Trump's overall approval rating is steady
Republicans largely approve of the president’s handling of Iran, immigration, Israel, and the economy, while most Democrats and independents disapprove.
https://apnorc.org/projects/trumps-overall-approval-rating-is-steady/Open linkView original on mander.xyz
He killed a million people in Covid and they re-elected him.
And an insurrectionist.
Part of what contributed to that is how many people bought the "muH BoTh SiDeS" bullshit, too. Harris was better in every way. Hell so was Biden even in his senility.
The funny thing about 'Both Sides Are The Same' is that it's a line the GOP always spews after they get caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
Biden still makes more sense we he speaks than Trump.
I no longer trust polls in the age of ai
This is probably a standard headline for reporting trends, but really it's Steadily Poor:
Something I don't quite get with these polls and what I wish to see more of is a trend of what percent of people self-identify as independent, Republican, and Democrat over time. One would expect that the concentration of die-hard Republicans would remain unchanged or even strengthen in time as the more dilute "moderate" Republicans abandon the party in switching to Independent. Put another way, if only 10 Republicans remained in the party, you can bet your ass they'd be the biggest zealots and he'd have 100% approval among Republicans. I'm sure weighting techniques factor this in, but I'd just like to see how party identity has changed over the years more in these polls.
Interestingly, the methodology for this poll indicates an oversampling of Jewish respondents.
The problem is really that this has always been the case. Even during 1.0, no matter what horrible thing was going on, approval rating around 38%. Still nearly got elected in 2020, coasted in 2024. These polls don't mean anything.
Yeah I think Presidential election years are a different story, but for midterms this almost always spells disaster for the party in power.
34% approval rating and midterms are gonna be a bloodbath for them. Maybe it's steady but that's like saying a braindead patient is in stable condition.
Great. Now get people to actually vote in midterms.
Steadily low (which I'm fine with)