Posted on 02/17/2017 4:14:15 AM PST by IBD editorial writer
Polls: There several conflicting polls out about President Trump's approval rating. But one thing is clear in all of them: The only reason his numbers are low is because Democrats despise him.
The latest approval numbers come from the Pew Research Center, which found that Trump's overall approval rating in his first month in office is just 39%. That's far below every other president since Reagan. His approval rating was 55% at this point. Obama's was 64%, Clinton's 56%, Bush I's 63% and Bush II's 53%.
Pew's number is lower than the IBD/TIPP poll, which has Trump's approval rating at 42%. Rasmussen's latest poll is much higher, putting Trump's approval at 55%.
Still, looking at the Pew numbers it's abundantly clear why Trump's numbers are low.
Since Reagan, every president has gotten sky-high approval ratings from their own party -- from the high 70s to the mid-80s. Trump is no different. Among those Republicans and Republican leaners, 84% approve of the job he's doing. That's actually a higher score than Reagan got from Republicans at this point in his first term.
What's dramatically different, however, is the unique level of hatred for Trump by Democrats.
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Here we go AGAIN, BOGUS POLLS.
Trump is doing better than the fake news media thinks.
He gets high marks from Republicans and Independents.
Reagan got lower numbers in his first term and it didn’t matter when he ran for re-election.
Let them keep fooling themselves with their fake polls.
Polls. The really worked and proved that Hillary was going to be elected.
Feh.
Low only if it benefits you and sells your mag
Polls schmolls.
#heswinning
Thanks for posting. I wondered myself. Now it makes more sense.
Wha happen?! It was 55% yesterday.
“Trump’s approval at 55%.”
Not low for a republican getting trashed by the MSM 24/7.
Bush ended his term with approval in the single digits. Tried to appease the democrats, failed, and lost the republicans in the process. Don’t listen to the BS about uniting the country. It’s a trap. Just ask Bush.
Polls like this are all about how the question was phrased, how the context for the question was built.
Most people are ambivalent about Trump and what he is doing. They support vetting people from the middle east. They oppose building a wall on the southern border. They support draining the swamp and cutting the agency they don’t like but oppose draining the swamp and cutting the agency they do like.
For example, the VA is nothing but a swamp. But many FReepers and Trump voters would oppose cleaning the swamp at the VA.
A poll can almost always be built to prove any agenda you want to push.
There are a lot of happy coal miners, pipeline and oilers, car assemblers, all over the country who read the papers and know the jobs are coming back to the USA. They been down forgotten and out of work, but they see a new day comming where they will again have paychecks.
Paychecks and popular Presidents go together, Reagan knew that.
Working class people all across America having jobs and feeling economically comfortable is far more important than perceptions of people living in the DC bubble and echo chamber.
They’re not.
They aren’t. Ras has him 55%, PPD 56%
From Real Clear Politics, 2/16 Trump Job approval:
Pew 39/56 approve/dissapprove
Gallup 40/56
Rasmussen 55/45
It depends on who you ask, how you ask, and whether they bother to answer. Personally, I never answer--it's just adding so much info to my marketing file.
Pew’s final poll had Hillary winning 46 to 40.
But I’m sure they fixed their polling procedures and are right on target now.
Who knows what the real truth is....
I suspect Trump is more popular than the 40 percent area and his popularity will rise as he continues his performances like the one yesterday.
He’s sort of like those Timex watches that were advertised 50 plus years ago as the watches with the slogan ‘takes a lickin and keeps on tickin’.
Because DEMORATS are haters.
Sure they really are. And there was not a snowballs chance in hell he could ever be elected. See a pattern here?
He is not as popular in certain cities like San Fran, Chicago, Austin Texas, Pilly, DC and New York City.
But everywhere else he is quite popular or at least people are willing to give him a chance..
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