Trump's weak poll numbers don't tell the real story

CNBC News ^ | Jake Novak

[bray]

Old Media should look at their own approval numbers which do tell the whole story.

[2nd Amendment]

Trump has lost a lot of support among sh__hole peoples.

[hardspunned]

I have been breathlessly awaiting the HuffPost poll. I don’t care what it shows it is total BS. I don’t even consider polls anymore. The only reason HuffPost would ever show anything positive is to set up the next fake planned “hit” poll.

[Vaduz]

Indeed so much for their usefulness kind of like the media.

[Kickass Conservative]

Talked to a couple of People over the weekend I used to work with.

Didn’t want to get into Politics with them, but from what I picked up from a few comments made is they don’t like POTUS Trump’s personality.

There was no mention of what he is accomplishing, which is what the Liberal Media intends to keep from the People, and they are doing a better job of it than we can imagine.

Apparently People like a smooth talking (in their Opinion) Marxist wannabe who preaches a Constitution of Negative Rights to a plain spoken (in my Opinion) Capitalist Bronx Builder who offends their sensibilities while talking Common Sense and love for God and Country.

[Dave W]

Actually, the national polls were correct. They showed Hillary winning by a point or two and she did. I realize the state polls were not as good, but the national polls were spot on.

[Dave W]

Perhaps not. However, the most important number to look at is how motivated each side is. ATTM the dems are more motivated to vote by 10 or 12 points more than the republicans. It always happens for some reason. The party not in the White House is more motivated to vote as shown by the last cluster of local/state elections.

As beloved as Obama was by blacks, for some reason, they did not show up at either of his mid term elections.

[Neoliberalnot]

As we have come to understand, somewhere lies the truth and it damn sure ain’t in the old media.

[HamiltonJay]

That was my point. Republicans need to motivate the MAGA voter to show up

Blacks showed up to vote for the “black” (Oreo) Obama never care to even try to get them to show up for anything else

[MSF BU]

Interesting article as far as it goes. What is really important though is how well Trump is rated outside of the noncompetitive states. California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, etc. really are not important. He needs to worry about states that he carried and also about possible pickups like Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, New Hampshire, etc.

[OrioleFan]

I consider Trump’s numbers good, since they’re probably sampling members of the press.

[SamAdams76]

The media and their polls has no credibility with me.

I would say Trump's approval rating is several points higher than what he polled the night of his historic victory. As he has not lost any supporters and has picked up millions more.

46.1% + 3-5 points puts him from 49.1 to 51.1%. That is probably the true number.

[daler]

I think the MSM and pop culture have done a nice job convincing the LIV's they're not SUPPOSED to like Trump.

A similarly successful indoctrination was inflicted on the public re gay marriage and southern culture and history.

The average poll recipient, when taking a call that interrupts their viewing of Dancing With The Stars or the Hallmark Channel, simply repeat what they've been hearing.

It's even easier for them to respond "properly" to a push-poll.

[OrioleFan]

It’s at 39% because they oversample democrap. They are counting DACA voters before they get amnesty, and thinking there is a democrap majority in America.

[11th_VA]

I like your numbers !!!