Trump approval ratings thread 1.6

[Progressive Pessimist]

Øptimus Coronavirus tracker (twice weekly), May 26-June 2, 917 adults including 795 LV

Adults:

Approve 37 (-3)
Disapprove 63 (+3)

Strongly approve 19 (+1)
Strongly disapprove 43 (+1)

Virus response: Approve 42 (-1), Disapprove 58 (+1)

Biden 43 (-2), Trump 35 (-2)


LV:

Approve 45 (nc)
Disapprove 55 (nc)

Strongly approve 26 (+2)
Strongly disapprove 43 (-1)

Virus response: Approve 46 (nc), Disapprove 54 (nc)

Biden 51 (+1), Trump 44 (-1)

This is what should be happening.  In a Jim Mattis vs. Donald Trump world, people must come to their senses and realize that there's something seriously wrong with Donald Trump's ego, his mental state, and his behavior - enough for the swing voters to say loud and clear "YOU'RE FIRED!"

I still wish that everyone realized this the second he started running for President, but I guess I have to take what I can get.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Polls are useless at this moment, because they are about to go up with the economy starting to hum again. Nice one.

You know, I almost admire the optimism and patience that you, SN, and probably other Trump supporters have. "Next week" always seems to be worth looking forward to. If you were a Democrat though your wrists would be in pain from all the hand-wringing. Sometimes it's good to have grounded expectations, like us, though. It somewhat helps curb disappointment.

Trump's approval on the handling of Floyd situation & protests is cratering BIGLY.

But antifa and riots! Just wait until next week numbers, libtards!

[Progressive Pessimist]

Trump's numbers will go up/come home on culture war issues. This is why Democrats need to focus on turnout.

I'm not so sure that the data has backed up that notion thus far. Unlike in 2016 culture war issues don't seem to be affecting peoples' opinion of Biden and instead seem to be reflecting poorly on Trump who is the President, after all, during all this upheaval.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Trump's numbers will go up/come home on culture war issues. This is why Democrats need to focus on turnout.

I'm not so sure that the data has backed up that notion thus far. Unlike in 2016 culture war issues don't seem to be affecting peoples' opinion of Biden and instead seem to be reflecting poorly on Trump who is the President, after all, during all this upheaval.

 You guys can keep fooling yourselves but if Democrats don't have record turnout, Trump will win.

Look at my username, I will not get overconfident. I am just acknowledging how things look for now, and have been for the past few months. I know that we're not used to it, but things look good for now. We just have to make sure that we vote in November to make it happen.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Not an approval poll, but this is interesting:

https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1277104574399229952

I wonder if that number will increase after today.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Now Trump is threatening to cut off funding to schools that do not re-open, saying that schools in Western Europe are re-opening, so we should be doing the same. Except, you know, Western Europe got past the virus while we are still lost in the sauce. It defies logic, sanity, and even parody. It is a shame we have to wait until January to get these clowns out of office.

Teachers and maybe even students are next in line to be sacrificed to Trump's ignorance.

[Progressive Pessimist]

North Carolina:

No approval (or even favorable) numbers on Trump,  but they can't be good. In a sample that voted 47-44 for Trump over Clinton (which is about how the vote split in 2016), Biden is up 50-46.

Incumbent Senator T-t-t-tom Tillis  (whoops ... he's not the late Mel Tillis) is in t-t-t-t-trouble at 47-39 with the challenger in the lead.

Is his name pronounced just like regular Tom? Or the same way we pronounce the "th" in the? 'Th'om Tillis sounds right; he's been such an incompetent, spineless dope so it suits him perfectly.

Yeah, it's pronounced the same as "Tom" but just like him being a Senator that "h" is completely unnecessary.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Those strongly disapprove numbers are why i'm more and more convinced that Trump won't be able to to make some sort of comeback. Jesus those are bad numbers for him and even worse consistent numbers for him.

It's made even worse because the Trump campaign in trying to constantly portray him as things he is not, so far, seem to be banking on a significant part of the population somehow not having an opinion of him which is almost impossible.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Biden is likely gonna win by 2 to 5 pts not 10 this isnt 1988.

It's impossible for him to win by two points.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Just think: if he had given even a somewhat level-headed response early on to the pandemic and instituted nationwide measures designed to combat the virus, he would most likely be up right now.

But ya know, instead he discouraged masks, discouraged social distancing, denied science and discredited scientists, and spread outright false and sometimes dangerous information.



America does not have a president; she has a drunken and abusive village idiot.

This cannot be said enough. Trump only cares about what's good for him and his re-election chances, yet simultaneously doesn't know what is good for him and his re-election. It's really perplexing. Like his supporters he may very well just lack those self-preservation instincts.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Reading this forum, you would think Donald Trump's approval ratings were at a steady 21%. I remember when Bush's got down that low in 2008. Now that was a bad approval rating.

So because Bush's were worse, mostly because he was unable to form his own devoted base of Republicans, that somehow means that Trump's approval ratings are good?

[Progressive Pessimist]

Uh oh, Trump leads in AZ by 1 pt, when you include 3rd party candidate.

I knew I was right on Fri that the polls were closing but other polls showed the opposite.  It's a 278 race and WI and PA are gonna be close

It's Trafalgar though.

[Progressive Pessimist]

It's absolutely beyond my comprehension how around 43% of the electorate can still approve of this moron, after he completely ignored the biggest health crisis in 100+ years, with an economy in shatters and the daily madness and the corruption coming out of this WH. He's most likely going to lose in November anyway, but it's completely ridiculous that many people still approve him. His approvals should be at least in W 2008 territory. At least.

I hear you. It is maddeningly frustrating. But it shows you that partisanship is a sickness in its own way. Thats why I feel the need to be a broken record on here about Trump's calamitous "response" to COVID-19. His horrendous "performance" should mean a loss by default. There's going to be 200,000 dead Americans by mid-September, and the blame for that can be laid right at Trump's feet. There's no end in sight to either this virus or the immense death and economic disruption it has caused here -- and frankly, almost ONLY here. His candidacy should be basically beyond saving. To say otherwise, to tsk-tsk and say there's still almost three months left, a lot could change, hey look at this month's job figures, etc., just feels like conventional wisdom BS to me, like missing the forest fire for the trees. But sadly, partisanship in this country means he's unlikely to fall much further in popularity, so he'll likely always have a shot at winning in the EC at the very least.

That's Trump and his uncompromised stranglehold on 90%+ of his party for you.

[Progressive Pessimist]

I guess we're seeing the start of a Trump bump?

If there were any time for him to get one it probably would be during the RNC, but we'll see if, or how long it lasts, and if further polls back it up.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Polls after Labor Day should be interesting. That's all that I say as a prediction. 

I have my brown paper bag ready to profusely breathe into.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Pretty bad. It seems like Trump gets repeatedly sucked back towards the upper 30s.

That actually sounds pretty good to me. It should be lower though, he shouldn't have an approval rating above 0%.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Defaming America's soldiers and veterans is political suicide for someone on the Left -- legitimately so. What is so bad about Trump is that he exposes a contempt for soldiers that might manifest in a willingness to sacrifice them for his glory.

It's the same thing with his base. He doesn't care if they live or die (as long as they survive long enough to vote for him, of course), but they don't care either.

[Progressive Pessimist]

LV:

Approve 45 (+2)
Disapprove 54 (-3)

Strongly approve 26 (-4)
Strongly disapprove 47 (-1)

Biden 51 (+2), Trump 42 (nc)

GCB: D 47 (+1), R 40 (+1)

Ok, so Trump's approval is up significantly, his strong approve is down significantly, and Biden pulls ahead further? Huh?

Perhaps this suggests that Biden's support is more affirmative than it is anti-Trump.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Do we really put all of our faith in polls, they can be wrong

There are, like, 8 different personalities that are fighting for dominance within you, and I have no idea which one is winning.

You figured it out! Olawakandi has the same condition as James McAvoy in 'Split!' It all makes sense now!

[Progressive Pessimist]

AOC has pushed Pelosi too far to the left and this is Pelosi last term as Speaker or minority leader, the D's put term limits on Speakers, and Pelosi is vulnerable to a Cherri Bustos challenge if she bucks the party. But, there is a CR due on 12/1 and Leader McConnell or Trump  can make D's stay in DC if they don't agree to another stimulus. Trump said he wanted a stand alone stimulus by 10/1, Pelosi is the obstructionist, they can sign a stand alone stimulus until Biden is sworn in. But Pelosi has gone too far. ACB will get to the Crt, Murkowski will likely vote for ACB in a lame duck session, she said she will wait til after election but she confirmed all of Conservative justices except for Kavanaugh.

All will have sway if Trump wins narrowly or Biden wins in a landslide

aOC wants to go full socialist and Barrett Crt is likely to moderate alot of those programs in a 6/3 or 6/5 Crt

Pelosi is not the obstructionist. The House passed a relief bill months ago, but McConnell has done nothing in the Senate, and Trump blew up talks for something new last week.

Thing is, Trump doesn’t seem to understand that he is to blame when things don’t get better — nobody thinks to go blame the Speaker of the House or the Senate Majority Leader.

Don't waste your time arguing with Olawakandi. His algorithm is going to reset soon enough and then he'll start agreeing with you anyway.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Truly amazing how we have a president openly trying to pull a coup and still has a 43% approval rating.

Just accept that close to half of this country is corrupted and incapable of logical, rational thinking. We should be happy that it's only 43%.