Posted on 07/18/2019 7:31:27 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Trump’s job approval rating is near its all-time high and his second-quarter average is the best of his presidency, according to the latest data from Gallup.
From mid-April to mid-July, Trump’s 10th quarter in office, the president had an average approval rating of 42.7 percent. That topped his previous best quarter of 41.9 percent, which came during his sixth quarter in office.
Gallup noted, however, that Trump’s job approval rating has fluctuated between a very narrow range of 36.8 percent to 42.7 percent, giving him a strong floor of support but a low ceiling.
And Trump’s current job approval is off its high mark of 46 percent, reached in mid-April, and stands at 44 percent as of July 12.
The Gallup data does not account for Trump’s latest controversy, in which he attacked four Democratic women of color in Congress, saying they should “go back” to where they came from.
At a reelection rally last night in North Carolina, Trump ramped up his criticism, provoking the crowd to break into a chant of “send her back” in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a U.S. citizen from Somalia.
The House on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Trump’s remarks.
Trump’s 10th quarter average is good news for the president as he makes the case that U.S. economic strength will continue if he’s elected to a second term.
But his 42.7 percent 10th quarter average is historically low, ranking in the bottom 22 percent for presidents across every quarter dating back to 1945.
And it’s the second lowest 10th quarter average on record for an incumbent president heading into a reelection year, better only than former President Jimmy Carter, who was at 30.7 percent approval.
Former President Obama was 4 points higher than Trump, at 46.8 percent approval. Trump’s 10th quarter average is closest to former President Ronald Reagan, who was about 2 point higher at 44.4 percent at a time when the economy suffered from double-digit unemployment.
“Presidents Reagan and Barack Obama came back from roughly similar approval ratings to win re-election; however, both came into office during poor economic times and were operating with unemployment rates at or near double digits during their third years in office,” Gallup wrote.
“In contrast, Trump took office when the economy was generally healthy. He can point to improvements under his watch, most notably the recent 50-year low in unemployment, as well as solid economic growth and record stock values. Americans are likely already taking the good economy into account when evaluating Trump.”
Approval ratings are run by the same people who said that Hillary was leading by 9 points in Utah and would win the presidency by a landslide. They’re a total joke.
“Trump has no path to 270 EVs.”
Butt, butt, butt....................... Even after his physical attack on 4 WOCs?
Economy relatively healthy in 2016?
BULL blankety blank! We had just barely gotten back to pre Great Recession numbers of total employment. This despite millions more being added to the applicant pool - meaning the real unemployment rate was much higher. We had not seen a real wage increase in almost 20 years. For many parts of the country we had only barely scraped to that level of improvement a year or so earlier. The economy was decidedly not healthy. It had finally struggled to its knees after being flat on its back for years and years under Obama.
No, not after, but before.
“It’s the economy, stupid!”
2020 is a no go for racis’ Trump. Right..............
I won’t be at all surprised if he takes over 50% of the media created “popular vote”; carries states he narrowly lost last time(NH, Va., Minn.,CO, NV); and has massive sweeping coattails that drag otherwise loser congressional Republicans across the victory line.
His campaign is much better organized than in ‘16 and the Democrat bench is a motley crew. Not a one of them will hold up under DJT’s withering fire.
Daily Presidential Tracking - Rasmussen
Thursday, July 18, 2019
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 49% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance
Dream on Liberals
Trump’s approval is more like 70% if they were honest polls.
Donald Trump, the face of the Republican party, has a 49% approval rating. On the other hand, Ilhan Omar, the current face of the Democratic party, has a negative approval rating.
If that’s not a formula for doom for the Democrats, what would be?
Even with Odumbo having almost a trillion dollars of TARP money to spend; having the fed quantitatively ease us into zero percent interest rates; having Obamacare shoved down everyone's throat causing companies to cut employees' hours and new hires being hired for part time only jobs; having wages stagnant or reduced, yes things were peachy.
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