The Official Trump 1.0 Approval Ratings Thread

[JA]

CBS/NYT national poll, conducted Jan. 13-16:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-americans-disapprove-than-approve-trumps-handling-of-transition/

Trump: 32% favorable, 42% unfavorable

Watch out François Hollande, your polling record may have some stiff competition soon.

[JA]

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2017/02/14/iowa-poll-trumps-approval-rating-underwater-iowans/97856274/

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[JA]

https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/20/uttt-poll-new-president-popular-texas-republicans/

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[JA]

https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/20/uttt-poll-new-president-popular-texas-republicans/

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Wait wait wait they are calling a 46/44 approval in the state of Texas good?

I think they're calling Trump's approval rating among Texas Republicans good.

[JA]

http://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/mercyhurst-poll-trumps-approval-rating-in-erie-county-at-41-percent/660441453

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Trump won Erie County, PA 48%-46%. Obama won the County in 2012 by 57%-41%.

[JA]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-goucher-trump-poll-20170222-story.html

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[JA]

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/poll-trump-scott-riding-high-florida-republicans-richard-corcoran-who

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[JA]

Interestingly, the poll from Maryland shows he has an approval rating among Republicans in that state of 71% and an approval rating among all voters of 29%. I'm now very curious what Trump's total approval rating is in Florida, where only 67% of Republicans support him.

[JA]

http://m.republicanherald.com/news/poll-disappointment-in-trump-casey-wolf-1.2158470

[JA]

http://www.wltx.com/mb/news/winthrop-poll-sc-residents-react-to-prestrump-economy/413300507
http://www.winthrop.edu/winthroppoll/default.aspx?id=9804

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• 58-34% of Whites approve of Trump; 7-79% of Blacks disapprove
• 51-39% of males approve of Trump; 54-37% of females disapprove

[JA]

https://buffalonews.com/2017/02/27/trump-slides-cuomo-rises-new-poll-among-new-yorkers/

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[JA]

http://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/hpu-poll-fewer-than-half-give-thumbs-up-to-donald/article_d7e81f5a-966d-5025-8d0d-f85b0823d94d.html

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[JA]

That Whites with a college degree number though.

[JA]

http://wlns.com/2017/03/06/skubick-poll-shows-trump-support-base-eroding-in-michigan/

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[JA]

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/20170319/inside-politics-high-point-poll-says-55-percent-disapprove-of-trump

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[JA]

Wow, an outright majority support regime change in Syria? I guess the Iraq War really is history.

America is turning into the villian like in a movie but this time it's reality.

"Turning into"?

[JA]

Morning Consult national poll, conducted April 6-9:

http://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015b-5fbb-da80-afdf-dfff4d650002

Trump job approval/disapproval:
48/47% for +1%

Trump job approval margin by region:
Midwest: +/-0
Northeast: -7
South: +7
West: -1

Trump job approval margin by race:
whites: +11
blacks: -60
Hispanics: -9

Trump job approval margin by income:
under $50k: -7
$50-100k: +9
over $100k: +23

12% of Trump voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance.  14% of Clinton voters approve of Trump’s job performance.

Nothing unifies Americans behind their dear leader quite like dropping bombs on other countries.

[JA]

Trump job approval margin by income:
under $50k: -7
$50-100k: +9
over $100k: +23

"Butbutbut Trump is working-class buhhh."

Minorities are disproportionately represented among the under $50k category, which would heavily drag down Trump's approval numbers under that category. I'd like to see these income results for Whites alone. But clearly, as anyone who actually looked at the numbers the whole time would've known, Trump was anything but unpopular among the middle and upper middle classes.

[JA]

Nothing unifies Americans behind their dear leader quite like dropping bombs on other countries.

48/47 hardly counts as unified.

Meanwhile, in The Economist/YouGov poll (previous poll was last week):

All Adults:

Approve 40%
Disapprove 50% (+2)

Registered Voters:

Approve 43%
Disapprove 52% (+2)

Point taken. His approval numbers do appear to have improved some since their low point just prior to the bombing, however. Whether that was caused by the bombing or not is hard to tell. But I do believe if he dramatically increased American invervention in Syria then his approval ratings would increase substantially.

[JA]

Minorities are disproportionately represented among the under $50k category

But they are still working-class.

Well, of course. But I don't think it has ever been a question whether they dislike Trump or not. His supposed base among the working class is really meant as a base among the White working class. Although it's curious how some people now define said class.

[JA]

Point taken. His approval numbers do appear to have improved some since their low point just prior to the bombing, however. Whether that was caused by the bombing or not is hard to tell. But I do believe if he dramatically increased American invervention in Syria then his approval ratings would increase substantially.

I'm not so sure. War is somewhat popular -- in the abstract. People like the idea of showing that America is "tough", but they start getting weary once they hear about it on the news every day for months and months. It's what happened with Iraq.

A war only seems to be unpopular when America isn't winning it. Among those of us who're anti-war it'll always be unpopular, but history has shown countless times that we're the minority. The majority of Americans will rally behind a war until they start seeing all the caskets coming home and endless news reports for months of a lack of success in the mission. It's that alone, not even the potentially countless civilian deaths or total destruction of another country, that discourages Americans' support for war.

[JA]

PEW:

39% Approve (-4)
54% Disapprove (-1)

Source

Clearly, Democrats need to moderate on gun policy and focus on new tax ideas that don't simply saddle Americans with additional income taxes while still generating additional revenue to increase their popularity in the areas of education, healthcare, social welfare, and government spending, while also reducing the deficit. A perfect solution would be a combination of eco-taxes and a land value tax. On trade, they should focus on protecting free trade, but ensuring trade deals are actually fair and enforce our values of labor rights, environmental protections, and safeguarding American jobs.

[JA]

Come on guys, let's not argue. We know that all sports fans are equally trash.

[JA]

What about Quidditch fans?

They are semi-respectable.

[JA]

The man really just builds his support around stupid white guys

He represents everything alot of men wish we were.

Famous, on TV shows, in films, cameo appearances from Wrestlemania to The Jeffersons. More gorgeous women then most men will ever make love to in our lives. Money beyond belief. A gorgeous wife, beautiful successful surprisingly down to Earth children. Wonderful grandchildren. Mansions and casinos and private jets. Now he's topped it off by being the President of the United States.

Who WOULDN'T want to be Donald Trump? I sure as hell would love to be in his shoes.

Your support for Trump is a consequence of your own insecurities? What a surprise.

Sure? Why not? If African Americans can have "emotional investment" in Barack Obama, why can't I have it in Donald Trump?

When he had a Christmas time victory tour rally, after he defeated Hillary Clinton in December, he went on a mini-rant about how Time's "PERSON OF THE YEAR" used to be called "MAN OF THE YEAR". I stared at the CNN screen and thought, "Oh my God, it's me." LOL

This is the most pathetic thing I've ever read in my life. I sh**t you not.