Elections Trump's approval rating

[Darkballs]

lol... what?

Now do Tim Walz... Seriously

That fucking dude is fucking weird, in both his looks and behavior

Only one of them identified as trans in college.

It wasn't Walz.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Lets see how popular he is when prices of everything continue to rise and people go broke. Give him time. What you are watching right now is that overhyped, cool looking trailer. That let down of a movie is right around the corner.

 

[MacGregor]

 

[rearnakedchoke]

It’s only fair that this thread is stickied so we can keep regular updates.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Lets see how popular he is when prices of everything continue to rise and people go broke. Give him time. What you are watching right now is that overhyped, cool looking trailer. That let down of a movie is right around the corner.

It isn't about any of that. It's only about owning the libs, lol.

 

[nixkid]

I think the best way to view polls is always in an aggregate. That CNN poll has him at 46 percent approval. That's an abysmal number for the first month of a presidency but it's still his high mark in their polling. WAPO just had a really rough approval poll for him today too (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/trump-poll-unpopular-post-ipsos/). But again, just focus on the aggregate - https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/. His approval rating has dropped 7 points since inauguration day. But I don't think it's about prices.

Point is he's probably going to fluctuate between 45-50 percent approval for a while and it might spike or drop and then who knows as he does more stuff where it lands, but the ceiling isn't that high and the floor isn't that low. I'd be stunned if he ever got above 60 percent approval on aggregate or ever went below like 35 percent. I feel like 80 percent of the voting public have their mind made up about him and 40 percent hate him and 40 percent love him, it's just that other 20 that is going to bounce around. Either way the idea that this term would be historically popular or that he has a sweeping approval mandate just isn't happening. If your first month you are already dropping 7 points from the second lowest number ever for a new president it tells the story.

I think he has a real shot of blasting through the floor to be honest. Especially in the second half of his term. His conservative handlers and donors see this as a once in a lifetime chance to reshape government. I don't think they care if the public agrees with their direction or not. He'll burn a lot of political capital on tax cuts for the rich and DOGE. People won't view that stuff favorably if their lives aren't improving.

I could see him falling to the mid-low 20s after the mid terms of there is a recession. He'll be a lame duck.

 

[essie]

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Down to 0.8. That’s from 8.2 on Inauguration Day. Still too early to say where it will end up but the narrative that his approval would keep climbing hasn’t come to fruition.

I do wonder how much his approval rating really matters though. This is his second term.

 

[Rational Poster]

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Down to 0.8. That’s from 8.2 on Inauguration Day. Still too early to say where it will end up but the narrative that his approval would keep climbing hasn’t come to fruition.

I do wonder how much his approval rating really matters though. This is his second term.

It matters in the sense that Trump's entire narrative is that he's received some infallible mandate from the American people so he can do whatever he wants.

When in reality he beat the least popular democrat candidate in our lifetime by 1.5% of the vote and debuted as the least popular President of all time, beating only himself in 2016. He's also trending toward the lowest average approval for the first 100 days, also beating only himself.

 

[Bob Gray]

Lets see how popular he is when prices of everything continue to rise and people go broke. Give him time. What you are watching right now is that overhyped, cool looking trailer. That let down of a movie is right around the corner.

Thats a pretty fair analogy. These things will have actual objective results later down the line that will be measurable, good or bad. At the moment its just people that either love or hate the director arguing about it while neither side really knows if the movie is going to be any good.

 

[Richmma80]

This is the single worst drop of approval ratings in US history. He's on track to become the most unpopular President since the country's inception.

 

[OldFashion]

 

[essie]

It matters in the sense that Trump's entire narrative is that he's received some infallible mandate from the American people so he can do whatever he wants.

When in reality he beat the least popular democrat candidate in our lifetime by 1.5% of the vote and debuted as the least popular President of all time, beating only himself in 2016. He's also trending toward the lowest average approval for the first 100 days, also beating only himself.

But did anyone outside of Trump supporters think he has a tremendous mandate or that he was hugely popular? He’s just going to keep saying the same thing, if his popularity is 1 or 100 he’ll say he’s the most popular ever etc. He’s been able to accomplish so much in just a month while still being relatively unpopular. He doesn’t need a mandate.

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Macaroon is looking down like, “shit? Dude isn’t messing around, hope I am not fired “

 

[nixkid]

Macaroon is looking down like, “shit? Dude isn’t messing around, hope I am not fired “

How the hell can someone be semi-fired? Is it like when the stapler guy in Office Space kept showing up to work after being fired?

And Macron is probably concerned about his job as Melania's gigolo. The pay is bad but the hours are good. Probably thought his job was safe after Trudeau quit.

 

[MacGregor]

 

[Deorum]

 

[Rob Battisti]

It’s kind of wild. If trump wasn’t so abrasive and such an imbecile, he’d be the most popular president ever.

 

[Siver!]

It’s kind of wild. If trump wasn’t so abrasive and such an imbecile, he’d be the most popular president ever.

That's gonna be the main problem for the next few years.

 

[sanguinius]

Man, god bless the world for making everyone on the left mentally ill and gay. It makes things so much easier.

 

[Deorum]

It’s kind of wild. If trump wasn’t so abrasive and such an imbecile, he’d be the most popular president ever.

Those are gargantuan approval numbers based strictly on policy, and from another left-leaning source no less (Harvard-Harris). He has only gained where that's concerned since @ColemanwastheGOAT started this thread. 81% in favor deportations, 76% want the border closed? 76% in favor of DOGE...I mean.