Polls Collide: What is President Trump's Approval Rating, Anyway?

GURPS

INGSOC
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Polls Collide: What is President Trump's Approval Rating, Anyway?



During his memorably hostile press conference yesterday, President Trump spiked the football on the media. Despite their best efforts to harm his presidency, Trump said, he's still amassed a strong 55 percent approval rating among American voters. "A new Rasmussen poll, in fact — because the people get it — much of the media doesn’t get it. They actually get it, but they don’t write it. Let’s put it that way. But a new Rasmussen poll just came out just a very short while ago, and it has our approval rating at 55 percent and going up," he boasted. Sure enough, the latest Rasmussen survey measures his job approval at that level. In fact, Rasmussen has tracked that number at north of 50 percent throughout the entire first month of Trump's presidency. That is one data point, but it's been a clear outlier in recent weeks. Democrats may be tempted to dismiss Rasmussen's findings entirely, but they should be reminded that the polling outfit nailed the 2016 election's final popular vote margin, at Hillary (+2). Nevertheless, virtually every other poll shows Trump currently underwater. But how far underwater? Skimming through Lefty twitter and watching evening newscasts last evening, most Trump detractors -- including almost the entire press -- are focusing on one of two surveys: Gallup or Pew Research. It's not hard to see why: [image at link]


Pew actually has Trump dipping into the 30's already, with Gallup not far behind. A disaster, right? Definitely, but only if you ignore other polling. Trump has already highlighted the Rasmussen data, but Fox News' respected bipartisan polling firm also finds Trump's approval slightly right-side-up. Quite a departure from the first batch, no?
 

Hijinx

Well-Known Member
Polls Collide: What is President Trump's Approval Rating, Anyway?



During his memorably hostile press conference yesterday, President Trump spiked the football on the media. Despite their best efforts to harm his presidency, Trump said, he's still amassed a strong 55 percent approval rating among American voters. "A new Rasmussen poll, in fact — because the people get it — much of the media doesn’t get it. They actually get it, but they don’t write it. Let’s put it that way. But a new Rasmussen poll just came out just a very short while ago, and it has our approval rating at 55 percent and going up," he boasted. Sure enough, the latest Rasmussen survey measures his job approval at that level. In fact, Rasmussen has tracked that number at north of 50 percent throughout the entire first month of Trump's presidency. That is one data point, but it's been a clear outlier in recent weeks. Democrats may be tempted to dismiss Rasmussen's findings entirely, but they should be reminded that the polling outfit nailed the 2016 election's final popular vote margin, at Hillary (+2). Nevertheless, virtually every other poll shows Trump currently underwater. But how far underwater? Skimming through Lefty twitter and watching evening newscasts last evening, most Trump detractors -- including almost the entire press -- are focusing on one of two surveys: Gallup or Pew Research. It's not hard to see why: [image at link]


Pew actually has Trump dipping into the 30's already, with Gallup not far behind. A disaster, right? Definitely, but only if you ignore other polling. Trump has already highlighted the Rasmussen data, but Fox News' respected bipartisan polling firm also finds Trump's approval slightly right-side-up. Quite a departure from the first batch, no?

What is President Trumps poll numbers?
About 95% to me . I don't give a red rats azz, what the media polls him at.
 
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