Trump approval rating trend if he becomes Mr. Bipartisan?

[Matty]

So, it appears at least superficially that trump wants to be seen as working with dems on key issues like tax, infrastrucure, and, if today's reports are true, ACA.

If he actually follows through with some of this stuff, would it help stabilize his cruddy national image?

[Devout Centrist]

Bad. He'll just piss off his base. He won't attract any new supporters.

[Dr. Arch]

I'll feel better, but it just proves my point that it's Democrats who should control Congress.

[Virginiá]

The reasoning behind Trump's disapproval numbers are more character-based and not policy-based. Him working with Democrats here and there does nothing to alleviate those issues, but at the same time also pisses off Republicans that still approve of him. I'm not sure how he improves his numbers with this if that is the case.

[fluffypanther19]

Trump needs to pull a tight balancing act in keeping his base and retaining just enough independents.  too much bipartisanship will hurt his numbers with his base, but a little bit would help him with independents who just want to see competent leadership and a functioning government. democrats are almost completely irrelevant because they hate trump and probably wouldn't approve of him even if he became a bleeding heart liberal; much less vote for him in 2020. just my 2 cents

[Beet]

My opinion of him would go up if he got through a deal that legislatively protected the Dreamers, depending on the deal. That's better than an executive order.

[BudgieForce]

I presume a bunch of people would go from "strong disapproval" to just regular "disapproval".

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

It's going to take a lot for him to get my confidence. He'd have to concede that the Travel Ban is unconstitutional, pass a bipartisan tax reform bill, save DACA, pass a bipartisan ObamaCare fix, and defund Planned Parenthood before I'd be willing to consider approving of him.

[publicunofficial]

Bad. He'll just piss off his base. He won't attract any new supporters.

[bilaps]

The reasoning behind Trump's disapproval numbers are more character-based and not policy-based. Him working with Democrats here and there does nothing to alleviate those issues, but at the same time also pisses off Republicans that still approve of him. I'm not sure how he improves his numbers with this if that is the case.

I agree with this. He will probably not lose too many supporters on the right because like with the crowd which hate him, people who love him, I think love him more personaly than on the issues. Having said that, immigration was top issue for many of them, so it could be tricky. I really can't see bringing people who voted for Clinton to vote for him.

Better outcome for Trump would have been that he did some major thing like the wall, or taxes, or infrastructure and clinge to his base like he did and hope that most of people who are independent and voted for him would vote for him again because of better economy. But he couldn't get anything done with Republicans so he doesn't have many options, and republicans divide isn't going nowhere. Republican are already broken party, only thing common for people like Meadows and Ryan and Paul and McCain is the R behind their names in an interview. So, it's tricky.

On the other hand if Trump pays attention to gallup ratings he's an idiot, so I guess yes. Because his approval doesn't mean anything now, and his likebility wasn't better on the election day in 2016. Also they are working with adults, also it's a national poll etc. Polls suck.

[HisGrace]

I could see it bumping him up a little, getting him back into the low 40's on the RCP average. Although it could also help the Democrats in the midterm.

But really I think people are exaggerating this. Aside from DACA (which is far from a done deal) and the debt ceiling (which is perfectly capable of being disrupted by Republicans) he hasn't done much that's "bipartisan" and I wouldn't expect much beyond possibly those two things.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Bad. He'll just piss off his base. He won't attract any new supporters.

[Adam Griffin]

It might take some of the energy out of the midterm backlash (i.e. suppress Democratic turnout a bit), but it would have virtually no impact on his approval rating.

[Classic Conservative]

It's going to take a lot for him to get my confidence. He'd have to concede that the Travel Ban is unconstitutional, pass a bipartisan tax reform bill, save DACA, pass a bipartisan ObamaCare fix, and defund Planned Parenthood before I'd be willing to consider approving of him.

Nobody cares what Wulfric thinks, nobody but Wulfric.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

It's going to take a lot for him to get my confidence. He'd have to concede that the Travel Ban is unconstitutional, pass a bipartisan tax reform bill, save DACA, pass a bipartisan ObamaCare fix, and defund Planned Parenthood before I'd be willing to consider approving of him.

Nobody cares what Wulfric thinks, nobody but Wulfric.

Nobody cares what Classic Conservative thinks, nobody but Classic Conservative.

[Hindsight was 2020]

So far I've seen a bigger backlash from right wingers then support from indies and dems

[Badger]

If he actually stuck with it, inevitably upwards. Mind you I have zero faith in Trump sticking with anything until the next shiny object comes along.

[136or142]

I prefer to not make predictions, especially predictions about the future, but I do make this one prediction:

Trump approval rating: 0%

Trump deports the Kardashians

Trump approval rating: 100%

[MasterJedi]

I would still think he's a piece of trash but he can at least be a useful idiot to get important things past his idiocy.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Strategically it's an awful move as he needs congressional Republicans lockstep behind him if impeachment happens.

[Santander]

Bad. He'll just piss off his base. He won't attract any new supporters.