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Is History Getting Kinder to Trump? New Poll Says More Voters Now Think He Did a Good Job As President
Red State ^ | 02/09/2024 | Becky Noble

Posted on 02/09/2024 8:52:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind

History tends to have its way with Presidents after they leave office. Even if, at the time, his actions seem to be correct, time and subsequent events can sometimes twist those actions. Ronald Reagan is heralded for ending the Cold War without a shot being fired, Jimmy Carter will be remembered for "stagflation"--and for telling Americans to turn their thermostats down to 65 degrees and put on a sweater. 

But in a surprising new poll, the president you might least expect to reap the benefits of recent history is doing just that. His name: Donald Trump.  

Granted, it might be a pretty easy thing to do in an era of overly high food and gas prices, high crime, and an invasion at the southern border.

Biden's Approval Rating Falls to New Low, 30 Percent Think Trump Would Do Better Job Handling Borderhttps://t.co/bUy28THjoJ— RedState (@RedState) February 4, 2024

But a new NBC News poll shows that Americans now view Trump's four years in a much more favorable light. Of those surveyed, 40 percent said they believed that Donald Trump performed "better than expected." That is a healthy 11 percent increase since the poll was last taken in 2018. Of those surveyed, 29 percent said they thought Trump performed worse than they expected, and 31 percent said Trump's presidency went about like they expected it would. 

It is a sharp contrast to President Joe Biden. When those same registered voters were asked that question, just 14 percent said they thought Joe Biden had surpassed their expectations, 42 percent said he has done a worse job than they expected, and 44 percent said Biden had performed as they expected. Independent voters, seen by both the Biden and Trump campaigns as a key voting bloc in 2024, overwhelmingly think Donald Trump has been better at the job. 

Of those surveyed who said they were independents, 38 percent said Trump had performed better, a scant six percent said they believed Joe Biden had exceeded their expectations, 52 percent said Biden had underperformed, and 18 percent said Trump had been worse than what they had expected. One respondent to the poll, a woman who said she was an independent but voted for Biden in 2020 said of Biden's performance,

“The economy is stagnant as [far as] I’m concerned. I don’t see it getting better or worse, but I do not see anything that will improve it. In 2020, he ran on bringing us together, and instead he made us further away.”

The poll was taken between January 26-30 and surveyed 1,000 registered voters.

More and more Americans are waxing nostalgic about the Trump years, and why wouldn't they? In those years, Americans gained seven million new jobs, the unemployment rates for blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and many other demographics reached an all-time low, and America became energy-independent for the first time in 70 years. The list goes on and on. It looks as though things like mean tweets are becoming less important than a healthy, personal bottom line. 

That sentiment is also playing out on the campaign trail. Real Clear Politics polls have Donald Trump ahead of Joe Biden nationally by roughly two points, but Trump is leading Biden in every swing state poll by as much as seven points.     

The timing of the poll is not the best for the President. On Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Hur issued his final report into the investigation into Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents, stating that he would not recommend criminal charges against Biden. While the outcome of the investigation was predictable, additional information regarding Biden's mental state, which has long been a topic of speculation, all but confirmed what many Americans have suspected. 

During Biden's interview with the special counsel, Biden reportedly could not remember the years of his term as Vice President, and could not, within a few years, remember the year his son Beau died. On Thursday evening, Biden topped off the release of the report with a disastrous press conference where he confused the Presidents of Mexico and Egypt, all while insisting that there was nothing wrong with his memory. 


READ MORE: 

Predictable: Special Counsel Lets Biden Off the Hook in Classified Documents Case

Even Without Recommending Criminal Charges, What the Hur Report Says About Joe Biden Is Devastating

Joe Biden Needs to Fire Everyone Who Approved Last Night's Speech


With a less-than-stellar economy, conflicts around the world continuing to simmer, and fallout from the special counsel's report that is not going away any time soon, the Trump campaign's new secret weapon might just be more Americans longing for the "good old days." 



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: presidency; trump
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1 posted on 02/09/2024 8:52:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s obviously the erosion of Fake News that people are reconsidering facts and being “Their own news room”.

As liberals compulsively do, they’ve over-played their hand again.

Just hoping their destruction of free and fair elections haven’t cursed Our Nation as well.


2 posted on 02/09/2024 8:56:12 PM PST by End Times Sentinel (In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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To: SeekAndFind

AMEN!!!


3 posted on 02/09/2024 8:59:55 PM PST by edie1960 (7)
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To: End Times Sentinel

The Trump as Hitler narrative is also weakening and they have nowhere to go from there.


4 posted on 02/09/2024 9:00:37 PM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: SeekAndFind

Personality aside, he DID do a good job as president.

There were a few times I wished he had put a little bit of a filter on his mouth, but honestly, I found his forthright approach refreshing after all the smooth talking, lying politicians who use lots of words to say nothing.


5 posted on 02/09/2024 9:09:26 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: SeekAndFind

Because he did. He’ll do better this time around!


6 posted on 02/09/2024 9:10:07 PM PST by vpintheak (Pinko misanthrope)
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To: metmom

Could you add other politicians to the list of those that need filters on their mouths? It is unreasonable to hold Trump to a higher standard than those.


7 posted on 02/09/2024 10:10:53 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Jimmy Carter will be remembered for "stagflation"--and for telling Americans to turn their thermostats down to 65 degrees and put on a sweater. "

Biden has done more than any other president to rehabilitate Carter's image because by comparison of those two, no one really believed that Carter would sell out his country.
8 posted on 02/10/2024 12:08:20 AM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: Olog-hai; All
All the people who whine about Trump’s mouth are pathetic snowflakes. Just plug your ears and spin around chanting la-la-la.

These are the same people who would have back sissy Neville Chambelain vs. Winston Churchill.

Trump’s is a street fighter. He gets things done. He kept us out of wars with hiis actions. Does anyone think anyone like empty-suit Pence could have done so? .

9 posted on 02/10/2024 12:33:54 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Is History Getting Kinder to Trump? New Poll Says More Voters Now Think He Did a Good Job As President”
Perhaps American voters need a timeout from the relentless assault from Dem and RINO NEW WORLD ORDER globalist assault on our country since mid-1990’s!
Trump seeks to stop these nutters in their tracks and reverse the damaging policies they have hammered down on our heads.
Prayers for and may God bless DJ Trump and may he prevail in his mission to #MAGA!


10 posted on 02/10/2024 12:44:05 AM PST by antceecee
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To: metmom

I love Trump unfiltered! Truth!


11 posted on 02/10/2024 12:46:01 AM PST by antceecee
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To: Olog-hai

DeSantis was giving him a run for his money on the campaign trail.

I won’t for democrats because they can be unfiltered and do themselves in and I’d be just as happy if they did.


12 posted on 02/10/2024 1:14:11 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: antceecee

I almost always got a chuckle out of it.

It’s just that once in a while, I thought he stepped over the line.

However, I have more respect for someone who is up front about what he says and who hen is than the usual smooth talking used car salesman grade politicians.


13 posted on 02/10/2024 1:20:50 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: metmom

I get you, but I think stepping over the line is neede in these times. 😍


14 posted on 02/10/2024 1:29:24 AM PST by antceecee
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To: Right Brother

“The Trump as Hitler narrative is also weakening and they have nowhere to go from there.“

Remember the ‘good old days’ - when it was Bush who was Hitler? lol!!


15 posted on 02/10/2024 2:21:22 AM PST by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: SeekAndFind

What took so long?


16 posted on 02/10/2024 3:53:39 AM PST by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
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To: metmom

Trump did mess up the handling of the coronavirus, Dr. Fauci was able to manipulate the crisis politically.


17 posted on 02/10/2024 4:01:53 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yeah, there is that.

I think his problem was that he trusted those he was getting the advice from.


18 posted on 02/10/2024 5:16:29 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: SeekAndFind

Honestly, WHO believes the polls any more?

We hate them when we don’t agree with them and like them only when we agree with them.


19 posted on 02/10/2024 6:03:11 AM PST by systemjim (Lifetime Lover of Music)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well he DID do a great job and even an idiot should see it but, hey, it’s 2024and we’re in dream world.


20 posted on 02/10/2024 7:45:00 AM PST by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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