US President Donald Trump's first address to Congress received largely positive reviews from viewers, with 57 per cent who tuned in saying they had a very positive reaction to the speech, according to a new poll.
Nearly 7-in-10 who watched said Trump's proposed policies would move America in the right direction and almost two- thirds said the president has the right priorities for the country, according to the CNN/ORC poll of speech-watchers.
Overall, about 7-in-10 people who watched his hour-long and measured speech of the 70-year-old Trump said it made them feel more optimistic about the direction of the country.
The survey, conducted among a group of Americans who said in interviews conducted before the speech that they planned to watch and agreed to be re-contacted, only reflects the views of those who watched the speech, not of all Americans, CNN said.
People who choose to watch a political speech such as this one tend to be more supportive of the speaker. In this case, the pool of speech-watchers was about eight points more Republican than the population as a whole, the network said.
On specific issues, Trump scored the highest marks for his proposed policies on the economy, with 72 per cent saying those went in the right direction.