The Official Trump 1.0 Approval Ratings Thread

[heatcharger]

Pew Research Center: 39% approve, 56% disapprove (!). That's a -17 rating. Wow.

Jesus. Meanwhile Rasmussen has him at 55-45 lol.

[publicunofficial]

Somewhat related? Obamacare/ACA is polling net favorable for the first time ever. Last 5 polls were plurality in favor.

[Crumpets]

Pew Research Center: 39% approve, 56% disapprove (!). That's a -17 rating. Wow.

First poll to show both <40% approval and >50% disapproval.

[The_Doctor]

How accurate was Pew? I know they nailed 2012.

Edit: They had Clinton +6, but they left the field 10/25. They were middle of the pack on the Clinton polling around that time frame, so I would consider this credible. They're usually top notch.

[Potus]

What is the cause of these giant discrepancies? These are way more than the reasonable expectation of bias. During the campaign you would have three polls, one showed Hillary +3, another Hillary +10, and the third Trump +4. That was a string of polls that people could see some bias and litigate the polls to get closer to the truth. But a poll with President Trump up 10 in one and down 17 in another is an entirely different issue.

[publicunofficial]

What is the cause of these giant discrepancies? These are way more than the reasonable expectation of bias. During the campaign you would have three polls, one showed Hillary +3, another Hillary +10, and the third Trump +4. That was a string of polls that people could see some bias and litigate the polls to get closer to the truth. But a poll with President Trump up 10 in one and down 17 in another is an entirely different issue.

Rasmussen is using a Likely Voter screen. Which is a little nonsensical this far out.

Also that screen could very likely be "Did you vote in the 2014 elections?" which would skew it heavily in Trump's favor.

[The_Doctor]

Better question - is he down by single digits or double?

[heatcharger]

It's just one poll, but if it's true that college whites are tacking to the left of the nation, I'm not sure how he recovers the support he lost from traditionally Republican strongholds like suburban Milwaukee, metro ATL, and Phoenix to name a few. I'd like to hear an argument as to how he brings these numbers back to something more manageable for him, because he certainly hasn't done anything so far to prove he can.

[pbrower2a]

Interesting that Americans say their 3 most important issues are:

* the economy
* healthcare
* terrorism

And on these 3 issues, Trump has the following approvals:

* the economy (52-37)
* healthcare (47-43)
* terrorism (50-38)

Yet, overall he has a 46-50 approval.

1. It's still the Obama economy. The stewardship will change.

2. Repeal and replace... with what? Health savings accounts? Basically with those one ends up pre-paying for medical care near the end of life instead of enjoying life in the here-and-now. That's a raw deal.

3. There hasn't been a terrorist attack yet. President Obama has put the fear of the US Armed Forces in them/ I wonder how long that will last.

[The_Doctor]

Real Clear Politics Average: 44.6% approve, 50.3% disapprove/think he's unhinged, -5.7% rating. This includes the abominable Rasmussen poll, btw, so it's one of the more favorable ratings averages for him.

[Sorenroy]

Interesting that Americans say their 3 most important issues are:

* the economy
* healthcare
* terrorism

And on these 3 issues, Trump has the following approvals:

* the economy (52-37)
* healthcare (47-43)
* terrorism (50-38)

Yet, overall he has a 46-50 approval.

Does that mean that people who said economy was their most important issue gave him an overall 52-37, or does that mean that he got a 52-37 on the economy?

[Middle-aged Europe]

[President Johnson]

That's why we need to make education great again.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

^^^
And men too, they basically made Trump possible lol.

[BlueSwan]

^^^
And men too, they basically made Trump possible lol.

No wonder that Michael Moore released a book entitled "Stupid White Men" back in 2001. He was ahead of his time.

[Gass3268]

Virginia (Quinnipiac University poll)

Approve 38%
Disapprove 56%

[Wiz in Wis]

They also find Kaine up 20! over Carly Fiorina and Laura Ingrahm.

https://poll.qu.edu/virginia/release-detail?ReleaseID=2430

[Devout Centrist]

Virginia (Quinnipiac University poll)

Approve 38%
Disapprove 56%

;(

[Dr. Arch]

Virginia (Quinnipiac University poll)

Approve 38%
Disapprove 56%

;(

Lmao. That's disastrous.

[Mr. Morden]

The education gap in that Virginia poll is unreal…

non-whites: -56%
white / college degree: -27%
white / no college degree: +23%

It’s not quite that big for any other questions asked.  For the Kaine vs. Fiorina matchup, for example, the white education gap is 33 points, not 50 points.

[Nhoj]

One thing people seem to miss on the education gap is how it also correlates in part with age.

[Virginiá]

This only strengthens my view that Virginia's November elections could very well be pretty bad for Republicans in both statewide races and the House of Delegates. Those are truly abysmal numbers, and worse yet, Trump only performs well among white voters who are less likely to vote than their college educated counterparts.

And this is during the time where Trump should be enjoying some of his best numbers. It could very well get worse for him in Virginia by November.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Gallup:
38/56

Damn

[Devout Centrist]

Gallup:
38/56

Damn

HOLY SH*T

[Wiz in Wis]

Gallup:
38/56

Damn