This election made me just not care about approval ratings or polls. They are totally just meaningless statistics for me now. Trump showed they don't matter
The only thing proven about favorables/approvals in 2016 is that if both candidates are very unpopular, it mostly cancels out. It didn't prove that approval/favorable ratings don't matter, as I frequently see mentioned by all sorts of people (even journalists). A popular candidate vs an unpopular candidate is still going to lean towards the popular candidate, Trump or no Trump.
Obviously you're free to believe in what you want, I just hate seeing that conclusion drawn from 2016 when it objectively makes no sense.
