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No, Trump's approval rating hasn't caught up to Obama's
Clinton News Network ^ | Updated 11:27 AM ET, Fri December 29, 2017 | Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director

Posted on 12/29/2017 10:42:34 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

(CNN)President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his approval ratings at this point in his presidency rival those of Barack Obama, citing a report from "Fox & Friends."

"While the Fake News loves to talk about my so-called low approval rating, @foxandfriends just showed that my rating on Dec. 28, 2017, was approximately the same as President Obama on Dec. 28, 2009, which was 47%...and this despite massive negative Trump coverage & Russia hoax!" he tweeted.

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump While the Fake News loves to talk about my so-called low approval rating, @foxandfriends just showed that my rating on Dec. 28, 2017, was approximately the same as President Obama on Dec. 28, 2009, which was 47%...and this despite massive negative Trump coverage & Russia hoax! 6:46 AM - Dec 29, 2017 18,727 18,727 Replies 13,439 13,439 Retweets 56,170 56,170 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy

But the truth, across almost every reputable poll, is that Trump's approval ratings have lagged behind those of nearly all of his predecessors, including Obama, since day one of his presidency.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agiesta; fakenews; fakepolls; jenniferagiesta; obama; obamalegacy; trump
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"Every reputable poll" gave Hillary the Presidency, and we see how that worked out.
1 posted on 12/29/2017 10:42:34 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“CNN Polling Director” = Goebbels secretary.


2 posted on 12/29/2017 10:45:06 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I don’t care if Democats like Trump. Democats ae a blight on humanity.......


3 posted on 12/29/2017 10:45:15 AM PST by heights
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The President loves to pull their chain....and it’s so easy.

Rasmussen has Trump finally catching up with Obama’s rating by year’s end. That’s remarkable actually.

Especially since he has had a year of negative coverage, investigation, round the clock attacks, and former presidents and candidates (including the Bushes) attacking regularly.

Would Hussein have held up to that? No way.


4 posted on 12/29/2017 10:45:31 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

CNN? lol like I would listen to Fake News Central


5 posted on 12/29/2017 10:46:27 AM PST by beergarden
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hahaha. cNN is Fake News!


6 posted on 12/29/2017 10:47:43 AM PST by DanielRedfoot (Po Dunk)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Fox and Trump were quoting the Rasmussen poll.


7 posted on 12/29/2017 10:49:11 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dear CNN,

DJT is still our president, not HilLIARy
smile smile smile


8 posted on 12/29/2017 10:52:24 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians aren’t born, they’re excreted.” -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

HE IS JUST STARTING.

Give him time and he will eat into the Black Vote, the Hispanic Vote and every OTHER voting block normally dedicated to the DemocRats.


9 posted on 12/29/2017 10:58:12 AM PST by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Look at the change in support over the year.

George W. rose after the 9/11 attack and stayed high.
JFK rose over the year of media adoration
George HW Bush also rose over the year
Nixon rose

Clinton broke even

Ike fell
Obama fell
Carter fell
President Trump fell
Even Reagan fell


What does this mean? As far as I can tell, nothing.


10 posted on 12/29/2017 10:59:46 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If polls matter, Hillary would be hurling ashtrays and lamps in the Oval Office.


11 posted on 12/29/2017 11:03:23 AM PST by FrankR (On the knees is not a good place to be...a man on the knees is only half a man.....)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I guess the Commie News network would sooner rely on their agenda driven Polling rather than Rasmussen which is non media generated and does a three day rolling average for last few Presidencies...course if i gave a rip what CNN had to say about anything I would turn it on but I don’t


12 posted on 12/29/2017 11:04:04 AM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; jimrob
I've a suggestion:

How about a separate sidebar topic called Fake News or Enemedia as a place to dump all the bullsh!t from CNN, WaPo, Slimes, et al ?

As it is, seeing their propaganda interspersed among a page of actual news is akin to a bad fart in a good restaurant.
And for those still suffering under the delusion that the following graphic is mere hyperbole, seeing the enemedia sewage collected in one cesspool might just disabuse them of said naivete.

/.02

             

13 posted on 12/29/2017 11:04:16 AM PST by tomkat
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To: Pollster1

I think what this poll shows is after a good final few weeks of the year and tax cut legistlation, Trump ended the year about where he started it. Despite the non stop 24/7 assault.


14 posted on 12/29/2017 11:05:54 AM PST by ilgipper
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To: xzins
#4: "Rasmussen has Trump finally catching up with Obama’s rating by year’s end."

And at the end of the day, we really can't compare the two. Obama's approval is primarily based on the color of his skin.

When people were polled about their approval of Obama, many, many were terribly afraid of being labeled "racist" so they told the pollster what they wanted to hear. "Yeah, yeah, the first Negro president is totally awesome."

Pollsters will tell you this, and it is a difficult phenomena to avoid when conducting phone polls. It actually has a name: The Wilder Effect. Sometimes it goes by then name "The Bradley Effect".
 

15 posted on 12/29/2017 11:13:16 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (CNN is fake news.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If the media had given Trump the same coverage they gave Obama, CNN could spend all their time worrying when Trump was going to be coronated King for Life.


16 posted on 12/29/2017 11:15:33 AM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I’ve never been called even once.

I wonder if they actually call.


17 posted on 12/29/2017 11:15:49 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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If Agiesta put as much energy into getting her teeth fixed as she does into making fake polls, she might actually accomplish something worthwhile.


18 posted on 12/29/2017 11:20:01 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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But his programs and policies have buried Obama the evil one.


19 posted on 12/29/2017 11:24:31 AM PST by mulligan (The)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Blondie - Long Time (2017, Official Video)
20 posted on 12/29/2017 11:26:20 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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