mariomike said:
Trump is the least popular president at least as far back as 1945.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-year-in-trumps-approval-rating/
I think President Roosevelt 1933-45 was also popular.
Be interesting if the base will accept the 2020 Popular Vote results any more than they did the 2016?
Yes, all of those polls proved s-o-o-o-o-o accurate right up through the first week of last November. Except the one that I followed.
Here's one that differs: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-approval-rating-obama-same-761948
He has been hammered incessantly by blatantly Hillary-loving media that will twist anything that he says or does (not that he is incapable of some truly cringeworthy tweets and such himself).
His State of the Union address was widely accepted, despite that. And I seriously doubt that many of those who will benefit from his tax cuts, real wage improvements, and job creation will disapprove, nor those who have been fined for not taking Obamacare and have now been freed from it. His ratings will more than likely improve over time.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/a-new-poll-looks-mighty-grim-for-democrats.html
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/31/new-poll-trump-approval-rating-jumps-gop-pulls-within-two-generic-ballot
The Democrats have no leader, nor one likely to be effective, and have no platform. They voted against the tax cuts. Who in their right mind would vote for them and risk losing those cuts, and the resulting wage increases and bonuses that many employers gave?
http://time.com/5120377/anti-trump-democrats-2018-midterms/
I was the only one at work who expressed a
real possibility (not certainty), based upon several sources and observations, that then-Mr Trump would win. Many would not believe me. There were plenty of indicators, for those who chose, or were able, to see them.
https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2518
"With a boost from the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump gets a negative 40 - 55 percent approval rating, still under 50 percent, but his best overall score in seven months, according to a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.
"President Trump had a negative 40 - 55 percent approval rating in a June 29, 2017, survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll.
"In a survey conducted February 2 - 5, a total of 70 percent of American voters say the U.S. economy is "excellent" or "good," the highest rating since Quinnipiac University first asked this question in 2001 and up from 66 percent "excellent" or "good" January 10.
"For the first time in a year, voters say 48 - 41 percent that President Trump is more responsible for the state of the economy than former President Barack Obama.
"American voters approve 51 - 43 percent of the way Trump is handling the economy, his highest score on this issue since he was inaugurated.
"A total of 75 percent of American voters say their financial situation is "excellent" or "good."
And that is
despite the most hostile press that any major American politician that I have ever seen.
Yes, there is much improvement to be made in his ratings
Don't be surprised if the Republicans hold both houses in the next mid-term election, and don't be surprised if President Trump wins a second term - barring something catastrophic, of course.
But keep hammering that irrelevant popular vote. It won't count for anything more in 2020 than it did in 2016.
There may be a few less illegal immigrants to inflate it, though, and a few more citizens happier with their jobs and tax breaks.
Think President Trump an idiot all that you want, but he is still a successful businessman and performer, knows how to influence the right people, surrounds himself with good advisers, beat the Republican establishment, the media, the Democrat establishment, the Clinton mafia, and the "most-qualified presidential candidate ever".
Like it or not, those who underestimate him do so at their peril.
