump last year election ticket seller john wilson quietly count handful disappointments man help elect 70-year-old retire banker say unhappy infighting turnover white house like trump penchant travel personal golf resort wish president would fix healthcare system worry trump might back promise force illegal immigrants country every president make mistake wilson say add one top one top another one top another limit trump inspire millions supporters last year place like morgan county lose grip rural america accord reuters/ipsos daily track poll republican president popularity erode small towns rural communities 15 percent country population live poll 15,000 adults non-metro areas show likely disapprove trump approve september 47 percent people non-metro areas approve trump 47 percent disapprove trump first four weeks office 55 percent say approve president 39 percent disapprove poll find trump lose support rural areas among men white people never go college lose support rural republicans rural voters support election day trump still get relatively high mark poll handle economy national security rural americans increasingly unhappy trump record immigration central part presidential campaign forty-seven percent rural americans say september approve president handle immigration 56 percent first month office poll respondents interview reuters give different reason dissatisfaction president immigration say tire wait trump make good promise build wall along america southern border others say uncomfortable administration efforts restrict travel unite state sort compromise free flow people border something control say draw carlson 19 warrensburg missouri take poll trump constant fixation deportation little bite unsettle me trump administration would comment reuters/ipsos poll sure trump still much popular rural america elsewhere since take office like less support say robert cody 87 retire chemical engineer bartlesville oklahoma take poll cody say trump may rankle people way talk tweet small price pay president fight strip away government regulations strengthen border trump call election last shoot struggle coal industry call protect nation southern border big fat beautiful wall speak directly rural america say david swenson economist iowa state university feel resentment deprivation pervade lot place swenson say come candidate trump offer simplistic answer issue concern rural americans respond support trump democratic rival hillary clinton 26 percentage point election advantage help tip balance battleground state michigan wisconsin pennsylvania trump less percentage point 10 months many still wait see concrete change could make life easy rural america say karl stauber run private economic development agency serve patchwork manufacture communities south central virginia rural people cynical federal government people general stauber say hear many promise see much do despite talk bring manufacture job back stauber say see company relocate region anyone expand workforce due new federal policies seem like drop screen say accord poll trump overall popularity drop gradually different reason year rural americans increasingly unhappy trump handle healthcare march april lobby republican plan overhaul obamacare cut coverage millions americans may june critical trump ability carry u.s. foreign policy give low mark way treat people like me august increasingly unhappy effort make unify country blame side violence charlottesville virginia suspect white nationalist drive car crowd anti-racist demonstrators reuters/ipsos poll conduct online english across unite state ask people rate president performance result filter people live zip cod fell within counties designate non-metro federal government poll combine result non-metro respondents nine four-week periods period include 1,300 2,000 responses credibility interval measure accuracy percentage point trump 's popularity slip rural america poll