The Official Trump 1.0 Approval Ratings Thread

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It really has to be said that there is no precedent for an incoming president to improve all that much after their "honeymoon" period. Trump is getting good press and benefit of the doubt right now, there are no major crises and the GOP is united.

In other words... he's got everything going for him I can think of and he's still underwater.

Seriously

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It really has to be said that there is no precedent for an incoming president to improve all that much after their "honeymoon" period. Trump is getting good press and benefit of the doubt right now, there are no major crises and the GOP is united.

In other words... he's got everything going for him I can think of and he's still underwater.

This might be the single most delusional, dumbest thing I've ever read on this site, ever.

Ever.

Trump could be getting good press and the benefit of the doubt if he were handling the transition competently, but he's not. He's pissed away any goodwill acquired from his victory with his response to the CIA fiasco and his choice of cabinet picks, not to mention his continued twitter usage. All preventable damage.

Crap. All crap. 'Handling the transition competently' is an opinion. I'm sure the +95% of the media which endorsed Hillary have their opinion of things, but they completely lack any ability to see outside their bubble.

It doesn't matter what Trump does, the media will try to take him out every step of the way. Just because you have your biases doesn't mean you have to be a shill and hack.

Just admit it. The media is a liberal propaganda arm of the democratic party. They are not 'non-political' and they are not interested in the truth. Stop pretending otherwise.

'Fake News'
'Alt-right'
'Russian hackers'
'Rigged machines'

Fake narratives created by the media to de-legitimize Trump.

My god, if Obama got same kind of press that conservatives get, his approvals would be in the 20's

Seeing as Obama's cabinet picks knew what they were doing and not the CEOs who kissed his a**

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http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-50-percent-approve-trump-s-transition-handling-so-far-n697396

Poll: 50 Percent Approve of Trump's Transition Handling So Far

That's actually awful for a transition

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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_jan20

Donald Trump has a 56% approval.

Rasmussen is a C rated pollster

Nate Bronze is not a trustworthy source.

And in addition, they had the supposedly most accurate poll of 2016 and whilst one swallow does not make a summer, it seriously can't be that wrong.

And, for all you now it might be 3% off in the other direction, and he may nearly have 60%.

The salt is strong with this one

Face it, nobody likes your candidate

He has 56% approval, higher than when Reagan entered office, and the same as Clinton and George W. Bush had when they entered office.

So yes, most Americans like Trump, get over it.

People are lying to the pollsters as Trump said, Rasmussen is clearly rigging its polls

You can't cheer on Obama having 60% in a Rasmussen poll, and then call it fake the following week.

If you consider it rigged, then fine I'll give you that. Trump's popularity is probably much higher.

The man lost the popular vote by 3 million 40% is more likely than 56% also unlike Trump multiple polls say the same about Obama's popularity while Rasmussen stick outs like a sore thumb with Trump

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Gallup: 45% approve 55% disaprove of Trump http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx

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So Rasmussen has Trump up 11 and Gallup has him down 10?

gallup has him even. there is a liar in this thread.

I think he just looked at the splash page and assumed the total was 100.

Sorry misread the disapproval

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Gallup: 42/51 http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx

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Gallup same as yesterday 43/50

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Gallup same as yesterday 43/50

Disapproval went up point to 51%

Ouch

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I find it doubtful that the Dems win back the house in 2018 short of truly terrible approval for Trump/Reps.  My logic is simplistic but I think sound:  married white home-owners are the core midterm voting population (and best distributed geographically) and this group has trended heavily away from the Dems in the past 8 years.  I think its a trend that wont be easily reversed in the short term.

No rural whites are what's trending right an they don't do midterms a lot

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Gallup: 43/53

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Gallup 2/10/17

Approve 42 (-1)
Disapprove 52 (nc)

Seems like a pretty stable range here.

Stable but ugly

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Gallup (2/8-2/10):

Approve 41% (-1)
Disapprove 53% (+1)

Damn son

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Let's make our predictions...how bad will the GOP get creamed in 2018?

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I still think he'll need to be in the low-30's for D's to not lose Senate seats (which given the rate Trump is going, looks likelier by the day).

Well by losing seats you mean in net gain of general cause I can completely see a 2-2 flip of NV/AZ going D while MO an IN go R today

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Gallup:
38/56

Damn

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Gallup: 40/55

Looks like it was just noise.

It's a daily tracking poll going up 2 points is naturally, also that's stikl freakin awful

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Gallup: 41/55 looks like Flynn knocked him down to 38 an his press fued won some back

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It's probably just noise. It's a daiily tracking poll after all.

Agreed

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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?

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Arkansas (Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College)

60% Approve
35% Disapprove

Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R):

53% Approve
30% Disapprove

Do you support or oppose President Trump’s travel ban?

61% Support the Trump travel ban
34% Oppose the Trump travel ban

http://talkbusiness.net/2017/02/trump-popularity-unchanged-with-arkansas-voters-hutchinson-job-approval-solid

Because Arkansas is so high up on ISIS target list

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Gallup:
40 (-1)
54 (+1)

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Gallup:
40 (-1)
54 (+1)

Where'd you see that?

http://www.gallup.com/topic/politics.aspx

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How does one win national elections when 49% of the country "disapproves strongly" of your president?

Cause it was 49% in the right areas

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Gallup:
41(-2)
53(+1)

Damn son

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Gallup: 42 (+1)
           54 (nc)