Posted on 04/04/2020 5:08:11 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump’s approval rating has ticked up during the coronavirus crisis, but not as much as governors' and other world leaders', suggesting Americans are less confident in the president's management of the pandemic than the numbers suggest.
For a president who has seen little movement in his public approval through prior crises, from nuclear standoffs with North Korea to his impeachment, the recent bump in poll numbers - coming in an election year - could be cause for optimism.
But pollsters warn that compared to other leaders also battling the pandemic, Trump isn’t seeing the American public rallying behind him or increasingly approving of his handling of the crisis.
Trump’s allies frequently tout a recent polling bump as proof he is handling the crisis well, an attempt to negate critics who say the president was slow to acknowledge the problem, reluctant to take necessary action, and often flouted expert advice.
“Americans want their president out front and leading the nation in a crisis and that’s exactly what President Trump is doing,” Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement.
The slight uptick in the early days of the coronavirus crisis suggested that the public might be moving to rally around him.
But compared to past presidents and other current leaders responding to the same crisis, Trump’s modest bump suggests he’s actually underperforming.
“Any other leader has been able to take a crisis like this and exhibit some leadership skills that have moved the needle, at least temporarily,” said Patrick Murray, who runs Monmouth University poll. “None of this has happened with Donald Trump.
“So what we have is a very minor movement that I think is basically down to people wanting to have a leader they can rally around, instead of the people really rallying to him.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
It’s obvious that nothing Trump says or does will ever change these peoples’ minds. They hate him no matter what and will do anything to get him removed from office.
It’s all about getting Trump. They have not given this man one moment of peace!
Why we give these guys legitimacy by posting what they print I’ll never know :-)
with their readership these days more people on Free Republic read liberal articles than liberals :-)
As Cuomo uses the state’s National Guard to seize Upstate ventilators...
Cause his was already so frickin high. Some Governors started out in the red.
Wait till the first patient dies in Utica because Cuomo took his ventilator to the Bronx.
NBC, Comcast, PFFFTT!
No likee no readee.
None of those ‘world leaders’ are leading a country with as much diversity and as much political polarization as the U.S., and most of those countries are not as large as the U.S.
Besides, who is it that’s reporting those ‘world leaders’ approval ratings? Likely, it’s those in leadership positions or and not the people directly. Besides, they are not WORLD leaders: they are nation leaders, whereas Trump is a WORLD leader.
Governors don’t have the bigger responsibility of the president, so, what they do is only local and based on spontaneous and temporary polls, and not on anything they’ve done to deserve praise.
Mostly, the article is based on the bias of the reporters and their employer. So, it’s FAKE news, and only opinion, an intended to sway opinion.
We are more up to date on fake news than the average reader and believer of fake news.
Putting America First is hateful to the left but in a time of crisis, that is EXACTLY what America needs.
Red alert! Reporter with a hyphenated name.
Meet the Reporter and his Bride: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/fashion/weddings/lucia-graves-alex-seitz-wald.html
We’ll see in November... Nice try though.
MSM can always find their silver lining.
None of these clowns ever take into consideration that Trump gets 99 percent negative coverage by the media/dem complex. I don’t think any governor or other world leader battles that heavy head wind.
I wanna see the polls for Nevada and Michigans Govenors.
The media’s search for meaning.
Finally, a measure of effectiveness they can use to justify their corporate subsidies.
Trump isn’t seeing the American public rallying behind him
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Because the Ministry of Propaganda never relents in its efforts to undermine him.
OldCommiepropaganda with good news again
Stopped reading at “N”.
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